AM I CRAZY, OR WHAT?

Monday, March 28, 2011

Are you going through one of those times when you just want to scream?

Do you feel like if you ever had a mind you have lost it?

Some people feel like this all the time.

The Psalmist felt a little screwed up: "Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? Psalm 42:5

As Eugene Peterson translates it in the Message, this is the guy that "...was always at the head of the worshiping crowd, right out in front, Leading them all, eager to arrive and worship, Shouting praises, singing thanksgiving..."

But then that's when he asks himself, "Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues?" And then answers, "When my soul is in the dumps, I rehearse everything I know of you, From Jordan depths to Hermon heights, including Mount Mizar. Chaos calls to chaos, to the tune of whitewater rapids. Your breaking surf, your thundering breakers crash and crush me. Then God promises to love me all day, sing songs all through the night! My life is God's prayer."

Feeling a little crazy are you? There are no simple answers. But read Psalm 42 in the Message. It will help.

PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD!