Comments on: What to Do When Your Soul is Bleeding – A Sabbath Selah Devotional

By: Nerida

Nerida — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:12:14 +0000

Thank you, I feel for you and I identify with all your experiences. I agree, thanksgiving and gratitude bring us back to the start. I haven’t read your other posts, but I hope your family and friends are all safely healing well with endless miracles now in 2023 and I hope people are more reasonable towards you and your career is smoother with that respect! I couldn’t fathom how far away from Jesus I felt in recent years but I had become dark. I still try to see more light but the battle continues and I am trying to live each day and make the most of it within my means. I feel my days are numbered.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:14:41 +0000

In reply to C. A.. Praying for you CA, Father strengthen her inner man, take away her loneliness, let her find peace and solace in you. In Jesus name.

By: C. A.

C. A. — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:45:10 +0000

I know this also & will be praying for you. I believe I know the times we live in now. As the days of Noah were... I believe those who are believers are under extra attack due to the enemy knowing we are the only line of defence. So this my story i am telling only in brief to show you that what I just said was true. Starting several years ago I was tricked & coerced into too early a retirement. When they found themselves to short they hired non-citizens & trained them rather than reinstate me. It is a job you are to already have training for. At least citizens are required that. I am shunned by family because I outed my father when he acted like he was going to help me but really wanted to start abuse where he left off when I was child. I had forgiven him & never though he would try that with adult me. It was not reported then but this time when he would not stop trying, manipulating & threatening i told & they all sided with his saying i made it up now & then. That i was just upset over job & too early retirement. He is very manipulative & told them they would inherit nothing from him if they spoke to me again. No one wanted then to hear my side or hear me say anything. It's been a few years & no one seems to have missed me. Now covid took away church & having to move to a place where living is inexpensive separated me from friends. Most of who dont call, text, or email any more. I've been too far away too long. The new friends here were at church but now that church is back many are not. Two that were in senior homes that take in after care from hospitals were because of that practice exposed to covid & died. I also was unable to gain permanent employement before covid. Not that it would have lasted with covid. Now if only SS will be there for me when I am old enough to collect it in 2 years. Through this all I have studied more, prayed more, & kept my place as watchman on the wall. So what has happened has been for that which was needed. I always was someone, maybe due to the abuse, who stayed to myself & avoided a lot of contact. Now I live like hermet but talk to GOD more. Take the time you need & know we pray for you.

By: Sandra Padgett

Sandra Padgett — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:53:40 +0000

In reply to Christopher Dempsey. Thank you so much for these words of yours which I feel are straight from God. Bless you and hang on to the Father for all its worth.

By: Brennan McPherson

Brennan McPherson — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:17:56 +0000

In reply to Brooke Taylor. Thank you for your encouragement and prayers, Brooke! Praying for you and your family, as well.

By: Brennan McPherson

Brennan McPherson — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:17:25 +0000

In reply to Terry Anger. Wow. What an insane set of circumstances, Terry! That's crazy. It's also interesting to me that everyone I know has had a year like this. For whatever reason, it has been an evil year. Praying for you, as well! Hopefully things have settled for you, and social security has come back?

By: Terry Anger

Terry Anger — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:11:34 +0000

Thank you for your candidness. Since I lost my wife the day before Mother’s Day, I too have found comfort and peace through it all in the Lord. Many times I too felt like Job, with all the crazy things happening to me. My bank account was froze, the VA made a clerical error and wrote me off as deceased instead of my wife, Social Security was notified of the error and discontinued my benefits, Covid prohibited contact with business personnel, the list goes on. But God has been my salvation through all this. His grace and mercy has made the difficult times bearable. My prayers have been answered and I found peace. My God bless you as well. Prayers being sent your way.

By: Brooke Taylor

Brooke Taylor — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:21:39 +0000

“Because the world is much bigger than me and my problems, and sometimes he uses my pain for his good purposes, and who am I to complain to the one who sacrificed everything for me?”

This really hit me. How often am I thankful versus a complainer? I’m reminded of the story of Job. He was rebuked when he began to question God’s ways. God is so much greater than us and has a complete perspective of what is happening. He cares for us and comforts us if we just put our trust and find our rest in him. I pray God sends his peace and health and faith into your household Brennan. Thanks for writing openly and being an encouragement to the rest of us.

By: Dawn Doty

Dawn Doty — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 11:36:45 +0000

Praying for you, Brennan. Suicide took my sister in 2018, and the pain was unbearable. Thank God for….God. I couldn’t have made it through without His peace, and I can’t imagine what people go through who don’t have His strength to help get through a crisis. You’ve had so much happen to you recently, it’s mind boggling. Take your time, ask God to help you forget, and we’ll be here when you want to write again.

By: Christopher Dempsey

Christopher Dempsey — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 11:28:22 +0000

It feels like everything we know and take for granted is being taken away from us: church worship, Christian fellowship, human contact, friends, the ability to do the ordinary everyday stuff and so on. It’s as if God is saying “ Go home, sit down and be quiet.” More and more, as the weeks and months drag on, I get the feeling that God is saying “Look at Me. Refocus away from all that other stuff and look at Me. I, your Creator, am the only thing that matters. Everything else is transient.” Nevertheless, maintaining one’s trust and faith is very difficult in these strange and unprecedented times. But, the truth is, there is nothing else we can do except quietly sit and wait on our loving Father who sees the whole picture and promises a happy ending.