"Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head."
Psalms 3:2-3
That seems like a mean thing to say to someone, but I get that sometimes we feel this way about others, especially public figures that we have limited information about and so it is easy to see them as having no redeeming qualities... or other categories of people that are defined by their faults. Child abusers, purveyors of ransomware... that sort of thing.
Sometimes we feel this way about ourselves... that everything we do is wrong, and we don't see a way out of our own sins or limitations.
No matter who denies hope, or to whom it is directed, the truth is that God has the full power to save every single person that turns to him with a broken heart and a contrite spirit... in humility, sorrowing for the harm caused and willing to change. There is always help for us in God, and he will shield us from despair, if we will turn to him in faith and work to repent and change, even if ten thousands of people stand against us (verse 6). Today, let's turn to God and work to become the people that we truly want to be rather than the people we now are.
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