"O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?
How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
Turn and answer me, O LORD my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die."
How long will you look the other way?
How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
Turn and answer me, O LORD my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die."
"How long, Lord?" Have you ever felt this way? "How long must my trial continue?" You are not alone. God's people have always struggled with this feeling of God's distance. But it's precisely at these times that you need to cry out to God, not just moan to yourself (or others). God even gives you the words, here, to express your feelings; he wants to hear those words from your heart. He does care! In your crying out, he makes himself known to you in a deeper way (which is his goal—that you know him in ever deeper ways).
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