God Is Near To The Brokenhearted

There is no inner experience you’ll ever have that is not expressed in the Psalms in some way. And we’re given the way to walk through them all. We’re shown how to get back up from our lowest moments, to sing again, and rejoice again. In Psalms, God turns our mourning into dancing. For me, it has been my book of spiritual and psychological health. It directs me back to the goodness of God, the love of God, and restores my confidence in God.

Verse 19 from this Psalm says, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers Him out of them all.”  That promise has sustained me through a lot of problems, it’s restored my joy and courage time and time again.

The Psalms direct us to a life of praise and joy, but they also talk about our lowest feelings, the times we feel most broken or devastated. And they promise us that God comes near to us, and helps us ESPECIALLY in those times.

By Reid Strahan

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