Psalm 15
This is dedicated to all who have undergone chemotherapy and radiation or other means of curing cancer.
I already thought my life
was a living hell,
and then it got worse.
From the bowels of hades
a disease struck me.
the cure convulses my body
and distorts my senses.
Where am I?
What happened?
How did I get here?
My mind is swimming
and my insides are in knots.
I look in the mirror
and I don't recognize myself!
Is this a cruel joke, God, a wager
you made with Satan?*
Job, now I know why you said,
" I curse the day I was born"**
I try to find comfort,
a place to lay my head
and I am tormented with
nightmares.***
Surely, God, there is some
reason for this!
In all Your wisdom, Lord,
You have a place for me!?
You answered Job out of the whirlwind
asking, "Where were you
when I laid the foundation of the earth?"****
Yes, Lord I do not know
all your ways,
it is true.
I do know that your Word was made
flesh in Your Son .
His fate was worse than mine.
I call out to you Jesus,
for even in death,
You split the earth and
released the prisoners
of the grave!*****
I call on You, Brave Spirit,
who understands my woes!
Lift me up oh Lord,
out of the darkness
of hopelessness,
Show me the light at the
end of this long tunnel.
I know I am soon to be home,
with You , my family;
relieved of this misery!
Whatever path I am to take
God my God,
show me the light!
I embrace the Light of Life!
I reach out to your loving guidance,
Your Word is a lamp unto my feet!******
Take me I'm Yours!
*Job 1: 6.One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.7.The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."8.The Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil."9.Then Satan answered the Lord, "Does Job fear God for nothing?10.Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11.But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face."12.The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not stretch out your hand against him!" So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
**Job 3: 1.After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.2.He said:3."May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!'4.That day--may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine upon it.
***Job 7: 11."Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.12.Am I the Sea, or the Dragon, that you set a guard over me?13.When I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'14.then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,15. so that I would choose strangling and death rather than this body.
****Job 38: 1.Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:2."Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?3.Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.4."Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.5.Who determined its measurements?surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?6.On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone7.when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
*****Matthew: 50.Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice and breathed his last. 51.At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split.52.The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.53.After his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many.54.Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"
****Psalm 119:105. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
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I did am etching of Job. I'll have to dig it up. It may be on my website under religious art.
When I am super stressed aerobic exercise, and meditation help a lot