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任何与抑郁症作斗争的人都知道，耶利米所描述的 “战抖惧怕而不平安 ”的感觉。几年前，我经历了一段时期，我觉得我已经失去了服侍的呼召。我觉得我什么都做不好，我没有理由再服侍了。我感到失落、孤独和无助。我很害怕。

当耶利米预言以色列和犹大的时候，他描述了他们非常无助的情况。他们是一个被奴役的民族，过着看起来无望的生活。他们唯一知道做的事情就是在恐惧和害怕中呼喊。他们不知道平安是什么。

但主并没有撇下他们。在他们遇到困难的时候，神听见了他们，祂应许与他们同在，并将拯救他们。

当我们在恐惧和惧怕中呼喊时，神会听到我们，就像祂听到以色列和犹大一样。祂在我们无望的时候听见我们。而且神不会撇下我们。

无论你感到多么孤独，神都与你同在。无论你多么害怕，神都将你放在祂的手中。因此，当恐惧和惊吓笼罩着你时，要寻求神。当平安无处可寻，无助压倒你时，神就在那里，祂要平息你的恐惧，把你从牢笼中解救出来。

Anyone who has battled depression knows the feeling of “terror, not peace” described by Jeremiah. A few years ago I experienced a time in which I felt I had lost my calling to work in ministry. I felt that I couldn’t do anything right and that I had no reason to be working in ministry anymore. I felt lost, alone, and helpless. I was afraid.

As Jeremiah prophesies about Israel and Judah, he describes them in a very helpless situation. They are an enslaved people living a seemingly hopeless existence. The only thing that they know to do is to cry out in fear and in terror. Peace is not a companion that they know.

But the Lord doesn’t leave them there. In their time of trouble, God hears them, and he promises that he is with them and will deliver them.

God hears us when we cry out in terror and fear, just as he heard Israel and Judah. He hears us in our hopelessness. And God doesn’t leave us there.

No matter how alone you might feel, God is with you. No matter how afraid you might be, God has you in his hands. So when fear and terror overwhelm you, look for God. When peace is nowhere to be found and helplessness overwhelms you, God is there to calm your fears and deliver you from captivity.