If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Prayer Request

I'm the sort of person who's very hesitant to scream 'satanic attack' unless it seems very, very obvious... and frankly, that's rather rare. But at the moment, I'm tempted to start screaming.

The last three weeks have been quite good spiritually... I've been talking to God a fair amount, getting more involved with church members, going to prayer group. But they've also been incredibly difficult emotionally. I've been in tears probably half of those nights. That's NOT normal for me.

Now it could actually be that this is part of a healing process. I've commented before that I struggle with depression. It usually manifests mostly as extreme difficulty doing anything... even getting out of bed seems a huge and relatively pointless task. So it could be that God is moving my coping mechanisms from internalising problems to immediate emotional release. Theoretically, that could be a sign that this depression is being healed slowly but surely. That would be nice.

So... there's my situation. It could be satan attacking, it could be God healing. Bizarre, but I'm really not sure which it is. My discernment is cloudy on this one. What I'm asking isn't for prayer against the sadness, upsetness and teariness, but prayer for God to move, and for me to be open to His moving. I don't even need to know what's going on... all I need to know is that God is in control. To know that, I need control of my heart, mind and soul given over to Him.

2 Comments:

Blogger Eleanor Burne-Jones said...

You can't spend too much time just resting with him, resting in his presence, even while you are working. Let him be the joyous reason you get up in the morning, let his smile welcome you into the day. Let his gentle laughter be the lift you need to get through the difficult moments. Let his healing work be done in you just be being there with him. You don't have to acheive anything - he knows what is in your heart already. You don't have to grieve 'enough', or cry 'enough', or even rejoice 'enough'. All you have to do is be with him.
Pax et bonum

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