For Crying Out Loud

 

With my voice,

   I cry out to the LORD;

with my voice,

   I plead for mercy to the LORD.

I pour out my anxiety before Him;

I tell my trouble before Him.

When my spirit faints

                     within me,

You know my way.

            Psalm 142. 1-2

For crying out loud

is exactly what God

    wants to hear,

for us not to think 

  or despair about 

         our situations,

but to come before Him.

Verbalizing our troubles

before the LORD

            deflates them.

Let not worries and fears

  take His rightful place.

When we turn to Him,

  He unravels them.

They have no real power

      over us.

When our spirit faints

 because we are overwhelmed,

  we realize we need

    His Spirit

who overcomes what 

         overwhelms us.

O LORD,

We cry out to You

from the bottom of our hearts.

Help us, we pray,

not just to find our way

    through this hardship,

but to let You

  guide us through every detail.

You know our hearts.

You know our way through

  and that would be

             only with You.

Be glorified, O LORD,

      even in this.