Psalm 30 - What it means to me.
O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead;
you spared me from going down to the pit. Verse 3.
When I was a teenager, I was in deep despair. I felt alone, empty and lost. Because of these feelings, I was always in trouble for drinking, doing drugs and sleeping around. Many times I wanted to kill myself, but God held me back. I drove up to the top of a cliff one day and sat there trying to decide whether to drive off but I didn't.
I felt dead inside, as the Psalmist says. Nothing seemed to matter - no one loved me, not even my own family.
I didn't know God was there and that when I was 19 I would give my life to him. I didn't know he would give me my own family to love and be loved by. I didn't know he would spare me from going down to the pit.
Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones, And give thanks to His holy name. Verse 4.
