Hanging on the cross, Jesus quoted David’s cry of abandonment from Psalm 22. But God hadn’t forsaken either of them. David felt abandoned when he wrote those words, and Jesus felt the weight of that same anguish in his human nature.
Feeling forsaken and being forsaken are different things.
Same verse I was stuck on. God’s laughter is about how pointless evil schemes are against Him. The wicked plot and scheme, but God shrugs because He already knows how the whole thing ends.
Brutal season on my end lately, more dark thoughts than I’ve ever had. I kept telling myself God must be done with me since I couldn’t get it together, but that’s not who He is.
We let go, He doesn’t. Philippians 1:6, He finishes what He starts.
I’ve been in that fog too. Trusting God is like sitting in a chair. You do it, even when you’re not sure it’ll hold.
What helped me was talking to my pastor face to face. They pointed me toward affordable counseling, and it made a real difference.
As long as you’re still here, God has a reason for keeping you. That thing that stopped you wasn’t so He could watch you stumble. His grace is enough, even when everything still feels hard and confusing.