Experience Him

Psalms 61


Hear my cry, O God;
Attend to my prayer.
² From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

³ For You have been a shelter for me,
A strong tower from the enemy.
⁴ I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

⁵ For You, O God, have heard my vows;
You have given me the heritage of those who fear Your name.
⁶ You will prolong the king’s life,
His years as many generations.
⁷ He shall abide before God forever.
Oh, prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him!

⁸ So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
That I may daily perform my vows.

I ran to God on June 22, 1995 in terror of what I was seeing in my family and our world.  I knew if I were ever going to breath, exhale, and have some sort of peace of mind God would have to be the one to give it.  I had shed tears on every one of my prison terms and each time I would come back to my peers and family I always came back with more humility and a stronger love to give them.  But nothing ever seemed to change and no one cared for humanity, not even me.  Then in 1999 one more time exiting prison, exuding love to all  I was once again saddened by the lack of unity in my family and in my community, and thought about committing suicide.  I said to myself why have big dreams and strive to give myself and my family all when they cared about nothing but themselves.  Love, God, and life are to be shared with everyone.  So I denounced my pity party, repented to the Lord for thinking such a thing, and drew closer to Him.  James 4: 7-8 says "Therefore submit to God.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you.  Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."  God has drawn so near to me that I know I'm in our world but not of it.  He has revealed Himself so evidently in my life with His care and love for me that I can't go a minute without thinking of Him, speaking of Him before others and talking to Him as a Father and His son.  God has brought me through and out of a nightmare within the prisons, my family and life's drama that I keep my bible real close and hopefully our relationship even closer.  God has written His words upon my heart and I thank Him so much for it.  I thank Him for providing a bible to see my way out of darkness and into His love, a love that has taken my mind over completely.  This kind of love can never be fully explained unless you experience Him. 


I love you DAD and I pray your world will too,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst