Some thoughts on Sorrow and Sighing

[Woody]

I am weary with my sighing;

Every night I make my bed swim,

I dissolve my couch with my tears.

PS 6:6

FOr I am ready to fall,

ANd my sorrow is continually before me.

FOr I confess my iniquity;

I am full of anxiety because of my sin

Do not forsake me, O Lord;

O my God, do not be far from me!

PS 38:17-18,21

Lord all my desire is before Thee;

And my sighing is not hidden from Thee.

Ps. 38:9

[Gail]

The Bible was written by real people with real emotions, eh?

[Woody]

"Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing;

Thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness."

Ps 30:11

[Gail]

[Woody]

"Weeping may last for the night,

But a shout of joy comes in the morning."

Ps 30:5

[Gail]

Preach it, brother!

[Woody]

Thanks for the applause Gail.

[Woody]

I do think I'm on a roll.

I waited patiently for the Lord;

ANd He inclined to me, and heard my cry.

He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay;

ANd He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.

And He put a new song in my mouth,

a song of praise to our GOd.

Ps 40:1-3

[Gail]

What other way can we know the truth of those Scriptures without having gone through the experience?

Praise God that we CAN praise God through the dark valleys!! Jesus is our Friend and safety and help in trouble.

[Woody]

Yes Gail. Very true. Two super good books that I've read on the topic are : You Gotta Keep Dancin' by Tim Hansel

and "The Dark Night - A Gift From God" By Daniel Schrock

[Gail]

You Gotta Keep Dancing? When I read that I get a mental image of someone dancing while someone else is shooting bullets at his feet MAKING him dance!

Am I far off? :)

[Woody]

You Gotta Keep Dancing? When I read that I get a mental image of someone dancing while someone else is shooting bullets at his feet MAKING him dance!

Am I far off?

An accurate image. Not specificly in the book but the general idea. Gail - you being a book lover - you seriously should look into Tim's books. They are so good and I especially think that he writes in your style. You would like him. He writes from Seattle.

[Woody]

Another one of Tim's books is called "Holy Sweat". I've read it two or three times and never get tired of it.

[Gail]

Okay! I've noted both titles and will look into it. I need to find which publisher they're under.

[Gail]

Distributed by Cook Communications- no problem!

[Woody]

Quote:

"I believe that pain and suffering can either be a prison or a prism" Tim Hansel in You Gotta Keep Dancin'

[phkrause]

You Gotta Keep Dancing? When I read that I get a mental image of someone dancing while someone else is shooting bullets at his feet MAKING him dance!

Am I far off?

The highlighted part reminds me of an Eastwood movie "Pale Rider"

[Tom Wetmore]

Excellent movie, by the way.

[phkrause]

Excellent movie, by the way.