Dark Night of the Soul

“Listen to my testimony: I cried to God in my distress and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears! Gaze upon him, join your life with his, and joy will come. Your faces will glisten with glory. You’ll never wear that shame-face again. When I had nothing, desperate and defeated, I cried out to the Lord and he heard me, bringing his miracle-deliverance when I needed it most. The angel of Yahweh stooped down to listen as I prayed, encircling me, empowering me, and showing me how to escape. He will do this for everyone who fears God. Drink deeply of the pleasures of this God. Experience for yourself the joyous mercies he gives to all who turn to hide themselves in him. Worship in awe and wonder, all you who’ve been made holy! For all who fear him will feast with plenty. Even the strong and the wealthy grow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue the Lord will never lack any good thing. Come, children of God, and listen to me. I’ll share the lesson I’ve learned of fearing the Lord: Do you want to live a long, good life, enjoying the beauty that fills each day? Then never speak a lie or allow wicked words to come from your mouth. Keep turning your back on every sin, and make “peace” your life motto. Practice being at peace with everyone. The Lord sees all we do; he watches over his friends day and night. His godly ones receive the answers they seek whenever they cry out to him. Yet when holy lovers of God cry out to him with all their hearts, the Lord will hear them and come to rescue them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to all whose hearts are crushed by pain, and he is always ready to restore the repentant one. Even when bad things happen to the good and godly ones, the Lord will save them and not let them be defeated by what they face. God will be your bodyguard to protect you when trouble is near. Not one bone will be broken. But the Lord has paid for the freedom of his servants, and he will freely pardon those who love him. He will declare them free and innocent when they turn to hide themselves in him.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34‬:‭4‬-‭15‬, ‭17‬-‭20‬, ‭22‬ ‭TPT‬‬

He saved me yet I still choose to give into sin. Lord keep me from sin

Its beautiful to see the way He moves, the way He draws us in, the way He is such a jealous God that He can not allow His bride to be over taken by sin or submit to other Gods. The way He purifies us. 

I was not familiar with the way He moves until the Dark Night of the Soul. 

He completely destroyed what I thought my life would look like.  my hopes and dreams were in a man and a family, not in a God I knew. 

“But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication. Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old. Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and I passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.”

‭‭Micah‬ ‭7:7, 9, 14, 18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/59/mic.7.7-18.ESV