During my breast cancer treatments, ten years ago now, I prayed Psalm 18 when I was scared. When I was too overwhelmed and weak to pray, I asked others to pray it for me.
” the snares of death confronted me…in my distress, i called upon the LORD; to my God I called for help…”
…he heard my voice, and my cry to Him reached his ears….he bowed the heavens and came down….he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
The LORD was my support…He rescued me…He brought me out into a broad place.
(Psalm 18, verses 5-6, 16-19)
I do believe that our God wants to bring us to that broad place, the wide meadow, the expanse….to know that freedom….rather than to stay in the narrow straights….
מִן-הַמֵּצַר קָרָאתִי יָּהּ עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ׃
Psalm 118:5
Even today, as I cry out to God for help at times, I myself actively seek God and do what I can do to search for that wide open space, where I know I’m safe and loved deeply by God, no matter what the circumstances.
Sometimes, I am still surprised!
JenniEliz 