I needed today's lesson badly. You see, I've been dreading tomorrow for almost 10 years... really. I guess I should explain a bit. Ten years prior to tomorrow (Dec 29, 1999) my son died and ten years before that date (Dec 29, 1989), my father died. I will be really relieved when tomorrow is over and I still have all my close friends and family (which I fully expect to be the case whenever I think about this logically).
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. This whole psalm is about trusting God when everything is going wrong in your life. A lot of people feel it is easier to trust God when trouble brews (because we tend to forget Him when things are going well). But I guess I'm a bit different in this regard. It's easy to thank God for all my blessings (and I do), but I find that I want to blame God first in bad times rather than trust in Him.
That's where prayer comes in. Daily prayer is the only path I've found to keep God front and center in my thoughts during both the good times and the bad ones. It's sort of like keeping the communication open. Our book suggests on p.23 that we commit to ourselves to do this thing called prayer daily, and that we start now.
It's a good thing it's New Year's Day soon!
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