Psalm 145:14
"The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that bowed down" - KJV. "Yahweh is ready to uphold all who are falling. And to raise all who are laid prostrate" - Rhm. "The Lord sustains all those who fall; He lifts up those who are prostrate with grief" - Har.
The word, uphold means to give support to and to lift up. Raise up means to increase the strength; to move from a lower to a higher place or position. Prostrate is an interesting word. Dictionary meaning 1: stretched out with the face on the ground 2: completely overcome or exhausted (prostrate with grief, something or someone we lost). The word, fall interest me to check the meaning. Fall has many meanings. I will focus on "feeling low." To come down or to drop oneself to a lower position. Sounds like what we had before was gone and one become "lost in feeling."
I chatted with a friend on VP and we discussed holiday's "lowly feelings." I was watching a Christmas Story, a movie about a man who said, "The saddest part of Christmas is December 26. People can't wait for holidays to be over with and when Dec 26 came, it was a sad day. It is important to enjoy every moment that you have so when Dec 26 comes, you would have already appreciate what you have." A friend added that on December 26 was the highest rate of suicide. It is when a person just could not handle the "lost" of something on Dec. 26th.
Is there any wonder that we need to remember that God is aware of this? God wants us to know .... that ... Psalm 145:14 gives a clear picture of God Himself is touched when you are falling. He reach down to pick you up and hold you into His loving arms. So give God a moment of your time to lift you up today!
PS. A good time to pray for God to protect many who might attempts suicide on Dec 26 and intercession moment of time to stop them. Pray that they turn to Heavenly Father's loving arms holding them and to save them from being lost souls.
