The Furnace of Affliction

Jehovah in the heavens, God of great mercy and divine wisdom.

Compassionate and loving is your name.

I was cast into the furnace of fiery affliction but with underserved kindness, you did not turn your face away.

You extended your hand and smothered the flames, my bindings were released with no burning stench upon me.

You lifted me up and brought me out of the depths of the abyss.

You carried me up into your bosom from the pit where I had been thrown by the one looking to extinguish my soul.

You raised up my arms and gave me power once more.

You fortified my heart when the desolation had been made complete.

My spirit had been broken and I began to look for solace in Sheol.

My courage had been lost and my arms were heavy from pointless toil.

I hung my head low and sat in the ash heaps of despair.

But you, Oh Jehovah, are patient and merciful; you are the provider of escape.

You are a blanket of hope when all strength has been lost.

In the darkest of times, you showed your love and poured out your blessings upon me.

Your loyal love surrounded me as the air I breathe for I could not escape your loving kindness.

Your mercy came to be as time itself for it does not end in any direction.

You never forgot the love that the little one had for your great name.

Blessed be the name of my Sovereign Lord Jehovah til times indefinite for rescuing me from the furnace of affliction.