Written by Scott B. Hayashi
Psalm 116:1a (NRSV) I love the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplication.
Many of us have prayed for an ill friend or relative who did not get better.
Many of us have questioned God or our faith when the person we prayed for didn’t get better.
Many of us have heard someone say that it was God’s will that the person died.
Many of us have heard the trite comfort that God wanted the person in heaven.
Many of us have hard questions that defy easy answers. The psalmist, it turns out, is a lot like us, proclaiming an abiding love for God, giving voice to many of the hurts and joys we experience in this life. The psalmist knows that God hears us when we pray, even when the response seems slow to come.
Like the psalmist, sometimes we see that our prayers are answered in straightforward ways, and other times, we have to remind ourselves of the wideness in God’s mercy. We pray anyway. We continue to hope.
Sometimes it is all we can do.
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