Where Do You Take Your Hurt

July 10
When your heart is ripped out and stomped on, when you see no way out of your circumstances, or when life hands you a load of hopelessness, where do you take your hurt?  The pills, alcohol and chocolate are within reach, so are the credit cards and online shopping tempts you to buy your happiness. Heading to the gym to workout the disappointment is an option or driving to see whoever might have a sympathetic ear.
David didn't have easy access to our modern day fixes, but he did have wine and women. Being a man after God's own heart, he learned to pour his heart out to God.

"Psalm 143 is a prayer of David, during a time when he is obviously under a great deal of stress, possibly written while Saul is persecuting him.

In this Psalm, David asks God to speak to his heart first thing in the morning and give him reassurance. He pours out his heart to God, expressing his fears and even his weaknesses. He admits his feelings of hopelessness and his fear of crumbling under the weight of his stress. "I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear." (vs. 4 NLT)

David prays for God to lavish His favor upon him. He lifts his hands in prayer, asks for mercy, and pleads for guidance and deliverance from his troubles. David calls for wisdom and seeks rescue from his distress—and he does all of this each morning while spending time with the Lord." Tracie Miles


To whom do we entrust our troubles?  On the Wisdom Hunters Website I read this quote:
"Trust perseveres because it is buoyant in its belief in the unfailing love of God."


So when pain, anxiousness, and fear of the unknown set in, run quickly to the Word and don't lost hope. For by taking your hurts to Jesus, someone who cares for you, you find a safe place to lay your burdens down.