"A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord."God, in his infinite wisdom, when authoring the Bible, knew that there would be days when we feel weak; days when we feel afflicted and done. And I believe he put this Psalm in so that 1) we have a prayer to pour out to him in those darks days, but more than that, 2) so that we know that it's okay to not be okay.
God is not repelled by our weakness. He is not surprised by it. The world is a hard place. Jesus said that we would have troubles in this world, guaranteed. But he also said that we can take heart because he has overcome.
So it's okay to be not okay, but we don't have to stay that way. Bring your unokayness to Jesus. Ask him to remind you that he has overcome, that he is bigger, that he knows all and sees all yet still loves you perfectly, that he has a plan for you that is incredibly good. Pour out your heart to him. And as it says in the Psalm:
"He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea."
The struggle is real, but so is God.
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