Give Light To My Eyes
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you
hide your face from me? How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow
in my heart all day long? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Consider and answer me, O LORD my God! Give light to my eyes, or
I will sleep the sleep of death, and my enemy will say, “I have prevailed”; my
foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
But I trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in
your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with
me.
Psalm 13:1-6
We all have to wait for answers, and they may not come when we
want them to, but when God wants them to. In such times, we are vulnerable to
wrong assumptions and conclusions about life, about God, and about prayer.
David seems to sing of frustration, and yet in the end, his
doubts and fears turned to trust. No matter the circumstances of our struggles,
we cannot diminish the character of God and His care for His children.
In the pain and struggle of living without answers, we can
always find comfort in our heavenly Father.
When we pray, God wraps us in His loving
arms.
Our Daily Bread –