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Overwhelmed — Part 1
Today I feel completely overwhelmed. I have heard of so much serious illness, and terminal sickness amongst those I know and love, that I am simply overwhelmed. And yet as this flood of emotion came crashing over me the Lord brought a verse from the Bible to my memory. It is a verse I have often read and thought about, and one on which I based the writing of a hymn some years ago when going through a really severe test in my Christian life. The verse is as follows: “From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is higher than I” (Psalm 61:2).David was used by God to pen these words, and he must have felt the reality of them as he went through some rough times in his life. He knew what it was to suffer physically, emotionally, and mentally. He fled for his life, suffered reproach, knew the results of sorrow that sin brings, even in the life of a believer. But through it all he always found his rest, comfort, encouragement, and strength in the Lord. When he came to the Rock (His Lord), it was always greater than the problem. I need to do the same thing, and I hope you will too. Over the next couple of days I will share the hymn I wrote on the subject some years ago.
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