The Comfort of God

Sunday's sermon on Psalm 71 was a real comfort to me. I saw a reality that God does comfort us. Sometimes in my walk with Bipolar I feel very alone, and I am seeing now that Satan enjoys making me feel like i am the only one who goes through this.  And you may be thinking "Well that's silly many people all over the world have Bipolar."  But look at my perspective if you have cancer everyone knows and the Church prays regularly for you, but if I am struggling with my Bipolar I can't ask for prayer from the Church, and no one will know once again I am passed by.  Bipolar is just as important as any illness and I pray someday the Christian community would recognize this and start reaching out to people.
     I want my illness to be recognized and prayed for just as much as the next person who has cancer or any other illness.  I pray that my Blog will help people see the real side of a mental illness and that is we didn't choose to be this way just like someone doesn't choose to have cancer. I can't just work away my Bipolar it is here to stay unless God decides to heal me.  So don't expect those with a mental illness to just "snap out of it" cause that will never happen, and trust me if I could "snap out of it" I would have a long time ago.
     We all have daily struggles  and this is mine.  It is so hard sometimes to fight back my depression and put up a new post for you all.  But i am seeing that God has a plan for all my writing so with His strength I press on.  I want to show the world that God is my strength and with out Him I can't make it.
      So back to my mention of my pastor's sermon on Psalm 71 here is the scripture below:
(and just a snipet i got this off biblegateway.com this is a great resource and you can even view it on a mobile device!!!!)

Psalm 71

 ¹ In you, LORD, I have taken refuge;
   let me never be put to shame.
² In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
   turn your ear to me and save me.
³ Be my rock of refuge,
   to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
   for you are my rock and my fortress.
⁴ Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
   from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.  ⁵ For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD,
   my confidence since my youth.
⁶ From birth I have relied on you;
   you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.
   I will ever praise you.
⁷ I have become a sign to many;
   you are my strong refuge.
⁸ My mouth is filled with your praise,
   declaring your splendor all day long.
 ⁹ Do not cast me away when I am old;
   do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
¹⁰ For my enemies speak against me;
   those who wait to kill me conspire together.
¹¹ They say, “God has forsaken him;
   pursue him and seize him,
   for no one will rescue him.”
¹² Do not be far from me, my God;
   come quickly, God, to help me.
¹³ May my accusers perish in shame;
   may those who want to harm me
   be covered with scorn and disgrace.
 ¹⁴ As for me, I will always have hope;
   I will praise you more and more.
 ¹⁵ My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,
   of your saving acts all day long—
   though I know not how to relate them all.
¹⁶ I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD;
   I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
¹⁷ Since my youth, God, you have taught me,
   and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
¹⁸ Even when I am old and gray,
   do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
   your mighty acts to all who are to come.
 ¹⁹ Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,
   you who have done great things.
   Who is like you, God?
²⁰ Though you have made me see troubles,
   many and bitter,
   you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
   you will again bring me up.
²¹ You will increase my honor
   and comfort me once more.
 ²² I will praise you with the harp
   for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,
   Holy One of Israel.
²³ My lips will shout for joy
   when I sing praise to you—
   I whom you have delivered.
²⁴ My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
   all day long,
for those who wanted to harm me
   have been put to shame and confusion.


Please take in these words that were written by a man that has many struggles of hi sown. The book of Psalms has been and will continue to be my place to go when i need to remember God's voice.  God does comfort us and give us refuge all we have to do is ask and wait.  For in my struggle with Bipolar God is my refuge and my comfort!!!!