Everything Feels Heavy

Everything Feels Heavy The “Dark Night of the Soul” is a concept from a poem written by St. John of the Cross, a Spanish Monk in the 1500s. This term has since been commonly used to describe seasons of intense spiritual dryness, confusion, fear, and doubt. Asaph, a writer of the Psalms, may have been experiencing a “dark night of the soul” when he wrote Psalm 77. He starts out, “I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted” (1-2). If you find yourself in deep distress, feeling forgotten or rejected by God, you may be experiencing your own dark night. Yet still, Asaph interrupts his despair with a remembrance of God’s work and power. And we pray that as you continue to navigate your “night,” remembrance of God’s goodness might fill you with hope and comfort too.