Psalm 38
Right around the middle of this Psalm, in verse 9, David talks about how his longing/pain is known to God. It reminds me of a song, God Weeps Too by Eli
This is for the man, who never learned to read or write
He worked two jobs instead of going to school
I know it hurt you as a child, please remember all the while
That God weeps too
This is for the widow, who now must sleep alone
When the memory of a kiss will have to do
Every night when she lays down, you can almost hear the sound
When God weeps too
Chorus:
God weeps too, God weeps too
Though we question Him for all that we go through
Still it helps me believe and my pain it does relieve
When I think that, God weeps too
And for every survivor of the wickedness of man
Whether you're a black man or a Jew
Some people kill in Jesus' name, He is not the one to blame
'Cause even God weeps too
Chorus x2
And I never really thought about it
Not that much about it, but God weeps too
And I never really thought about it
Not that much about it, but God weeps too
We sing this song sometimes at church and I am constantly reminded of all those who lay the blame for the evil in this world at God's feet. David himself is sometimes guilty of this, to some extent you can see this at the beginning of the Psalm when he speaks of God sinking arrows into David. I don't believe that God is the cause of the evil in the world, that lays squarely at our feet. It is our choices, our decisions, our sins, our mistakes that allow evil to hang out here on Earth. Jesus taught us to pray for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven and instead of bringing heaven to earth we too often bring hell.
Where we find God in the midst of evil is in our pain and suffering, because God is there alongside us suffering with us. I firmly believe that God weeps when we weep, God mourns when we mourn and on the other side of the coin God rejoices when we rejoice and God laughs when we laugh. We need to let go of the idea of a angry God who just wants to smite somebody, we need to let go of the idea of a God who is nothing but a kid with a magnifying glass. God is not angry, God is love. God is not distant, God is near. God does not hold a magnifying glass because God is too busy holding God's arms wide open in hopes that we might coming running for a hug.
+ Do you believe that God is with you in the midst of your pain?
+ How do you understand the evil that exists in this world?
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