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Psalm chapter 88, verse 18,

You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me.

My companions have become darkness.

This is one of many places in the Psalms,

whether it's King David at different points or other psalmist,

crying out to God when they have been betrayed or shunned the word here in verse 18.

Says by their friends, by their beloved.

Psalm 88, verse 18, says by companions who have become darkness to them.

And I just want to lead us to meditate on this reality that I'm guessing we all are in some sense familiar with

or will be familiar with at some point in our lives in this broken world.

And to pray accordingly to let God's word lead us to pray

in light of broken relationships in this world.

And specifically in light of times where people we look to and leaned on who we love

and they loved us and they have loved us.

We've experienced friendship, but now we are shunned by them.

And their companionship is like darkness over us.

The imagery here is so sobering and sad.

And yet the psalmist is looking to God and asking for help from the God who will never shun him.

The God who will never become darkness to him.

The God whose light will always shine on him as he looks to God.

This is a good reminder that God will never leave us, never forsake us,

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