Do You Become Anguished Often...

“Constant feeling of affliction”. The dictionary defines it this way. This condition might present itself in our lives and we might be able to manage it or maybe not.

Advice: Do not get ahead of ourselves and take refuge in a vice such as alcohol, drugs or something else. When the effect leaves, reality returns.

I don’t know if you know the story of Job and the many anguishes he experienced. He says something that is of some help to those who seek God, “And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me”. Just like Job, generally this is not something that is lived out in one day and then everything goes back to normal.

Do not feel guilty when you live in anguish, instead of that you need to see what can be done. Even if you are a person consecrated to God, you can express yourself as the psalmist did. “How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?”How long will you hide your face from me?”

It would be perfect if there was a person who we can trust and can share our anguish with. The entire Bible speaks to us about the need of having someone that we respect, that accepts us for who we are. In Proverbs, it says something that should interest us: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”

I end with this: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all”.

May the Lord bless you.

(Editor’s Note: This column is written by a different Littlefield pastor for the Leader-News each week The columns are published on this page on Wednesdays.)