"Out of the belly of Sheol I cried and You heard my voice. For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your billows and Your waves passed over me. Then I said, 'I have been cast out of your sight; yet I will again look toward Your holy temple.' "
Jonah 2:2b-4
I know what it is like to feel like to feel isolated from God – cast away, separated from His presence. The year was 1971 when I was 30 years old. I had resigned from my teaching job with the goal of being a vocational missionary to South America. But nothing happened. No teaching position materialized and I felt abandoned by God – cast aside, put on the shelf. It has been 40 years and I can still feel the emptiness and anguish of my soul. I sought the Lord with tears and cried out to the Him, but there did not seem to be any answer. I could not feel God's presence. For 6 long months I felt isolated from God. The only thing that kept me going was faith that God was real and was in His heaven – His holy temple. In the dark times of Sheol, God does hear my voice, even when I don't feel like He is there.
Today's Thought: God still hears even when I feel like He is not there.
Have a faith-life day. Love you.
Jonah 2:2b-4
I know what it is like to feel like to feel isolated from God – cast away, separated from His presence. The year was 1971 when I was 30 years old. I had resigned from my teaching job with the goal of being a vocational missionary to South America. But nothing happened. No teaching position materialized and I felt abandoned by God – cast aside, put on the shelf. It has been 40 years and I can still feel the emptiness and anguish of my soul. I sought the Lord with tears and cried out to the Him, but there did not seem to be any answer. I could not feel God's presence. For 6 long months I felt isolated from God. The only thing that kept me going was faith that God was real and was in His heaven – His holy temple. In the dark times of Sheol, God does hear my voice, even when I don't feel like He is there.
Today's Thought: God still hears even when I feel like He is not there.
Have a faith-life day. Love you.
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