I am doing something that I haven't done in a long time. I am reading through the Psalms on a regular basis. The thing that is hitting me about the psalms is how much raw emotion that you find there. I almost think that David is some kind of nut case. In Psalm 10 David asks God why does he hide himself in times of trouble? We all know that David is spouting bad theology here. God doesn't hide, but yet it is written right in the Scriptures, go figure. Then David in the same psalm says this,
"But you, God see the trouble of the afflicted, you consider their grief andI take comfort that God isn't threatened by emotional outbursts that question his actions or plans but that he waits for me to figure it out.
take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the
fatherless."
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I find Psalms to be such an awesome model of how to handle trouble. Yes we struggle with where God is and we know He isn't hiding but what else is there to say. I think that often we need to work through our honest emotions to get to the worshipping God part. My experience is that it is a real release to let go of my 'stuff' and then end up at worship.
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