Who Will Lift Me From My Despair?

Life’s challenges at times will get the best of us, and sometimes will take us to new lows. We may even get depressed, and before we know it; are feeling so down, that we may need help in fighting off this new state that we are emotionally feeling. If you are feeling sad and are unable to snap out of it, tell someone and seek help.

Awhile back I wrote a poem called “Moving On.” It highlights some of the things I’ll be mentioning today. The following is the poem I wrote.

Life is in constant flux. At times I feel like a bottle lost in the sea of life. Being tossed from wave to wave, where will I land? Upon which shore will I find rest? Who will lift me from my despair? Will it be the gentle soul I’ve been waiting for.

I do not know, at times I feel like I do not care. Why do I feel this way? I do not know. But I do care. I want to move forward. I know that I must. At times I just don’t know how. Perhaps there is a gentle soul out there that will take me by the hand and show me the way.

I do want to move on. I know that I must. I truly love life and I now know what it will take, too get on with my life. To turn a new page, and start a new chapter in the book that my life is destined to write. I must act one foot in front of the other. Progress might feel a bit slow at times, but as long as I choose to move forward, I will move on.

I think it’s important that we move on as quickly as possible when we catch ourselves stuck in a state of depression. Depression can rob us of many things including inaction, lacks of movement, motivation, lack of exercise, accomplishment, and the list goes on and on.

In the poem I ask the question “Who will lift me from my despair?” To be honest I believe when we put our trust in the Lord we already know their is nothing he won’t do for us. His love is unconditional and unending. All we need to do is believe in His goodness and He will give you the grace needed for the strength and courage you’ll need to overcome any challenge you’ll face.

Recently I ran across a beautiful prayer written by Saint John Neumann that talks about suffering but gives us a new perspective of how we can look at our individual suffering.

My Jesus, I ask you with all my heart for your love. Only you love will help me to accept my suffering and carry my cross in such a way that I may be your true follower. O Lord Jesus graciously accept the sacrifice of my suffering for the temporal and eternal salvation of myself and loved ones. Jesus my dearest Lord and God, my Teacher and my Redeemer, have mercy on me. Most Holy Spirit be my Consoler.

We each have our own cross to bear, but just know that your suffering brings glory to God, and this brings us closer to God. I believe our closeness and dependence on God has grown as a result of our suffering. Only God truly knows what will happen in the future. My prayer is that God will grace us with an answer to our heart felt prayers.

Do all prayers get answered? Sometimes a prayer that isn’t answered is the answer. Just know that you are always loved by God, and He will always do what is right for you. Our faith and trust in the Lord must never waiver. Ultimately it is God’s will that we need to pursue, and hopefully our will will merge and unit with His.