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I realise these words are not the most cheerful, but I actually find this psalm really encouraging. Firstly because it allows us to find the words for when we are feeling truly at our worst, and proves that all God's people can feel lost and despairing at times. Secondly these same words were uttered later on by Jesus on the cross, so we can be sure that God has truly experienced human suffering and despair and does know and care about it. In a time where the view people have on our lives from the outside is becoming almost more important than how our lives really are, there is a pressure to always be doing well and be in control. But God's view is the opposite - what is seen on the outside has no importance at all for him and what he cares about is how we really are, and what we really feel. He is the reality when everything else is about appearance.
My prayer for us this Lent is that we would look to the things that God is creating in us and not the things seen from the outside and that "[we] shall live for him (v29)".
Mon Dieu ! Mon Dieu ! Pourquoi m'as-tu abandonné?
Je sais que ceux ne sont les mots les plus joyeux, mais je trouve le psaume très encourageant. D'abord parce qu'elle nous permet de trouver les mots pour nos moments les plus difficiles, et nous montre que même le peuple de Dieu se sent perdu et triste des fois. Mais aussi parce que les mêmes mots sont utilises par Jésus au moment de sa mort sur la croix, ce qui confirme que Dieu connait notre souffrance et difficultés. Dans un monde ou comment on nous voit devient plus important même que nos vrais sentiments, Dieu veut savoir ce que nous ressentons vraiment en nous. Dieu est la vraie réalité dans un monde d'apparences.
Ma prière pour nous est que nous ferions attention à ce que Dieu fait en nous et pas aux choses extérieures.
Bethan Sollars
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