Hope For Despair: Psalm 42:11 (Conclusion)

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You are allowed to feel the weight. You are allowed to name the turmoil. But you do not have to obey it. You do not have to let it define your day or dictate your direction. You can do what the psalmist did: ask your soul why it is so troubled, and then answer it with truth. God does not condemn you for being discouraged. He does not turn away when your soul feels cast down. But He does invite you to redirect it. To lift your eyes. To put your hope where it belongs, in Him.

~Dr. Robert L. Taylor, Professor, Bible Expositor & Teacher