WHY ARE YOU CAST DOWN?

“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.” PSALMS 42:11 (RSV)

When tears roll down your cheek like a child who can’t see His lights

When you try to look out for a ray of hope through the nights

Try to see if you can see a reason to move on but can’t find one

If only you could see someone to share burdens with but found none

When all you could see is a destiny going into a waste bin

Though all an external observer could see is the grin

Food shortage imminent as penury hits harder at the door

And the results of your exams knock you down to the floor

When grief possesses the merry portion of your heart

But you see the ungodly men everyday grow fat

When the gate of death seem to have taken over your world

And you try to pray, but your torment come and make you bored

Then you begin to ask ‘how much is a poison pill?’

The confusion is so much; you consider writing your will

Stand to your feet and shout, “this is not my portion”

“I hope in God and in His words, not my situation”

“Why are you cast down, O my soul?

Whatever shall come, in God I shall hope

for I shall again praise him

my help and my God, Jehovah Elohim”