New Century Version
8 Enemy, don’t laugh at me.
I have fallen, but I will get up again.
I sit in the shadow of trouble now,
but the Lord will be a light for me.
I have fallen, but I will get up again.
I sit in the shadow of trouble now,
but the Lord will be a light for me.
I literally just directed somebody else's attention to this scripture as an encouragement, and immediately I felt my own spirit jump up in recognition. Recently, I have been discouraged with myself over some things, and I am the best at knocking myself around.
I fall down. I mess up. I do and say things that I wish I could take back. Why? Because I'm human. Sometimes my legs are shaky and my feet stumble.
I always think of the "enemy" as Satan, and while yes, he certainly is, sometimes I am my own worst enemy. I beat myself up, I "laugh" at myself because of what I see as my own folly.
Enemy........Self - don't laugh - get up! The light of the Lord shines on, His light is never dimmed, the shadows disappear in His love.
