Today is Monday, February 5th, 2024; Karen's Korner #5051

In the last few years, our area has experienced several suicides. One is too many!  At Friday night's basketball game, there was a vendor 'fair' titled "Slam the Sigma", featuring outreaches, organized to reach out to anyone struggling with 'less than the best' thoughts.

Anyone with a tooth ache or bladder infection doesn't hesitate to seek help. But we tend to not reach out when we struggle with nagging negative thoughts.

The Psalm writer knows how to 'Slam the Stigma':

"O Jehovah, God of my salvation. I have wept before you day and night. Now hear my prayers; oh, listen to my cry, for my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. They say my life is ebbing out---a hopeless case. They have left me hope here to die, like those slain on battlefields, from whom your mercies are removed."

~ Psalm 88:1 - 5 LAB

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Bible Commentary:  "Have we ever felt as if we have hit the bottom?  The psalm writer is so low he even despairs of life itself. Although everything was bad and getting worse, he was able to tell it all to God. Don't think that we must always be cheerful and positive. grief and depression take time to heal. No matter how low we feel, we can always take our problems to God and express our anguish to Him."

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Dear God,
Thank You that we can talk with You
about anything.
Show us the way, Your Way.
Help us not to hesitate to express
any struggle with someone else.
If we can't find help,
maybe together, we can seek answers.
You give us hope, help,
and understanding.
Thank You.
In Jesus' Name.
Amen.

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