What's that old song lyric--rainy days and Mondays always get me down? Well, today's both! What a downer! I'm dreading even going out of the house to get the mail---the rain-soaked, ice field driveway is sure to be hazardous!
Such a day is perfect for whining and complaining. I feel every sore muscle and creaky joint on a day like today, and all my grand plans and schemes seem unattainable. It seems somehow "right" to be cranky about it all.
In the bible such emotion is expressed in the "lament," in which the speaker cries out to God, describing his pain, and inviting God's intervention. In fact there's even a book of the bible called "Lamentations" which is made up of sad poetry concerning the cities of Israel. Laments always end with a statement of the author's faith that God is with him, even in his pain, and ultimately will deliver him from it.
Nobody here wants to hear my gripes, so it's good to know that God listens even to our cranky prayers. Listens...and answers!
God of the rain and snow, it's yukky out and I feel depressed and out of sorts. Yet with you there is hope and promise, and a new day in which the sun shines. Help us through our pain and sadness and help us to be sunshine in the lives of people who need it. Amen
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