My women’s bible study group has been going through a Psalms study that looks at several different Psalms, how and why they are written, and what we can learn from them. We are tasked throughout the week through prompts to write verses that eventually turns into a “Psalm” written by us. It models the chapter we just studied but it is geared to what our individual hopes, laments and praises are to God.
It’s been a truly enlightening study. It’s allowed me to dig deep and really reach for what I want to express to God. Recently, we studied Psalm 42-43, and topic for the day was on worshiping in sorrows. It encouraged us to really speak to God about how we truly feel.
“When we tell God the truth about what we feel and why, the Holy Spirit can minister to our needs.” –Discovering Hope in the Psalms
God knows everything. He knows the number of hairs on our heads. He knows what our path is. He knows our desires, our sorrows, and our requests. Often, however, we don’t tell Him about it. We can discount it as trivial or simple. Perhaps, we’ve prayed about it for days or weeks, and it seems that it’s unanswered. Maybe you even feel it’s too silly to pray about.
Dear friend, we can go to Him with anything. When we have a personal relationship with our heavenly Father, it allows us to come to Him with anything, anytime. He wants us to come to Him with our needs. It’s like any deep and close relationship with anyone. It never gets tired of hearing I love you or I need you. God desires us to come to Him, no matter how big or small.
He may not answer how we wish, but it doesn’t mean He’s far from us. He’s simply walking us through something. We can continually pour out our hearts to Him and He will never be tired of hearing it. The psalmist often did just that, pouring out to Him over and over all the while putting their hope in God. I pray that you may feel that you can do the same.
“Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” –Psalm 55:22
~Erin
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