My Psalm
I am known by the creator of everything. He knows that I am sitting and meditating on His word right now. His hand is upon me even in Delhi, India.
You understand all of my thoughts. All of my fears. You can feel my weary and troubled heart. You know my afflictions. Oh God, You are with me in my troubles. You care for me in my pain. My tears do not go unnoticed by You. How I love you Lord. My afflictions are great, but You are my comforter even in the midst of the trials. I rest and depend on You in my suffering. You have enclosed me behind and before. I am surrounded by You. Before I speak a work of my suffering or cry out to You, You know my distresses. How great and perfect is Your love. How deep it is that I will never comprehend. I walk in obedience as Your servant and cry to you in my suffering. Oh God, hear my cry. In my loneliness stretch out Your hand to me that I may know Your touch. Whisper words of comfort softly in my ear. Put my afflicted heart to rest, that I may taste Your peace. I do not deserve what I am asking, yet I plead for it in my lowly state. Let me look upon Your face and experience joy in my tribulation. You are holy. You are good. You are just. Your Son's sacrifice has made me pure and sanctified in Your sight. So it is by His blood that I draw near to You in confidence. Knowing that You will hear Your daughters cry. Take delight in me. Look upon me with mercy. I rest in you and wait patiently for You. You have broken me, yet You are faithful and will restore me according to Your lovingkindness. If you will not walk with me through this, I will not go because I can do nothing apart from You. I boldly ask You to not only walk with me, but to carry me. For my legs are weary and my strength is gone. Hear my cry and fulfill the work You have started in me. I am Your daughter and I sit in obedience waiting on You Lord.
I am known by the creator of everything. He knows that I am sitting and meditating on His word right now. His hand is upon me even in Delhi, India.
You understand all of my thoughts. All of my fears. You can feel my weary and troubled heart. You know my afflictions. Oh God, You are with me in my troubles. You care for me in my pain. My tears do not go unnoticed by You. How I love you Lord. My afflictions are great, but You are my comforter even in the midst of the trials. I rest and depend on You in my suffering. You have enclosed me behind and before. I am surrounded by You. Before I speak a work of my suffering or cry out to You, You know my distresses. How great and perfect is Your love. How deep it is that I will never comprehend. I walk in obedience as Your servant and cry to you in my suffering. Oh God, hear my cry. In my loneliness stretch out Your hand to me that I may know Your touch. Whisper words of comfort softly in my ear. Put my afflicted heart to rest, that I may taste Your peace. I do not deserve what I am asking, yet I plead for it in my lowly state. Let me look upon Your face and experience joy in my tribulation. You are holy. You are good. You are just. Your Son's sacrifice has made me pure and sanctified in Your sight. So it is by His blood that I draw near to You in confidence. Knowing that You will hear Your daughters cry. Take delight in me. Look upon me with mercy. I rest in you and wait patiently for You. You have broken me, yet You are faithful and will restore me according to Your lovingkindness. If you will not walk with me through this, I will not go because I can do nothing apart from You. I boldly ask You to not only walk with me, but to carry me. For my legs are weary and my strength is gone. Hear my cry and fulfill the work You have started in me. I am Your daughter and I sit in obedience waiting on You Lord.
May God bless you with so much peace, comfort, and joy that it not only is enough for you but bubbles up out of your inmost being and pours out on those around you. May He fill you with His love to overflowing and help you see outside yourself to the blessing you are to others and that you may bless them not at a detriment to yourself, but out of the overflow he blesses you with. Peace that passes all understanding I pray for you in Jesus name.
ReplyDeleteThis is dependence. In the midst of struggle, a cry to the creator and sustainer of all things is heard and He strengthens you. It is a blessing to be in a position where you must depend upon the grace of God to sustain you. This is a place that many people in US don't have the opportunity to experience. In my time with the Lord this morning I was studying Philippians 4. In this chapter Paul relates the fact that he has learned to be content in any and all circumstances, whether in need or in plenty. In order to learn this contentment, he had to experience significant need, cry out to God and experience the truth that it is God alone who sustains and not the things of this world. You are blessed and a blessing. May the Lord keep and sustain you, for it is clear that he has a great purpose in mind for you.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you! I love you soooo much,
Dad
Although I have never met you, and maybe I never will, I am stunned by your wisdom. The pastor of my church where I am the worship leader, is giving a series of sermons on Creation. We are singing a song Across The Lands written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend. I will share with my congregation your psalm before this song to illustrate just how His grace and "love rings out across the lands"! All the way to Dehli, India.
ReplyDeleteWhen I heard you were going to be in India for 5 months, I actually thought you would be doing something worthwhile, such as helping to feed the poor, or help provide basic sanitation, which I'm sure you know is greatly lacking in many parts of India. So you can imagine my sheer disappointment when I find out all you're doing is going to a series of theological lectures with no value whatsoever. A piece of advice: grow up, stop believing silly stories about some sort of divine entity which takes personal interest in your life, for which there is no evidence whatsoever and try to do something that actually contributes to the greater good.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Someone who cares about humanity