The tear in the soul
Dr Iain Jamieson
August 09, 2021
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Psalm 130: 1-2 (NIVUK)
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
2 Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
Oh psalmist, I get what you’re saying here. Life can send us some heavy duty pain. Some of it we have caused ourselves and some has been done to us. I hear people say when others fall “He had it coming to him”, “He’s only himself to blame”.
Who cares?
Honestly does anyone reading this actually think God cares about how you got to that place?
You are where you are — a human being broken, ashamed, often feeling alone in your torment.
We are called to meet people where they are regardless of causation. That’s where Jesus meets us, where we are in this moment, not those that have come before it.
Let’s go deeper, what does this text articulate? It articulates that sometimes we can be so wounded, so ground down that we enter a deep black hole of our very souls. This is what psalmist means in “Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord”.
The psalmist goes on for a bit after that — but really all that needed to be prayed was “Help”.
It’s not as if that Father didn’t know the circumstances before the soul was opened.
I’ve been through some stuff recently, I’ve been in a bit of black hole. It’s the nature of who I am and what I do. Sometimes things just wreck you. It really doesn’t matter how it happened, only that it did.
I prayed that “help” prayer. I just waited on God — there really was nothing else I could do. I mean really. You know what, God sent an army of angels, close friends popping up out of nowhere, support of family. I am surrounded by love. The only person that couldn’t love me was me. That’s the depths. That can be the battle, when you find yourself hating you.
You don’t need to you know. You’re the apple of your Father in heaven’s eye. He loves you more than you can ever know and your value to him is more than the moon and all the stars.
You can unlock the love by a simple word. Four letters. Help
PRAYER:
Lord I am broken and useless and completely alone.
I have come to this place
You don’t care how I got here
You were always here waiting, arms spread wide, waiting to be asked.
Help.
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