You keep track of all my sorrows. 

You have collected all my tears in your bottle. 

You have recorded each one in your book.

Psalms 56:8 NLT

Some days this verse of this song gives comfort;

God knows, 

He's aware of my sorrow.

David creates this word picture of God collecting our tears, of God being a scribe, sitting with me as I share my story and hurts. 

Our God is personal. 

And He knows. 

And then there's days when I just want Him to not worry about collecting my tears and to deal to the cause. Heal my friend, heal my wounds, fix, act. 

And David said the same thing, in the verse just before this one;

"Don't let them get away with their wickedness; 

in your anger, 

O God, 

bring them down."

Psalms 56:7

David calls on God to act on his behalf, to fix things. 

God's people were looking for generations for God to intervene, to free them from Roman oppression, and He did, Jesus entered in, looked at people with compassion, cried his own tears, and acted in a way that is still a bit confounding, set things in motion that are still not complete, because He wants all people to return to Him. 

While his love is personal, the God who records my tears, He's global too. He loves me, and He loves the people I want God to "bring down". 

His love is outrageous. 

So when I am afraid, afraid that God's not doing enough, when I'm afraid of what others say or do, when I'm afraid of my own heart and thoughts, when I am afraid of the future, when I am afraid I am not enough, when I am afraid, I will trust in You. 

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#trust