Have
Mercy On Me, Lord, For I Am In Distress.
Tears
Blur My Eyes,
My
Body And Soul Are Withering Away.
Scripture
Psalm
31
9 Have
mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress.
Tears blur my eyes.
My body and soul are withering away.
Tears blur my eyes.
My body and soul are withering away.
10 I am dying from grief;
my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
I am wasting away from within.
11 I
am scorned by all my enemies
and despised by my neighbors—
even my friends are afraid to come near me.
When they see me on the street,
they run the other way.
and despised by my neighbors—
even my friends are afraid to come near me.
When they see me on the street,
they run the other way.
23 Love
the Lord, all you godly ones!
For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him,
but he harshly punishes the arrogant.
For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him,
but he harshly punishes the arrogant.
Observation
Read
the Psalms! King David could have been the author of this children's
song, “nobody
likes me, everybody hates me, i guess i'm gonna eat some worms…short
fat slimey ones, long thin curly ones, see how they wiggle and
squirm!”
Yes
all of us, even a brave and courageous person like King David, will
go through times of feeling like nobody loves us and that nobody
cares about us!
When
I am down, and yes there are times when Eddy Williams gets down, all
I need to do is open up my Bible and read the Psalms and I will
discover that David even at the worst times of his life always knew
that there was Somebody who loved him and who cared about him.
Application
So
when I am down. When I feel that the world has turned against me.
When I feel like “nobody likes me, that everybody hates me, and I
feel like eating some worms” I am going to turn to the One who I
know loves me. And I am going to spend time in God's Word, especially
reading the Psalms.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You love me. I don't know why but You love me. Your Word says
that You delight in me. You delight in every detail of my life. I
don't deserve Your love. When I am down, when I am struggling, You
are right there. You will never leave me nor forsake me. Nothing
touches my life that You do not allow.
I
pray for friends who are feeling like no one loves them. Show them,
Lord that You are enough. Get them through this rough time. Show them
that they are blessed and highly favored. Show them how valuable they
are! Lift them up out of the pit!
Daily
Bible Reading: Leviticus 15,16,17; Acts 18; I added: Psalm 31, Psalm
41, Proverbs 11
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