Forgotten
Have you ever felt like God has forgotten you? Most of the time I think it is our impatience
that often makes us think that God is not there for us. We want an instant response from our Heavenly
Father on everything don’t we?
I think about the times in my life when I didn’t take my pain,
grief, anger and frustrations to God over the years. To many times we either think that God
doesn’t want to hear it, or we think it is not acceptable for us to lay our
pain at his feet. So if we don’t lay it
at His feet, what do we do with it?
When we don’t allow God in and tell him about our hurts and pain,
we are basically saying that we don’t think God can handle it and we assume that
He doesn’t want to hear it. We then take
that pain out on others in our life or we ignore the pain and it hinders our
health, breaks relationships and causes all kinds of additional grief.
One example of someone going to the Lord with his grief and sorrow
was Jeremiah in the Book of Lamentations.
The word lament means to mourn or a passionate expression of grief or
sorrow. Jeremiah spent a whole book in
the Bible telling God about his sorrow and grief for his people. In Lamentations 3:18 he even says, “My
strength and my hope have perished from the Lord.”
What I find interesting is that in the very same chapter a few
verses later Lamentations 3:22-27 he says, “Through the Lord’s mercies we are
not consumed, because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. “The
Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” The Lord is good
to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one
should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man to bear the yoke in
his youth.”
When we feel like giving up is the best time for us to turn to
God. He is listening and will be our strength
through the tough times in our lives. If
we ever give up our hope in God our strength will fail. Take your worries, pain, suffering and
problems to God. He will not fail you
and He hasn’t forgotten you. He wants to
hear from you.
Prayer for the Day: Heavenly Father, I often
forget that You are there for me in painful times as well as joyful times. Remind me that You are my strength in times
of trouble and you are always there. You
may not answer in the time frame I think You should but help me to wait
patiently on Your timing. I praise You
for allowing me to lay all my troubles at Your feet and for never forgetting
me.
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