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The Lord is near
to the brokenhearted
and saves
the crushed in spirit.
Psalms 34:18 ESV
When David wrote this he hadn't been saved, when his heart was broken, when his spirit felt crushed.
Do you know what that's  like?
Maybe you've said similar words.
"My spirit is crushed"
Or maybe there's someone you know who's there.
David had not been saved
as in plucked out of the situation he was in...this is a statement of hope
And of trust
I trust you Lord, that somehow, sometime I'm going to know I've been saved.
You are near.
And that's what I need.
I need to know that.
His nearness is found in the living Word.
The touch of others
Community
Worship
Beauty
Goodness
The small voice of His Spirit within.
In loving others.
When my spirit is crushed, my heat is broken, I stop looking at the Word. I stop reading Jesus words
I pull back from others
I don't sing
I don't look
I don't listen
And I def don't serve
But in those things is where my hope is found.
In the heart damage,
in the crushedness,
God is near.
#psalms
#psalm34
#choose
#trust
#faith
#hope
#love

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