The grief wilderness is a dry place. This journey is taxing and full of challenges.
The following is a chapter from Soul Cry: Devotional Prayers for Wounded, Grieving, and Suffering Hearts. Perhaps you can relate to the grieving heart in this chapter.
I hope this will be an encouragement and comfort to you today.
A Dry Place
Psalm 63:1-8, NIV
You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek You;
I thirst for You,
my whole being longs for You,
in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
(63:1)
I am shaken, O God.
I don’t know what to think.
I don’t know what to do.
How could this happen?
I seek You. I long for You.
This wilderness threatens to undo me.
My heart cries out for You.
You are greater than all wildernesses.
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
(63:2-3)
I have experienced Your goodness. You have blessed me immeasurably.
I cling to You and Your love for me.
LORD, reassure my stunned and shaken heart.
May I choose to praise and give thanks, even now, even here.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
(63:4-5)
Now is not forever. Help me to remember this.
This too will pass, though I don’t know how or when.
I have You. I will always have You.
You will lead me through this painful, barren place.
You will meet my needs.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
I cling to you;
your right hand upholds me.
(63:6-8)
I rest in You, my Lord and my God.
I trust You.
Help me to trust You more.
In Jesus’ name…
