June 6
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PSALM 89 HOW LONG WILL YOU HIDE YOURSELF LORD
46 How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
48 What man can live and never see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
49 Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
51 with which your enemies mock, O LORD,
with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD forever!
Amen and Amen. – Psalm 89:46-52
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WHEN GOD SEEMS SILENT by ILMA
When God seems silent in the midst of troubles
It is frightening and it seems like a never-ending rubble
Lord, where is your steadfast love which you swore from of old?
Without your presence and love, life is hard to fathom.
When God seems silent when I need deliverance
How am I to navigate such cruelty around me?
Lord, have pity on me and make me feel your presence
Life is meaningless when you are not here to lead me.
When God seems silent when I am surrounded by corruption
What strength do I have to overcome such temptations?
Come my Lord and put an end to your wrath so I can live again
I will disintegrate and life will be empty if I cannot praise your name.
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REFLECTION
• What do you think will happen when God gives us a silent treatment?
• Why is it so terrifying to have no manifestation of God’s holy presence?