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 a prayer for suffering written in red by Ashley Moore
 but then I recall all you have done a lord I remember your wonderful Deeds of long ago Psalm 77 11
 many are reluctant to cry out to God when suffering for fear their complaints would have been him and rightly so remember in Exodus when the Lord burned with anger at the Israelites for crumbling
 there is a significant difference between complaining about God versus complaining to God in Psalm 77 the psalmist lamented meaning he cried out to God about a lost he was experiencing the NLT version says he even shouted the god about the difficulty of his circumstances
 questioning if God had abandoned him the psalmist couldn't sleep he was in deep trouble and he was so distressed the text as he couldn't even pray on 77 147 have you ever been in a situation like this before maybe your struggle feels insignificant like a relational tension or perhaps you've suffered an unexpected tragedy whatever the case as humans with limited understanding struggle to understand why God allow suffering into our lives in our darkest moments we wonder if questioned God is sinful
 if you get tired of hearing me vent just got care about my problems or does he Hear My Cries as nagging complaints
 I think about the character and nature of God from scripture he is a relational God inviting us to be part of a family 2nd Corinthians 6:18 he desires that we talked with him about everything especially the things that break our hearts 1st Peter 5:7 he longs to comfort us through his holy spirit John 14:16 he is also an all-knowing God meaning nothing we experience feel or think about is hidden from him Psalm 139 not only does he know everything about us but he understands his Creations complete dependency and Frailty and loves us despite us Jeremiah 31:3
 God Longs for us to limit the hardships we faced him when we courageously share the burdens of our lives with our all-powerful God he does something wonderful he reminds us of the good news of Christ we remember Jesus suffer too and because he took all the penalty of our sin onto himself we can trust that the days approaching when we will be restored to Perfection with our heavenly father just as he was however
 like Christ while on Earth we will endure suffering and trials of many kinds 1st Peter 5:10 we will never stop needing this reminder in the good news of Christ especially when the hard days we draw closer to God when we humble ourselves by bringing our laments before him this shift our Focus from our circumstances to our good God when we experience the presence of God by reading his word or in prayer we are flooded with Recollections of all the amazing things he has done remembering his faithfulness causes us to overflow with praise and God hardwired us to experience deep pleasure and joy when we praise him
 so even in the middle of hardship we can still Rejoice God desires we bring our complaints to him because we can't praise or experience Joy if we bypass the process of lamenting are suffering
 we don't have to be afraid of offending God because lamenting is not complaining about God but rather complaining to him we can cry out to God about our trials and allow him to turn the pain into praise so we can experience the joy that transcends our troubles let's pray
 Gaylord
 I thank you for who you are and who I am in light of that God you are faithful slow to anger and abounding in love for me Psalm 138
 thank you that you you can handle every big emotional experience
 thank you for inviting me to place all my disappointments on to your strong shoulders
 or forgive me when I wrongly believe that you are bothered by my problems or I fear that you will become angry about my complaints and grief
 God help me courageous Lee bring these things before you help me work all all the wonderful things you've done including the death burial and resurrection of Jesus thank you for helping me put my problems into perspective God help me surrender to the process of limiting so I can experience joy and peace that surpasses my understanding you are a good god thank you that you've been down to hear my prayers even now someone fixing to and your name I pray amen
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