hey springydaffs i am new on here and found your wee thread as i was looking to see if there was any Christian stuff on mumsnet. so sorry to read you having a really hard and lonely time. been in tough situations in the past too and know that i would not have survived without my firm and very real faith in a God who made me and His Son who died for me and a God who just cares about every thing i go thouugh on this earth.want to share a wee pasage which i love -its Psalm 56. I especially love the verse where it says He collects my tears in His bottle. VS 8. Reminds me of the intimate care my God has for me. blows me away!! Really trust it encourages you too. Shirley x
Psalm 56
Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3 When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
7 For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back
in the day when I call.
This I know, that God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.