Hills and Valleys
Psalm 88:1-2 Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. In the fall of 2011 I reached what felt like rock bottom. I was having difficulty completing work for my clients and I wasn’t doing well physically or emotionally. It was a very dark time in my life. The way of life that I understood to be “Christian” was exhausting and I wasn’t sure it wasn’t worth it. By that point, my relationship with God had become more of a show or mask. I remember telling my parents, “If this is what God is like, I don’t think I want Him any more.” A close friend pointed me to Psalm 88 and read through it with me. You know how most Psalms have at least some joy in them? This one doesn’t have much. But as my friend pointed out, that’s ok. Life isn’t always sugarplums and roses. The author of this Psalm is pouring their heart out to God even though they d...