Out Of The Miry Bog

 

...yet You brought up my life

        from the pit, 

        O LORD, my God.

When my life was fading away,

I remembered the LORD,

and my prayer came to You

into Your holy temple.

              Jonah 3. 6-7

When we find ourselves

in the dark places,

we can dig ourselves deeper

    or turn to the LORD.

God does not leave us there.

He airlifts us out

        of our pit of despair

and shows us the way through

   when we cry out to Him.

God forgives.

God redeems.

God rewrites our story.

He does not just hear us.

   He is already listening.

God responds to us.

  Are we responding to Him?

O LORD,

We are not just stuck.

We are sinking in the miry bog.

And the quick sand

   is swallowing us up alive.

You are not just our hope.

    You are our only hope.

    You are God Almighty.

Help us to trust You

   through this dark place.

We are not alone.

You walk with us,

          day and night,

  every moment a sacred step.

May we not forget that truth.

Guide our way.

Guide us even how to pray.

And surround us

    with shouts of deliverance.