“Overwhelmed!”- Not a word we would use often but there are times when we find ourselves in such a desperate situation this best describe’s our experience. We are “Overwhelmed,” whether personally or through circumstances or at the plight of another- we don't know what to do. It is as though the soul descends into the blackness of night. We frantically look around, clutching for “straws”, what to do. How to get out of this, does anyone understand? The Psalmist knew what this was like.

So let’s gather around and listen in to one who has been there and glean from him how and what he did and so we ourselves may follow and do likewise if or when we find ourselves in the place “when our hearts are overwhelmed.”