Exhort 3 – Prayer For Help in Despair

Exhort 3 – Prayer for Help in Despair

If you are weary, uncertain, or weighed down by despair,
this prayer invites you to look beyond human limits
and rest in the Divine Source of comfort and strength.

1. In moments of despair,
   in seasons of uncertainty,
   when I long to feel fully alive—
   Who do I turn to?
   How did I arrive here?
2. My distress comes
   from not meeting expectations.
   But whose expectations matter?
   The shifting demands of humanity?
   Or the eternal will
   of the Most Divine Presence?
3. Human plans are fleeting.
   Born of impulse.
   Changed by mood.
   Here today, gone tomorrow.
4. Human laws may be wrong today,
   yet right tomorrow.
   Accepted in one land,
   rejected in another.
   They rise and fall
   just as humanity itself does.
5. But Divine principles—
   they remain constant.
   The laws of nature
   are unshakable.
   Only grace,
   given for a Divine purpose,
   creates an opening.
6. Who created humanity?
   Who formed all things above
   and all things below?
   Now I know
   where to turn.
   Back to the Source
   from which all life begins.
7. Why rely on intermediaries?
   Why seek from humans
   what only the Creator
   can provide?
8. I confess my imperfections.
   I cannot rid myself
   of this fragile skin.
   I sweat.
   I excrete.
   I belch.
   All unclean—
   yet all necessary for life.
9. Can I avoid dirty clothes? No.
   Can I shower endlessly
   to stop sweat? No.
   If I resist what is natural,
   greater consequences will come.
10. So I see—
    I am imperfect,
    yet I strive for goodness.
11. When I am unclean,
    I cleanse.
    When disorder arises,
    I rearrange.
    This is the life I inhabit.
12. Thus I focus
    on Divine laws.
    On eternal principles
    for comfort and direction.
13. What can humans do to me—
    they, with their transient laws?
    Not much.
14. But what can Divine principles offer me
    in despair?
    They offer solace.
    They offer strength.
    They offer motivation.
15. Therefore,
    I look to the Divine Spirit
    for solace,
    for rest,
    for the assurance
    that my path
    will lead to pleasant places.

Amen.  

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