Sunday Psalms

This Psalm, this song is written for those who feel overwhelmed, who may not have the words to describe how it is, and need to hear it in the Bible...

This is written by a person who knows distress and deep, long lasting sadness:

Psalm 102 NLT

"Lord, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!

Don't. turn away from me in my time of distress.

Bend down to listen, 

and answer me quickly when I call to you.

For my days disappear like smoke, 

and my bones burn like red-hot coals.

My heart is sick, withered like grass, 

and I have lost my appetite.

Because of my groaning, 

I am reduced to skin and bones.

I am like an owl in the desert, 

like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.

I lie awake, 

lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.

I eat ashes for food. 

My tears run down into my drink

...

My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass."

...

Maybe something resonates - "yes that's me", and if not you, it will describe someone you know. It describes being human & it's in the middle of our Bible to let us know that it's OK not to be OK. 

And this song ends with reconnecting us with the Big Story, the Hope story:

"The children of your people will live in security. 

Their children's children will thrive in your presence."

v28

Jesus said that in this world we will have trouble, our experiences won't all be good ones, yet to take heart, to have courage, because there's a Bigger Story and He has overcome it all.

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