O LORD, the God who saves me,
day and night I cry out before you.
May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.
For my soul is full of trouble
and my life draws near the grave.
-Psalm 88:1-3
I’m not well. Physically, I am sick, but I know it is only temporary. Emotionally, I am troubled. College is really starting to affect me. I feel like I am just not going to make it. I feel unaccomplished, worthless, a disappointment- in more ways than one. I feel alone. I determine my grades, not anyone else.
Does the walker choose the path or does the path choose the walker? – Sabriel
I call to you, O LORD, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do those who are dead rise up and praise you?
Is your love declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Destruction?
Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
But I cry to you for help, O LORD;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Why, O LORD, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death;
I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.
All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
You have taken my companions and loved ones from me;
the darkness is my closest friend…
-Psalm 88:9-18
After I read this particular section of Psalms, I just starred at the page. This verse was extremely powerful to me. After all this person suffered, he was still praying…
And I pray:
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
-Psalm 51:12
Something to think about:
And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
-Luke 18:6-8
