Friday, March 1 Psalm
63: 1-8
Mary Kate Hannon, 11th
Grader
The first thing that came to my
mind when I read this Psalm is how hard it must have been for David to be in
the desert alone, parched and starving. Through all of this though, he calls to God not to get him out of the desert, but to praise him and to be with him as a
friend during this hard time. My mind brought me back to when I was in the
hospital with autoimmune pancreatitis, not being able to eat and having a
feeding tube. I felt so alone for those forty days, with all off my friends
beginning school and my mom working while I would sit with nurses and doctors
poking and prodding me. Everyone tried to be there for me, but it was so
difficult because no one had been through what I was going through. This is
when I turned to God.
God knows all of us inside and out,
what we need, feel, and desire. I felt like Judah in the desert calling out for
God, wanting him to be with me through everything, clinging to him as a friend
who understood me. God is all that is good in life and although life is not all
good he is there for us in all of our battles. We need to seek him out, not so
that he can take your cross on his own, but so that God can lighten the load of
your cross by being there when you feel you are all alone in this world. Some
days it seems that the cross we have been given to bear is too much, but God is
always there for us listening to our every need. Whatever our everyday
struggles are or seem to be we need to remember to call to the Lord and praise
him for then you will be satisfied.
Prayer: Dear God help us
to remember you are always there for us like you were for Judah in the desert.
Help us to call out and to praise you through all of our struggles, Amen
Daily Challenge: Look to
God in all of your hardships, praising and seeking him.
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