"O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. O LORD, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit."
Psalm 30:2-3
Today was the two year anniversary of the start of my spiritual depression. October 7, 2007 was the day my life broke. That's really the only way to describe it. A little while into the depression a close friend of mine told me that when the depression was over I was going to be a different person. How right she was.
I cannot tell you the changes God has wrought in me these past two years. I have grown so much in my walk with the Lord I can't even remember what my life was like before all this began.
How appropriate, then, that my devotion for today should be Psalm 30. Earlier tonight I started reading the psalm out loud and I got a few verses in before I started laughing. What a perfect description of my life this psalm is. I cried out to God and He delivered me. It wasn't painless. It wasn't overnight. I have suffered more than I ever thought I could bear. Yet looking back I can see the mighty hand of God upon my life throughout this trial.
If you are going through something similar right now, know this: Your God will deliver you. He will. You will praise Him again (Psalm 42:5).
"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever."
Psalm 30:11-12
For Christ,
Daniel
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)