Hold On To God In The Dark

Chronic Pain & Illness. How does God meet us in debilitating pain and the isolation and despair it brings with it? Find the surprise of God’s Love in Marcus’s story of chronic pain.

1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—

    where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the Lord,

    the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—

    he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel

    will neither slumber nor sleep.5 The Lord watches over you—

    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,

    nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will keep you from all harm—

    he will watch over your life;

8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going

    both now and forevermore.

The day before we recorded, Marcus heard this on Lectio 365 and felt it spoke directly to the heart of what we discussed. It’s a verse from a new advent hymn “Into the Light” written by Emmaus Rd Worship in 2020.

All who are weary,

All who are weak,

All those who come with no words left to speak,

Come let the Son wash the dust from your feet.

Come into the light

All who are mourning,

All who have pain,

All those who come who are burdened with shame.

Come let the Son take the weight of your chains,

Come into the light.

Ours is the God of the lost and the broken,

His is the home with doors flung wide open,

Ours is the Saviour who welcomes us in,

Come into the light.