For the Afflicted (Prayer from Psalm 102)
(This was from my letter to my congregation this week - 28 June 2023) You probably know one or two people, or more, who are in some serious difficulties right now. I know of several who are either in dire straits or facing dark miseries. Parents grieving over their kids (younger ones and adults). Relationship plights that are sucking hope out of some souls. Hearts breaking. Tears flowing. Bleak futures that are empty of direction. Therefore, my attention was freshly caught this morning in my Bible reading and prayer time by Psalm 102 and it gave me focus in prayer for these I know. The inscription of the Psalm tells it all: “ A Prayer for One Afflicted, When He Is Faint and Pours Out His Complaint before the LORD .” This is the how my prayer looked this morning: “Thank you for providing this Psalm and making it part of your Sacred Scriptures and giving us words to say! There are some I know right now who are afflicted and faint, some aggrieved by heartbreaking troubles...