Sunday Psalms;

For the Choir Director:

A psalm of the descendents of Korah.

A song to be sung to the tune "the suffering of affliction".

A psalm of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Lord, 

God of my salvation, 

I cry out to you by day. 

I come to you at night.

Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.

For my life is full of troubles...

Psalms 88:1-3 NLT

This song documents what seems to be Heman's life and his experience of what we would probably call depression today.

As difficult as Heman's heart is to hear, it's a gift for us.

Why?

Well sometimes we struggle to find words to express our emotions and we can borrow the psalmists if we need to.

Sometimes we aren't sure if all our human emotions are OK or acceptable and yet here's a song about some of those really difficult ones that has a tune selected and would have been sung as some part of worship to our God.

It's in the middle of our Bible for a reason.

When we feel alone, like we're the only one to feel like we do, that no one would "get" us, we find that Heman has been here before us, keeping it real.

And his song is accepted and acceptable.

When we are at our lowest of low ebbs, know that you are accepted and acceptable, that you are Beloved.

#psalms

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#keepingitreal 

#itsOKtotalkorwriteasong

#youareBeloved