GOD IS

Yes, there is much anguish as I read through Psalm 22,

but I am amazed at the praise and hope which flows

through the lips of the Son and written down by the Psalmist:

“You are holy

enthroned on the praises of Israel...

I will tell of your Name to my brothers;

in the midst of the congregation I will

praise You.

Praise Him!

For He has not despised or abhorred

the afflictions of the afflicted

And He has not hidden His face

from Me,

but has heard, when I cried to Him.”

I see something here, a principle found throughout the

Psalms. No matter how bad the situation, the Psalmist

almost always includes praise, often at the beginning but

also at the end. When I am able to speak the truth about God,

I find lightness even when nothing is moving.

GOD IS. He is present.

And that, dear reader, is the way out of darkness 

when every door is closed.