A dark night

If we have lived in this world, all of us have, or will, experience some dark nights. I have spent many dark nights, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I am tired of dark nights, and David Jeremiah expounds on this Psalm as a remedy for them. I do truly wait for God's guidance.

In Psalm 71, "when David saw the worst life could dish out for him, he still remembered the character of God...He remembers God's glory, God's power & strength, God's faithfulness, and God's righteousness.

David understood there was one thing he must do when trials were swirling around his head, when his own children were not honoring him. He must never forget that God is righteous and good, that He is a God who can be trusted. Things may be bad, and they can always be worse, but God never changes. He is never any less in control. He never has a smaller portion of love for us, and His plan for us does not deviate in the tiniest detail. All else changes but God. As the poet said, He is the still point of the turning world. David knew that he must never allow these thoughts to leave his mind, so over and over again he spoke about the righteousness of God.

We're not dealing with naive, rosy sentiment, my friend. I've looked in the face of death, and you may have done the same. If you've made that dark journey, I've been there too, and I'm here to assure you that we have a God who is trustworthy. I may not fathom every twist and turn in my journey. Many things have happened for which I can't give a rational human explanation. I'm sure it's the same way for you. BUT I can lay it all at the feet of God and say with all my heart, 'I don't know the meaning, but He does. He knows what He is doing. Our God makes

NO MISTAKES!' "...

If there is any way for us to take matters into our own hands, we try. "But after awhile, we reach a new mind-set in which we push aside all the dreams and schemes and contrivances, and we fall on our knees to say, 'My Lord and my God, my hope is in YOU. All the rest is too much for my limited and distressed mind, and it amounts to little account anyway. I look to no one, and nothing, but You, and I await Your guidance."

From A bend in the road by David Jeremiah.