As long as I am silent !

Sunday 20 June 2021

As long as I am silent !

Psalms 32.3 - As long as I remained silent, my bones were consumed !

We are all familiar with this passage in the scriptures that tells us about David. Until he recognized his sin before God, he was consumed by it. However, today I would like to use this verse of Scripture to talk about something quite different.

In our society, expressing your suffering, talking about it, is not practical. Answer the question : "Are you okay ?", By : "No today, I am not well" seems out of place. The world around us invites us to put on a mask hiding our suffering as well as our hearts which sometimes scream with pain: the pain of the words that have made us suffer and which reason, the pain of rejection...

In my work, I have been confronted with terrible situations. Young girls, who for years had suffered abuse of all kinds from one of the parents, the whole family who knew these things was walled in total silence. The child victim was of course not to say anything to anyone, not to show anything. Everyone had to believe that everything was fine with them ! Besides, the speech was this : "You are the culprit, so imagine if everyone knew !". These young women were consumed by pain, guilt. The day all these cases came to light, they were released from this terrible "secret" which was kept in the family. These stories are very painful and unfortunately happen too often, far too often.

But is it not the same in our society, in our communities ? The expression of our sufferings is very often "taboo" and if we expressed them, we could be accused (s) of weaklings, of people "lacking in faith"... However, our God does not have the same gaze and the same reading we can have of our situations and our hearts. He says to us : "Speak to Me, do not be silent, tell Me what is wrong, I am here !".

It sometimes happens that our suffering is so strong that we wall ourselves up, even in front of God. We can no longer express ourselves, our mouths are closed, our eyes no longer know how to cry, but yet inside us, there is like a cry, a screaming suffering ! Now imagine for a moment that your heart is surrounded by two hands full of gentleness, it finds itself thus as in a soft case : it is God who takes care of it, the paunch. That's what the Holy Spirit is going to do for you today. But speak, don't let yourself be consumed by the pain, let go of your tears. The Lord wants you to express your heart to Him even though it is a cry of despair and pain.

This wall must fall today ! Behind there is a plain with green pastures and moments of pure joy.

With all our love. Be fully blessed.

Source (Ezekiel 37 Ministries)