The Jumping Off Place

Wit's End

They reeled to and fro staggering as men who were drunk, and when they came to their 

wit's end,  they cried  unto the Lord and he brings them out of their  distresses.

Psalm 107:27,28 

Not knowing which way to turn in life when tragedy, trials and suffering over whelms us and we are not even able  to walk a straight line without staggering.   All our rests, earthly dwelling places, comforts and securities have been taken away,  it is then  we come to the jumping off place.   The Psalmist  tells us when they came to their "wits-end" they cried out and the Lord heard them and brought them out of their distresses.  (They cried and He heard)

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Jumping Off

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Wit's End Corner

Are you standing at "Wit's End Corner
Friend with troubled brow?
Are you thinking of what is before you,
And all you are bearing now?
Does all the world seem against you,
And you in the battle alone?
Remember-at "Wit's End Corner"
Is just where God's power is shown.

Are you standing at "Wit's End Corner
Blinded with wearying pain,
Feeling you cannot endure it,
You cannot bear the strain,
Bruised through the constant suffering,
Dizzy, and dazed, and numb?
Remember-at "Wit's End Corner"
Is where Jesus loves to come.

Are you standing at "Wit's End Corner"?
Your work before you spread,
A mountain of tasks unfinished,
And pressing on heart and head,
Longing for strength to do it,
Stretching out trembling hands?
Remember--at "Wit's End Corner"
Is where the Burden-bearer stands.

Are you standing then about to jump off 

at "Wit's End Corner"?
Then you're just in the very spot
To learn the wondrous resources
Of Him who faileth not:
No doubt to a brighter pathway
Your footsteps will soon be moved,
But only at "Wit's End Corner"
Is the "God who is able"  truly proved.