
Good Grief!
Week two - Faithful and Frustrated
Psalm 6
We’ve talked for decades about
We play nice with God.
“God is good, all the time.”
“Too blessed to be stressed.”
“This is hard, but I know God has a plan.”
God prefers
God wants to hear from you.
“Ask and it will be given.”
“Come to me all you who are weary.”
“Turn to me”
“Cry out to me.”
1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 2 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. 3 My soul is in deep anguish.
How long, Lord, how long?
4 Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. 5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
6 I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. 7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
8 Away from me, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame. —Psalm 6:1-10
The difference between holy frustration and being wholly frustrated, is remembering and affirming God’s faithfulness in the
- Just because you don’t feel it, doesn’t mean you don’t
- Just because you are feeling it doesn’t mean you’re