It is Sunday morning here where I live, so I am preparing to go to worship at my my church. God has blessed me with the opportunity to worship in churches in Brazil, France, Mexico and Romania- both a Romanian church and a Turkish church, He has blessed me to experience worship in Karen, Spanish, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Zomi, and Arabic here in my home city. So on Sunday mornings it is very real to me that as I worship at my home church, I am joining people all over the world to enter the presence of the Lord.
As I go to worship this morning, I will be mindful of Psalm 30:
“I will exalt you, Lord,
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
Lord my God, I called to you for help,
and you healed me.
You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;
you spared me from going down to the pit.”
Yes, Jesus has lifted me out of the depths of abuse as a child, sickness as an adult, and depression. No, my life is not perfect. The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was to turn on the heating pad I have on the back of my neck, I have bills to pay, but my life is full of meaning as I help refugees and immigrants. He has blessed me with another day in this life to show his love.
When I go to worship, I will thank Jesus for lifting me out of the depths of depression. It did not happen overnight, but he did lift me out in his perfect timing over some weeks this past summer.
When I go to worship, I will thank Jesus for sparing me from going down to the pit of despair due to abuse. Jesus came into my life and brought healing and freedom to be able to show his love to those who suffer.
The list could go on and on as it could for you my dear reader. Whatever circumstance we are in, we have hope because of Jesus. Our hope is eternal. Let’s seek the Lord for him to clothe us as Isaiah 61 says:
“and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair”
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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