Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody,
I got some money 'cause I just got paid.
How I wish I had someone to talk to,
I'm in an awful way.
-Another Saturday Night, Sam Cooke
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
-Psalm 42:5 (also Psalm 43:5) (NIV)
I'm not feeling the greatest this evening. I'm not entirely sure why, but the song lyrics that I started this post off with popped into my head a little while ago, so the subject of this post is probably a big part of it.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future."
-Jeremiah 29:11
I need to hold close to this verse. I memorized it a few weeks ago. It's even at the right side of this blog and stored in my phone from when I had just flunked out of college, and a good friend texted it to me. I don't think he knew that I've saved that message--all others get deleted every couple of weeks.
I also need to remember that I'm not alone, no matter how much it feels like it at any particular time. I've always got the Comforter with me.
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