God cares about our
losses and crisis in our lives. I used Psalm 42 to share at church in New
Jersey the Sunday after hurricane Sandy. Most did not have electricity,
all had some damage to their homes, and some were displaced. You may not have
just gone through a hurricane, but storms in life abound. Our focus needs to
stay vertical.
As the deer
pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My
soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with
God. My tears have been my food day and
night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your
God?” These things I remember as I pour out my
soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of
the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive
throng. Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so
disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise
him, my Savior and my God.
It is a great reminder
of what our number one desire should be - to be with God. God is a living God.
He knows your pain and loss.
Are you reaching out to
Him? He’s there.
Always praise God during
and after the storm. He is worthy. Amen?
