As is true with several of the psalms, Psalm 69 begins with despair and desperation and ends with hope and praise. “Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire where there is no standing; I have come into…
The “EASY” button was a brilliant advertising idea. It readily connects to that part of each person’s psyche which prefers life to be far less stressful and far more convenient than it is. Because the “EASY” button is fictional, anyone feeling overwhelmed by…
I learned recently of a speaker who told her audience that Christians ought always to be optimistic. She explained that Elijah’s negativity and pessimism after his titanic battle with the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18-19) was unacceptable to her. Though tolerated compassionately…
Even though David was a man after God’s own heart (1st Samuel 13:14), he experienced spiritual peaks and valleys in his life. The valley of Psalm 13 was especially dark and deep. Send article as PDF
Despair is a spiritual abyss. It is a black hole of the soul. It is treacherous quicksand. Send article as PDF
