by sherry
David's Prayer (also public blog, Psalm 5:1-3)
"Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing.
Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
Morning by morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
morning by morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation"
King David is my personal and favorite 'blogger'; he was crying "for
help" through numerous "requests", and it seems that his problem is
on-going because offers his prayer "morning by morning".
His prayer consists of three requests: "Give ear to my
words", "consider my sighing", and "listen to my
cry". In these three requests, David uses three styles of
communication: his "words", his "sighing", and his
"cry":
Our "words" are usually reasoned, well
thought-out expression and petitions to God.
Our "sighing" There are times,
especially in times of trouble, when we are at a loss of words, we
cannot even express our prayers. We have reasoned through our
petitions, we have stated with words the result of our reasoning,
then we run out of words. I am told (medically) that sighing is due to
shallow breathing (usually caused by anxiety) that's why deep breathing and meditation help; it calms you spirit and your body. I catch myself sighing a lot.
Finally, David prays with a "cry". David not only communicated
through reasoned requests, and sighings, but also with
emotive cries. Our emotions are an expression of our desire; they
communicate the seriousness of your request. Christ is our example in this: "For Jesus during his earthly life offered up prayers and entreaties,
crying aloud and weeping as He pleaded with Him who was able to bring
Him in safety out of death, and He was delivered from the terror from
which He shrank". (Heb. 5:7).
There is nothing
disreputable in tears and no one should
be
ashamed to weep. The fact that the Son of God wept
is a full demonstration that it is not disgraceful to weep. God has so
made us as to express ourselves by tears. 'Religion' should not
make the heart insensible and hard as stoical philosophy does; it makes
it tender and susceptible to impression.
It's Sunday today. Terence and I are pastors yet this morning he is not well enough to minister.
So, I thought I'd minister these word to ourselves and hopefully they will help you too;
"I am glad to know that the Lord hears our prayers, listens to our cries, and considers our sighs (anxieties)".
Sherry & Terence,
ReplyDeleteYour words do indeed help. The Lord is truly speaking through you to all of us on this most difficult journey. Thank you so much!
Thank you, Sherry, for your eloquent words. While Roger is not as far in the journey, you have expressed how I feel at times and it gives comfort to know I am not alone.
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