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Psalm 34:18 (NLT): “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.”

I received a disheartening phone call this week from someone very important to me. She was in a very dark place; lower than I’ve ever seen from her. She is normally a very strong person, but she was not able to pull herself up from the pit she was in.

Alone! That was what she was saying, “I am so alone.”

This person works as a crisis counselor for people who are at their lowest: people who are suicidal. I’ll tell you that if I did her job I would have a hard time feeling happy, let alone no...