Crying out to God
Psalm 13:1-2, 5 and Tulip Leaves in Snow, Bellevue, Nebraska.
“How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I wrestle in my soul with sorrow in my heart each day… But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.” Psalm 13:1-2, 5
Crying out in Tough Times
Sometimes life looks tough and it is. David experienced tough times when he wrote Psalm 13. He wrote it with raw emotion and biblical scholars consider it one of the psalms of lament.
The psalms of lament show us that when we experience hardship it’s okay to be real with our emotions before God. Crying out to Him is normal. So when you’re stressed, worried, hurt or experience a loss cry out to God. He listens.
Even though David’s pain didn’t disappear, at the end of the psalm he chose to praise God. Praising God is a choice. Let’s choose to praise God even in the tough times.
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Thank you for the message. I want to let you know before I opened my cell phone I cried unto and pout out all emotions.To make short, I was ready To sleep when I decided to open my cell and check my email and lo! behold your message of King David in Psalms 13 was my comfort. In addition, the TV network connection was not working, that leads me open my Bible and read the whole verses of Jude and ended up crying in verse 24. Thus, it leads me to.peace and your message used by God for me to know that He heard me.
God bless you always. Your ministry is not in vain.
Crying out to God is really God’s gift.
Indeed. King David his intimacy to God is precious God. What a loving God we have.
Amen!
Hi Eunice! Thanks so much for sharing your story! It’s good to read it. I am blessed.
Praise God for meeting your heartfelt needs through this website. God is good and He knows just what will speak to us and when we need it most.
I often ask ‘how long oh God’ I have been praying for the salvation of my son and his girlfriend. He is a worrier about everything but can’t seem to realize that only God can help him. I have been praying for many years, yet every so often I realize that He hears my prayer and I know God has them in his arms. Praise him.