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You Aren’t Special. You Aren’t Unique. That’s Great!

Passages of Scripture that were once helpful no longer have bearing on your life. After all, you can reason that those Scriptures don’t apply because the biblical authors aren’t walking in your shoes.

Now, every sinful response to your suffering is excused—at least in your mind. It’s not you, it’s the suffering. When the afflictions keep piling on (and usually a great portion of them are the consequence of your sinful response to suffering), you conclude that God has forsaken you.

It is here that you will make your bed in ashes. You’ve spiraled into depression and self-pity. Here, you will become jaded and your conscience seared.

You, and you alone, have been abandoned and forsaken by the God who said that He wouldn’t forsake anyone.

You’re stuck in this pit with no rope.

You even lack the fingernails to claw your way out.

You are hopeless.

There is only one way out …

If you are wallowing in the mud of despair and you feel all alone, as if nobody understands you, the only way out of this pit is to turn away from such narcissistic malarkey. And the only way to be convinced that you aren’t unique and that you aren’t special, is to look to the Lord Jesus.

One particular place to find rescue is in Psalm 88. Here, we see that no matter how deep in the pit we descend, the Lord Jesus sank further.

The One whose only companion truly was darkness plunged the depths so that this Psalm would never actually be true for me. It only feels like darkness is my sole companion. It’s not. Jesus is there. In the darkness. In the midst of my deadness. Fully present in His love and conquering grace.

He conquered the lonely grave. I can’t. And, thankfully, I don’t have to. (From Conquering the Lonely Grave)

You aren’t unique. You aren’t special. Jesus is.

The sooner we realize this the better.

Yes, you have great worth. Yes, you are dearly loved. Yes, you matter. Yes, you have a purpose.

But so does everyone else.

And they suffer too. Maybe not as much as you have. But you aren’t unique. You aren’t alone. Jesus has plunged further. Throw your despair upon Him.

Only in His uniqueness can you find rescue from the pit of yours.