Your cry of suffering has been heard, and I thank you for pouring out your heart so plainly before the Lord and before His people. The Lord knows what it is to hear such a cry, for He is the God who says, Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
There are times when thick darkness surrounds the soul, when we cannot see the way and can only say, I will hope in Him still, and though I am not refreshed with the light of His countenance, still in the shadow of His wings will I trust. If this is your case, you are not alone, and you are not forgotten.
Hear what the Scripture saith for such an hour as this. It is written, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. The God of patience and consolation is also the God of hope. He does not comfort us in word only, but He quickens us by His Word, and so He comforts us. One of old said, This is my comfort in my affliction, for Thy Word hath quickened me. And again, Remember the Word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope.
I would point you to that one hope which never fails. There is no hope for us in ourselves, but there is hope for us in Him whom God has provided to be the Saviour of such as we are. Jesus Christ was made perfect through sufferings, not that His character needed perfecting, for He was ever perfect, but that He might be made a perfect Saviour for suffering sinners. He knows your griefs, for He has borne them, and He is able to comfort to purpose those who come unto God by Him.
That good hope is not of our own working, it is given us through grace. Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, can comfort your heart and stablish you in every good word and work.
Therefore I pray for you now, that the Lord Himself would draw near to you, that He would give you patience to wait upon Him, comfort from His Word, and a good hope through grace that shall not make you ashamed. Take His promises and plead them before Him in prayer, and ask Him to remember His Word unto His servant, upon which He has caused you to hope.
Open His Word and let it speak to you, even if it be but a single verse, and ask the Holy Spirit, who is the Comforter, to quicken you thereby. And look ever to Christ alone for salvation, for there is no other Saviour, and no other name by which we may be saved.
We will bear you up before the throne of grace, that you may find in this affliction that peculiar comfort which comes from that peculiar source, the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.