Psalm 13

But I have trusted in your faithful love;
my heart will rejoice in
your deliverance.

Sometimes I feel a distance between me and God. No doubt, my fault. He doesn’t go anywhere – He is unchanged, unchangeable.

It’s me that has neglected Him.

Forgotten to pray.

Wandered – or marched – into sin.

Seeking my own agenda, plan, pleasure.

Whatever.

But when I turn to find the Lord, distance is there rather than His presence. I feel discouraged. Alone. Guilty. Shamed.

I wonder: how long will I be in this mess?

But the Lord has not forgotten. Not been idle.

I have trusted in Him and will continue to trust until I find joy once again in Him.

Lord,deliver me so that I may know the joy of my heart – you!