This is the PITS. . .

This is the PITS. . . .

Is. 38: 18-19

For the grave [the place of the dead] cannot praise [confess and reach out the hand to] You, death cannot praise and rejoice in You;

they who go down to THE PIT [despair and hopelessness where life seems not worth living] cannot hope for Your faithfulness [to Your promises; their probation is at an end, their destiny is sealed].


[BUT]

The living, the living [those who chose LIVING LIFE even in their PIT of despair]
--they shall thank and praise You, as I do this day;

the father shall make known to the children Your faithfulness and Your truth.

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Pray the Word:

Lord, thank you for the hope we’ve been given through the love of Jesus Christ that even when we find ourselves in THE PIT of despair [torment and suffering for whatever reason], Your almighty Hand is reaching toward us to lift us out of the deep, miry clay that’s trying to suck us down.