1 Samuel 30:1-6
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried themaway, and went on their way. 3¶So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.5And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
Job 19:19
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Psalm 55:12-14
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. 14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Psalm 55:16-17
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Psalm 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
THERE IS A HYMN WRITTEN BY A PASTOR HENRY FRANCIS LYTE JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS. THIS HYMN NEEDS NOT TO BE ARCHIVED TO FUNERAL SERVICES AS IT SPEAKS HOPE TO ALL AT ALL TIMES! LYTE BORROWS WORDS FROM THE DISCIPLES ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS AS HE OPENS THIS POEM.
Luke 24:28-29 NKJV
“Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them.”
