Alone but for the Lord

We have companions in Joy; sorrow we have to face ourselves. It is also true that unless we have Jesus with us in the darkness, we have no one.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855-1919), an American Poet , wrote,

Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep and you weep alone.

Was in deep thoughts when mediating Psalm 142 of David, visualizing when he is all alone in the cave over many days. Also received more insights as I study James Montgomery Boice's Expositional Commentary on this Psalm.

Psalm 142
A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.
1 I cry aloud to the LORD;
I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2 I pour out my complaint before him;
before him I tell my trouble.

3 When my spirit grows faint within me,
it is you who know my way.
In the path where I walk
men have hidden a snare for me.

4 Look to my right and see;
no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
no one cares for my life.

5 I cry to you, O LORD;
I say, "You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living."

6 Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

7 Set me free from my prison,
that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me
because of your goodness to me.

It is really true that when we are in desperate need that we can cry out to the Lord and from where we are climb the first summit of Faith and then the second, like David in verse 5. I look towards the Day when the righteous gather about me because of Your Goodness to me!

Psalm 23:6
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.