Psalm 13
Sometimes we feel abandoned by God. We seek, but it seems there is nothing to find. We ask and all we receive is silence. We knock on the door that is locked, barred, and sealed, and so like the psalmist, we say, “God, will you forget me forever?” Like a hamster running on its wheel, our minds race for a solution, for hope, for an answer, but there seems to be nothing.
These emotional pains are firmly rooted in reality. They do not grow out of silly sentimentalism or a momentary flurry of hysteria. It is in the real suffering extended over time and circumstances with difficult people that causes us to fill a deep and abiding loss.
The solution is not a facade or a plastic smile we force on ourselves. Rather, in the last two verses, there are three behaviors or actions that are rooted in one fact. In the darkness we trust, rejoice, and sing, not for the moment we suffer but in God's history of dealing bountifully.
“Lord, help me to be real about my pain and my hope. AMEN”
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