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Psalm 6

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *

do not punish me in your wrath.

Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; *

heal me, Lord, for my bones are racked.

My spirit shakes with terror; *

how long, O Lord, how long?

Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; *

save me for your mercy’s sake.

For in death no one remembers you; *

and who will give you thanks in the grave?

I grow weary because of my groaning; *

every night I drench my bed
and flood my couch with tears.

My eyes are wasted with grief *

and worn away because of all my enemies.

Depart from me, all evildoers, *

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

The Lord has heard my supplication; *

the Lord accepts my prayer.

All my enemies shall be confounded and quake with fear; *

they shall turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

It is a hard today for you …

Perhaps.

Tedious? Is it?

Does this or any of these describe how you are experiencing today?

weariness,

tears,

weeping,

groaning,

and weakness.

Know this from the psalm, that it is OK to tell God.

Know this also, that God knows, understands, cares, and enters into your experience.

Know even more that there is a parallel story being written about your journey. It is a story that is far more accurate because it is wrapped up in the final paragraphs, more accurate because it knows and tells the unseen and unperceived realities that are active all around you. It is more complete because God wins and you win.

I am weary with my moaning;

every night I flood my bed with tears;

I drench my couch with my weeping.

My eye wastes away because of grief;

it grows weak because of all my foes.

-Psalm 6:6-7 ESV

I serve a God manifest in a man …
A man with a broken heart.
How can I not follow one who so willingly …
Wore a broken body
And bore a broken heart?

“ Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I could find no one.” – Psalm 69:22