In The Pits

Consider this story:

A woman went out to plant a tree.  She dug a 5 foot deep hole and planted the tree down in it, watering it thoroughly leaving it to grow.  She continued to water it and eventually the tree grew up out of the hole, thin and spindly bending over greatly in the gentlest of breezes.  That winter, as the snowstorms raged, the tree bent over further and further under the weight of the snow and eventually snapped never again to grow, leaf out or produce any fruit.

All of us at some point in our life will be sitting in the pit of loneliness and depression.  Most of us will experience it because of a major loss in our life, such as a loved one dying.  Others of us may walk a road of physical pain that never ends and we get more and more depressed from the physical beating we withstand each day.  Some of us are reeling from job loss and financial ruin.  Hungry, tired, and can’t get off the treadmill of sadness.

We feel buried in darkness, down in a deep pit of despair.  We are hiding out in darkness, not wanting to get out of bed, or come out of the house.  Feeling alone in a hole, thinking that no one else cares to know what we are going through. We may stretch to reach out to God and others and we pretend, put on a face, a mask. We act like everything is okay when inside we are thin, weak and spindly.  The slightest storm will topple us over, breaking our resolve and sending us plummeting back into the pit of despair.

The Master Gardener, knows when you are in the pit of despair.  He has been there too.  His only Son died and He sees and understands your pain.  He wants to carry your burden.  Let Him carry you. Let Him guide and help you out of the pit.    He will uproot you from the pit and plant you solidly in a relationship with Him where His arms encircle you and hug you and hold you.  He will carry you through the sorrow and the pain and you won’t be alone.  He will plant you in full sunlight, water you and nurture you till you grow strong and bear fruit for Him. 

Are you in the pits?

He’s the only one that can truly pull you out.