in my darkest hour

Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.

- Psalm 118:5 (ESV)

 

I have been in some tough spots in my life.
I have been physically hurt. 

I have been emotionally hurt.
I have had my heart broken and my spirit shattered. 
I have been destroyed. 
I honestly believe that I have seen my darkest hour. 
Until the next one comes. 
Sometimes, I don’t know how I have survived, and I realized that even in my worst times, I never lost my faith in God.
In 2019 the unthinkable happened to the artist TobyMac, the eldest of his five children died at age 21 of an accidental drug overdose. 
TobyMac thought he would never write another song or stand on another stage. 

But he never lost his faith.

Slowly he started writing again and out of his sorrow the song Faithfully was written.
Released in 2022, here are some of the lyrics: 
It's been a long year, it almost took me down, I swear

Life was so good

I'm not so sure we knew what we had

I'll never be the same man

I'll never feel like I felt before (felt before)

It's been a hard year, it almost took me down

But when my world broke into pieces

You were there faithfully

When I cried out to You, Jesus

You made a way for me

I may never be the same man

But I'm a man who still believes

When I cried out to You, Jesus

You were there faithfully

I've had a hard time

Findin' the blue in the skies above me

And if I'm keepin' it real

I've been half-faking the happy they see

I may look like the same man

But I'm half the man I was (half the man I was)

...

In my darkest hour, You met me

So quietly, so gently

You said You'd never leave

And You stood by Your word

So quietly, so gently

In all my pain, You met me

You said You'd never leave

And You stood by Your word

'Cause when my world broke into pieces

You were there faithfully

When I cried out to You, Jesus

You made a way for me

I may never be the same man

But I'm a man who still believes

When I cried out to You, Jesus

You were there faithfully

...
The first time I heard this song, I cried uncontrollably.
In our darkest hour, we are never alone. 
No matter what, we can cry out to Jesus and He will be there, faithfully. 

 

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