Sharing is Caring

  Downcast and disturbed     “Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God” (Psalms 43: 5).     There are many reasons why people are downcast and disturbed.  One of them is being abandoned by the beloved.  For example, we may be downcast and disturbed when we feel that we have been abandoned by our beloved spouse.  The same is true of children.  If they have been abandoned by their beloved parents, they may feel downcast and disturbed.  But what if we feel that we Christians have been forsaken by our Heavenly Father?   In the context of Psalms 43, the psalmist was downcast and disturbed because he felt that he had been forsaken by God.  He said, “You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me?  …” (v. 2).  He had been suffering because of “deceitful and wicked men” (v. 1).  And ...