From the last week in May until now things have been so difficult for me...
I am walking by faith. Still, it has not been easy.
The scheduled June 4th parole hearing was only one small part of this difficult period. It seemed as if Satan was hitting me with everything in his arsenal. I was very depressed and utterly exhausted. I had never been attacked like this in all my years as a Christian. For almost two weeks I had so little energy that I barely had the strength to go to my job assignment. I spent a lot of time lying on my bunk. Even going to the chapel for the Bible studies was a struggle. Nevertheless, the Lord was faithful. For just this very morning, I began to get my strength back and this depression has begun to lift. This heavy oppression is now rising off me.
And also during this time I had come under persecution from someone in the news media. But like all of Satan's devices, they only last a short season. Meanwhile, I am continuing on with the Lord, humbled, yet learning to lean on Him even more. For during this difficult period, the Lord has given to me more of His wonderful grace. His strength was made perfect in my weakness. And I was truly so weak! Thus, it is as the Scripture says, God is a "very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1).
D.B.
The scheduled June 4th parole hearing was only one small part of this difficult period. It seemed as if Satan was hitting me with everything in his arsenal. I was very depressed and utterly exhausted. I had never been attacked like this in all my years as a Christian. For almost two weeks I had so little energy that I barely had the strength to go to my job assignment. I spent a lot of time lying on my bunk. Even going to the chapel for the Bible studies was a struggle. Nevertheless, the Lord was faithful. For just this very morning, I began to get my strength back and this depression has begun to lift. This heavy oppression is now rising off me.
And also during this time I had come under persecution from someone in the news media. But like all of Satan's devices, they only last a short season. Meanwhile, I am continuing on with the Lord, humbled, yet learning to lean on Him even more. For during this difficult period, the Lord has given to me more of His wonderful grace. His strength was made perfect in my weakness. And I was truly so weak! Thus, it is as the Scripture says, God is a "very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1).
D.B.