{"id":3656,"date":"2021-09-18T14:41:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2021-09-18T14:41:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:41:20","slug":"have-i-been-forsaken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/18\/have-i-been-forsaken\/","title":{"rendered":"Have I Been Forsaken?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Matthew 27: [46] About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, &#8220;Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?&#8221;&#8211;which means, &#8220;My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Observation: Sometimes I feel forsaken, lost and all alone.  I pray each morning but my mind wanders and I\u2019m not sure why I\u2019m still here.  I ask to hear from my Father, but each day goes by and I\u2019m not sure what to do.  My mind is so busy God would have to yell that I could hear.  I feel so out of place here and hope to hear what He wants me to do before coming home.<\/p>\n<p>Application: God\u2019s word tells me that He will never forsake me.  I need to look at the past where God\u2019s hand has pulled me out of so many trials.  I need to learn to trust and be patient and wait on the Lord, as His word tells me to do.  I need to find more quiet time and really listen to hear His voice.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: Dear Father please speak to me that I might hear and understand your will for your servant\u2019s life.  Give me peace and understanding and guide me through this life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Matthew 27: [46] About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, &#8220;Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?&#8221;&#8211;which means, &#8220;My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?&#8221; Observation: Sometimes I feel forsaken, lost and all alone. I pray each morning but my mind wanders and I\u2019m not sure why I\u2019m still here. I &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3658,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions\/3658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}