Tears for food

Sunday we were singing "As the deer pants for the water...". After that I began to remember the location of that verse in which it was taken from. In Psalm 42:1 it reads " As the deer pants for the water, so my soul pants for you, O God." This is a great verse and one we should really focus on. But this one is not the one that stuck out to me. I read on further...

In Psalm 42:3 it says, " My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" After some serious thought God revealed something to me. Many times we have people out there that suffer from great Depression. That kind where eating is not something they want to do. Those people feel so horrible that even breathing seems hard. I do believe they know what "tears for food" means. During this time it seems that discouragement comes even more. There are those that say:

"toughen up and keep going"
"You are the only one that can conquer this"
"Where is God in all of this??"
"Awww you will be ok...don't worry"

There are much more but you get the idea. All of this comes at a point where people need lifting up and listening. Instead they get the opposite. How does a person deal with that? I can't personally tell you that because I have never been that low. But the Psalmist says later " Put your hope in God, for I will praise him, my Savior and my God."

That strength can only come from God. God will lift up your head, pat you on the back, wipe your tears, listen to your hurts and guide you out of that depression. I don't know how he does it but he does.