O where is that soft still voice ? I used to hear, I cry out in the darkness ,
in my pain, In my anguish, and yet I hear it not. This cloud engulfs me, I find no
way out, I sink ever deeper in to it depths.
O my God , where are you , Have I done something to make you forget
me? I am lost and need your hand to lead me out of this pit. I cry on bended knee,
but your voice I cannot hear? This pain in my heart grows more every day, this
depression saddens my soul, I read your word in hope's of finding , what to do, but
I am lost with out you guiding me.
I need to hear you! I need to feel you in me again! That soft still voice,
gently guiding me in the direction I need to go.
I plead to you hear my voice, answer my pray, let me feel you again
before I am lost to the loneliness, and darkness.
James Collins 4/22/2010
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(You learn to wait..because that's all you have.) J.C.M.
Seeing Backward
October 19, 2009 • By Os Hillman
O LORD, when you favored me, you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed. (Ps 30:7)
It is often difficult to recognize the hand of God when we are in the midst of adversity. We often feel God has hidden His face from us. When the Lord takes us through deep valleys, there will be fruit from the deep valley that we cannot see. You must press into Him with all you have during this time.
God uses the deep valley to frame our lives to create a change in our nature, not just a change in habits. The depth and width of our valley is often an indicator of the level of calling and influence we will have on others in the future. Our adversity is not just for us, but others who will be in our future path of influence. This is not very comforting when you are in the middle of the valley, but know this is a truth in the Kingdom.
It is often years later when we discover the wisdom of God and why He intentionally led us through the dark valley. Life is often lived forward, but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road and we stand on the mountain looking back at through valley that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale and the spiritual deposits He has made in our life while we were there. "He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light" (Job 12:22). When you begin to realize this, you sit back and breathe a sigh of relief because you know that God was in control all along. It didn't seem like it at the time, but He was.
Do you find yourself in the valley? Now is the time to fully trust Him to guide you to higher ground.
God is waiting in the silence
For a heart that He can fill;
He must find it cleansed and empty,
With a spirit calm and still. —Smith
True trust in God stays strong even when He is silent.
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