The Deliverance Flower : Through darkness to light

Sweet Chestnut

Extreme anguish, reached limits

Anguish

Despair, desolation, extremity

For those moments that happen to some people when the anguish is so great as to seem to be unbearable. When the mind or body feels as if it had borne to the uttermost limit of its endurance, and that now it must give way. When it seems there is nothing but destruction and annihilation left to face.

Reflection

Sweet Chestnut reflects anguish at the limit. The trial feels past what a person can bear, and there is no inner reserve left to call on. David prayed, when his heart was overwhelmed, to be led to the rock that is higher than he was. Deliverance in this place is not found by digging deeper into the self. It is found by crying out to God.

Scripture

Psalm 61:2 (KJV). "From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I."

Meditation

God, my heart is overwhelmed. I cry to You from here. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I am, and do not let me face this alone.