I love how the Psalms are full of real struggles and real praise. I don't know if I've ever really let it all out with God like that. Reading the Psalms makes my prayers seem superficial somehow.
I can't say that anything spoke directly to me in this Psalm...just maybe a conviction that somehow I need to dive deeper into my prayer life.
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That's probably my favorite thing about the Psalms too. I love the raw emotion and how real they are. The ups and downs, the joy and sorrow, its all so real. The openness with God is amazing to be able to see.
It's funny you should mention this, because as I was flipping through my Bible to get to Psalm 5, I ran across some of my own writing in Psalm 13. It caught my eye, so I stopped and read it. Here is the passage:
Psalm 13:1-4
1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
4 my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
Verses 1-4 are David asking God "what are you doing??" and then "tell me otherwise I'll die!!" Then it seems he just stops after verse 4, his mind and priorities and everything else lines back up, and he goes on:
Psalm 13:5-6
5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.
You can just feel that softening in David's heart. He knows God, he is so close with God. But he, like us, goes through times of worry and fear and questioning God. I think we all have a lesson or two to learn from David, and need to sometimes just stop, remember our God, and thank and praise Him for who He is, because he HAS been good to us!
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