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 Good morning.

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 My name is Matthew Capone, and I'm the assistant pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian

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 Church, and it's my joy to bring God's word to you.

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 A special welcome to you if you are visiting with us or new with us.

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 We're glad you're here, and we're glad you're here not because you are filling a seat, but

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 because we are following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we're following Jesus, we've become convinced that there is no one so good that

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 they don't need God's grace, and no one so bad that they can't have it.

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 And so everyone needs to hear what God has to say.

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 As has been mentioned several times this morning, we are beginning the season of Advent.

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 And Advent is a word that comes from a Latin word, and that Latin word simply means to

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 come or to arrive.

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 To come or to arrive.

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 And so we do two things at Advent.

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 As I think of it.

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 First, we celebrate the fact that Jesus did come.

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 So we look back to his first coming, and we celebrate the fact that he came and he arrived.

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 But it's also a time when we look forward to his second coming, when he's going to come

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 and arrive again.

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 And so we're doing two things at once.

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 We're celebrating, and we're also looking.

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 We're looking back, and we're looking forward, and we have songs that sort of fit each of

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 these.

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 So Joy to the World would be a celebration song.

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 Right?

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 Joy to the Lord.

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 The Lord has come.

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 We're looking back that he's here.

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 But then we've sung a more of a looking forward song today as well.

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 We sang, O come, O come, Emmanuel.

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 To ransom captive Israel.

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 And so there's this two-way.

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 I often think of Christians as people who are crossing the street, because we have to

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 look both ways.

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 We're looking back to what God has done in the past, and then we're looking forward to

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 what he's done, he's going to do in the future.

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 And if you're honest with yourself, this creates a tension.

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 It creates a tension because while we celebrate Jesus having come, he hasn't come a second time

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 yet.

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 And so we live with all the struggles and sorrows that we still face in this life.

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 And so we have a tension between those two.

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 On the one hand, we have sorrow as we don't yet see everything that God has done to right

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 every wrong.

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 But we don't want to let our sorrow get rid of our hope.

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 And so we're always balancing sorrow and hope.

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 And so as we are in the season of Advent, we're going to take a look at the book of Psalms.

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 The book of Psalms is essentially 150 different prayers that God has given us as models for

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 how we should talk to him.

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 And so these are, you can think of these as the standard operating procedure that God has

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 given us for different situations in life.

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 If you are feeling betrayed by a friend, God's given us Psalm 55.

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 If you are tempted to envy someone who is wicked but seems to be flourishing, God's given us Psalm 73.

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 But this morning, we're going to take a look at Psalm 13.

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 Psalm 13 is what we would refer to as a psalm of lament.

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 Now, lament's not a word that we use very often, especially as Americans.

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 We might think about maybe grieving.

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 Lament's a little bit different than that.

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 It involves grieving, but a lament is something that mixes both sorrow and hope.

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 And so it's not giving in completely to sorrow on the one hand, but it's not giving up hope on the other.

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 It's holding both of those in tension.

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 And so that is part of what we do in the Advent season, is we hold both our sorrow for the fact that we still experience sin in this world,

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 but also our hope that Jesus came and is coming.

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 And so God gives us these psalms in his word.

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 And Psalm 13 is one of the shortest, one of the clearest psalms of lament that we have in the Bible.

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 And so it helps us answer the question, what do we do as we live in the tension of Advent?

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 What do we do as we try to hold both hope and sorrow together?

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 And so I'd ask you that you turn with me now in your Bible.

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 The psalms is pretty close to the center of your Bible, not quite at the center.

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 It's also in your worship guide.

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 And we're going to be reading from Psalm 13.

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 And so read now with me.

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 Remember that this is God's word.

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 And God tells us that his word is more precious than gold, even the finest gold.

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 And that it is sweeter than honey, even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb.

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 And so please read with me now from Psalm 13.

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 Verse 5.

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 But I have trusted in your steadfast love.

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 My heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

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 I will sing to the Lord because he has dealt bountifully with me.

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 Please pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Lord, dear Father in heaven, we thank you that you speak to us.

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 We thank you that you know that we struggle with sorrow and hope, that you're not unaware of that.

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 We thank you that you meet us at that very place, that spot.

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 We ask that you would meet us there today, this morning, by your Holy Spirit,

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 that you'd send the Spirit now to help us.

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 We ask this in the name of your Son.

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 Amen.

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 The psalmist here starts out with an important question.

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 How long?

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 And then he goes on to use language that maybe you wouldn't expect to find in the Bible.

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 Because he tells God that he believes that God has forgotten him.

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 And even more than that, he tells God that he believes that God has hidden from him.

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 And what we have to understand here is that the psalmist is not using theological precise language here.

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 He's not writing a systematic theology.

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 Instead, he is using experiential language.

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 And so he's saying, God, it feels like all I see right now is the presence of sin.

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 But your absence.

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 It feels like sin is winning in this world over and over again.

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 And so from where I stand, it sounds like, it feels like you've forgotten me.

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 In the Old Testament, when the language of forgetting is used and remembering, it's language of action.

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 If God remembers his people, what the Old Testament is telling us is that he acted.

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 He did something.

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 If he has forgotten his people, it's a way of talking about this feeling that God is not acting.

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 He's not intervening.

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 And so the writer of this psalm, as he experiences life, as he lives day by day,

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 all he can see again and again is the presence of sin.

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 Breaking him down.

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 Breaking down the world around him.

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 And he doesn't see God anywhere doing anything.

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 This language of hiding of the face, the second thing that he tells us,

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 is language that talks about blessing.

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 So if you've been here with us at Cheyenne Mountain for a while,

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 you know sometimes we end our service with a benediction from Numbers chapter 6.

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 And that benediction says, may the Lord make his face to shine upon you.

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 In other words, will you experience God's blessing?

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 So the psalmist here is in a point in life where his experience of sin day after day after day

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 has made him wonder how much longer he can take it.

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 How much longer he's able to hold on.

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 And so he has this important question.

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 If you have read the Bible, if you're familiar with it,

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 you know that repetition is very important.

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 And here in just two verses, the psalmist asks the question,

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 how long?

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 Four times.

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 And so in other words, he's at a breaking point.

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 The reality of sin day after day after day has broken him down.

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 He's not sure how much longer he can take it.

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 And so the words of the psalmist, the question here of how long

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 is the question of God's people.

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 It was the question of God's people in the Old Testament,

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 and it's also the question of God's people now.

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 It's the same question that we have to ask in Advent

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 as we celebrate the past but also live in the present.

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 And so we can ask this how long question as well.

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 The psalms are, by the way, often intentionally vague,

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 and they're intentionally vague because they're meant to be used

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 by all sorts of people in all sorts of situations.

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 And so it actually would not be helpful for us

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 if we knew exactly why the author of Psalm 13 felt this way.

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 Because this is a tool, this is a tool for all of God's people

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 to use when they feel this presence of evil

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 is breaking them down day by day.

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 And so it's permitted, it's good, it's right for us

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 to fill in the blanks here, to fill in the blank of how long.

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 We could say, how long will my children stand far away from me

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 and far away from God?

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 We could ask, how long will I check the group text on my family

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 to make sure everyone's okay?

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 because I know that many of them live in another country

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 filled with violence.

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 We could ask, how long will my spouse and I feel like roommates

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 rather than lovers?

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 How long will domestic abuse and suicide run rampant on Fort Carson,

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 which is right next to us?

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 How long will my spouse lose her memory day by day

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 and little by little?

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 How long will there be people in Colorado Springs

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 who don't have a place to live

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 because they don't have the resources that they need?

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 How long will the culture around us call good, evil, and evil good?

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 And how long will cancer and sickness take the people in our church?

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 So the psalmist's question of how long is our question as well.

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 And to add on to that, we find out that this has caused him to,

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 what he tells us in verse 2, take counsel in his soul.

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 His thoughts are running wild, perhaps with the type of anxiety

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 that we talked about in Philippians,

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 perhaps with worry, perhaps with fear.

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 But seeing sin win over and over again

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 has made him turn inward.

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 Now, I know some of you have experienced

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 being separated, perhaps for a time,

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 from someone you love.

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 It might be because of a deployment.

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 It might just be a general job trip

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 or it might be for other reasons

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 that someone has to leave for a time.

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 And if you're in a long-distance relationship like that,

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 you know that there are many tools

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 that people will use to keep their relationship alive

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 to try to continue to grow intimacy

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 and build intimacy.

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 And one of them that's most common

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 is the open win letter.

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 If you're familiar with the open win letter,

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 you know it's something that one person

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 puts together for another

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 and it'll have a title on it.

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 For example, it might say,

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 open when you feel stressed.

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 Or, open when you are missing me.

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 Open when you've had a bad day.

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 Open when you've had a good day.

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 And the reminder, the important thing

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 is that the person who makes them for you

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 knows that there's going to come a time

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 when you feel like that.

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 There's going to come a time

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 when you have a good day

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 and they're not going to be there.

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 And there's going to come a time

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 when you have a bad day.

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 There's going to come a time

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 when you feel stressed.

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 And so what do we do

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 when we feel the question of how long?

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 We feel the tension of Advent.

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 Well, the first is a reminder

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 from this psalm

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 that it is in the Bible.

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 And so this is God's open win letter.

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 He is saying,

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 I know

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 that there will come a time

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 when you are living in this world

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 when you will encounter

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 so much brokenness

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 that you will wonder

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 if I'm still there.

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 I know that.

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 I know what life in this world is like.

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 And so I put this here

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 to remind you

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 that I'm not ignorant.

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 I'm not unaware

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 of the struggle that you face.

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 And so the first things

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 that the psalm of lament tells us

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 is that God knows

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 that we have sorrow.

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 He knows that we have sorrow

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 and he doesn't expect us

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 to ignore it.

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 He doesn't expect us

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 to push it away.

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 He doesn't expect us

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 to plaster on smiling faces.

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 One of the most upsetting things

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 I hear from Christians sometimes

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 is this idea that

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 because we're a Christian,

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 we're not allowed to have sorrow.

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 We're not allowed to grieve.

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 Somehow we have to always

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 plaster on a good face

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 and pretend that we're happy

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 because of what

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 Jesus has done for us.

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 And we do find joy

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 in what Jesus has done for us.

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 That's what we talked about

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 in Philippians.

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 But we also live with sorrow

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 in this world.

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 And so God knows that.

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 He's given us this psalm

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 in his word

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 to remind us

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 that he's not unaware

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 of the struggles that we face.

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 Remember last year

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 during Advent

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 we went through the book of Isaiah

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 and we learned that

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 Jesus was a man of sorrows

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 and acquainted with grief.

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 And so we live in the tension

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 and the first reminder here

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 is we ask how long

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 is that God knows.

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 He knows that we struggle.

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 He knows that sometimes

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 we don't know

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 how much longer

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 we can take it.

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 He knows that sometimes

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 we want to ask

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 how long

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 four times in two verses.

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 And the second thing

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 is that God wants us

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 to bring that to him.

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 The psalmist here is

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 he's not cursing God.

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 He's not blaming God.

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 He's just simply being honest.

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 And so God calls us

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 to the same honesty.

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 When we find ourselves

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 in a how long situation

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 God wants to hear from us.

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 He doesn't want us

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 to ignore or pretend

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 like something isn't there.

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 He doesn't want us

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 to numb ourselves

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 with the distractions around us.

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 But he wants us to come

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 and bring our whole selves

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 all our sorrow before him

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 and ask that question.

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 And so it's good

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 and right for us to say

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 God I know that you're

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 in control and you're sovereign

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 but right now

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 it doesn't feel like that.

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 And I'm not sure

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 how much longer

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 I can take it.

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 God wants us to come

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 before him

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 and tell him that.

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 Another piece of advice

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 another application

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 I can give you

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 I don't talk about

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 scripture memory

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 very often.

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 This is an excellent psalm

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 to memorize.

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 And it's an excellent

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 psalm to memorize

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 first of all

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 because it's very short

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 so you can feel

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 like you've memorized

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 the whole chapter

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 of the Bible

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 just with six verses.

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 But it's also

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 an excellent psalm

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 to memorize

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 for the same reason

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 that as a teacher

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 if you work in a school

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 one thing you get used to

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 over and over again

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 is going through fire drills.

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 I cannot tell you

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 how many fire drills

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 I've been a part of

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 but part of what happens

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 at a school

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 is every X number of weeks

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 you have to make sure

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 you have a fire drill

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 and so that everyone

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 is familiar

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 with the procedures

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 that are in place

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 everyone knows

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 exactly what to do

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 so in case there is

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 an emergency

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 there's no chaos

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 everyone's practiced

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 this over and over again.

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 The psalms of lament

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 are sort of a fire drill

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 for the Christian.

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 As we talked about

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 in Ruth

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 not all of us

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 are going through

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 suffering right now

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 but if we live

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 in this world

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 all of us will.

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 And so the psalms

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 are our way

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 of knowing

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 when it happens

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 what we do.

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 And so I'd encourage

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 you to memorize

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 Psalm 13

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 that when you get

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 to a place in your life

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 if you're not there now

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 where you want to ask

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 how long

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 you have the map

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 right in front of you.

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 You don't have to wonder

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 what you do

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 or how you respond to God

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 but everything is there.

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 And so first

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 the first thing you do

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 with this drill

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 is that you cry out to God

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 and you tell him

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 that you are wondering

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 how long.

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 The psalmist doesn't

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 leave us there though

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 we see the next step

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 in verses 3 and 4

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 after he's told God

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 that he feels like

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 things are not sustainable

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 he then asks God

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 verse 3

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 consider and answer me

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 so I feel like

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 you're absent.

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 It feels like

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 you're not here

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 right now.

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 But he doesn't stay there

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 he doesn't stay

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 just in his sorrow

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 but he cries out to God

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 and asks him

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 to rescue him.

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 He says

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 consider and answer me

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 light up my eyes

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 lest I sleep

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 the sleep of death

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 lest my enemies

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 say I have prevailed

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 over him

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 lest my foes rejoice

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 because I am shaken.

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 Now just like

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 the first two verses

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 were very vague

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 and broad

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 here are the enemies

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 we can take to be

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 very vague and broad

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 this psalmist

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 seems to be encountering

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 someone who's opposing him

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 not all the situations

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 we are going to face

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 that this psalm

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 is appropriate for

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 not all our situations

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 of lament

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 are going to have

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 a specific enemy

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 some of them will

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 but we can see

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 this enemy

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 we can see it

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 as someone

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 a person maybe

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 someone who's

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 spreading evil

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 someone who's

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 promoting evil

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 could also be

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 the greatest enemy

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 it could be

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 Satan himself

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 the presence of evil

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 it's not inappropriate

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 to take this

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 and see that

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 there is an enemy

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 that we have

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 who seeks to prevail

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 over us

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 and so the psalmist

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 pours out his heart

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 to God

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 tells him he's asking

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 how long

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 but then he also

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 asks him

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 and so

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 the point here

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 is simple

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 but complex

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 God wants us

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 to ask him

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 God doesn't

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 just want us

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 to tell him

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 about the ways

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 that we feel

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 like we don't

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 see him in this

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 world

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 but he wants us

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 to ask him

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 to intervene

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 another tempting

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 thing for Christians

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 to believe

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 is that since

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 God is in control

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 it's not worth

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 asking him

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 and yet God

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 has sovereignly

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 in control

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 set up the world

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 in such a way

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 that our prayers

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 matter

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 and so he wants

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 us to ask him

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 he wants us

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 to cry out to him

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 and he promises

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 that our prayers

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 make a difference

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 but there's a catch

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 here

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 the psalmist

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 is only willing

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 to pray

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 he's brought

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 to the point

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 of prayer

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 in verse 3

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 why

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 because he believes

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 he has no other hope

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 he says

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 he's crying out

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 lest I sleep

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 the sleep of death

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 in other words

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 what's driven

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 the psalmist

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 to prayer

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 is the realization

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 that God

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.039
 is his only hope

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 in life

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 and in death

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 and so while

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 verses 1 and 2

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 are a comfort

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 God knows

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 that we experience

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 sorrow in this world

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 he wants us

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.599
 to tell him that

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 verses 3 and 4

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 are a challenge

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 because it's difficult

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 and challenging

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 for us to come

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 to a point

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 where we actually

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 believe that we

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 are desperate

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.920
 enough

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 that only prayer

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 is going to help us

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 true prayer

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 prayer that lasts

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 day after day

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 over and over

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:21.319
 is desperate prayer

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 because to pray

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 we have to believe

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 that that is

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 more important

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 more effective

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 and more powerful

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 than our money

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 than our resources

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 than our ability

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 to work hard

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 than our problem

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 solving skills

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 than our experience

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 in other words

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:44.779
 the psalmist

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 has come to a place

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:47.779
 where he understands

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.419
 that the problem

00:19:48.419 --> 00:19:48.960
 he's facing

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.399
 is something

00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:50.099
 only God

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.700
 can solve

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:53.340
 and so the first

00:19:53.340 --> 00:19:54.080
 challenge of verses

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 3 and 4

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 is that we have

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.420
 to actually believe

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 that God has the power

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 and realize

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 that we don't

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 but the second

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 challenge is

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 we have to bring

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 it to him

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.580
 rather than going

00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:04.340
 anywhere else

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:06.680
 so on the one

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 hand a temptation

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.200
 might be to get busy

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.759
 we're going to fix

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.180
 the problem

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.559
 we're going to

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.279
 solve the problem

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 the other temptation

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 might become

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.840
 to become simply

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.279
 cynical

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 talk about that

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 in verses 5 and 6

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 it's not even worth

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 thinking about

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 doing anything

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.019
 about

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.779
 there's no hope

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.339
 in this world

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.839
 but then the other

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.759
 temptation is to run

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 away and numb

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:29.259
 now there are

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.639
 more respectable ways

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 and less respectable

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:32.220
 ways of numbing

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:33.740
 to avoid sorrow

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 here that the psalmist

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.480
 is heading straight

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.240
 into his sorrow

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.019
 he's not just telling

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 God he has it

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.539
 but then he's asking

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:39.920
 God

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:41.200
 and so he's choosing

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.099
 that over every other

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.980
 option that he has

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.960
 on the one hand

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.639
 he's choosing it over

00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:45.399
 trying to fix the

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:46.159
 problem himself

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:48.019
 but then on the other

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.840
 hand he's choosing it

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.800
 over trying to pretend

00:20:49.800 --> 00:20:50.940
 like there's no problem

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:54.300
 and so there's a lot

00:20:54.300 --> 00:20:54.700
 of us

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.480
 all of us

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.120
 at some level

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:57.460
 who have ways

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.540
 of living life

00:20:58.540 --> 00:20:59.200
 without Jesus

00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.560
 and all of them

00:21:00.560 --> 00:21:01.200
 involve ways

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.660
 of pretending

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.560
 that there's no problem

00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:04.900
 and so I use

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.779
 the term numbing

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.240
 it's a way

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.680
 that we

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:08.700
 look for places

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.160
 where we don't

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.759
 have to feel

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.300
 the sorrow

00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:10.980
 that the psalmist

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.980
 feels so intensely

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.980
 in verses 1 and 2

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:14.519
 for some people

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.100
 it's something

00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:15.580
 respectable

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.119
 like pouring

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.399
 themselves

00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:17.240
 into their work

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.439
 their career

00:21:18.439 --> 00:21:19.879
 if we can just

00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.500
 stay distracted

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.839
 enough

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.639
 and busy enough

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.720
 we don't have

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.179
 to acknowledge

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.699
 the sorrow

00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:24.339
 and the pain

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:26.879
 for other people

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.819
 it's real

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.740
 substances

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.439
 that help us

00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:30.059
 not to feel

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.439
 anymore

00:21:30.439 --> 00:21:32.500
 I have two

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.379
 very very close

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.139
 friends of mine

00:21:34.139 --> 00:21:35.819
 consider them

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.439
 some of my best

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:37.099
 friends in the world

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:38.299
 who before I met

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.960
 them both of them

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.659
 at various points

00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:40.319
 in their lives

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:42.259
 spent I think

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.960
 at least a year

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.619
 each of them

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:46.199
 using drugs

00:21:46.199 --> 00:21:46.719
 as a way

00:21:46.719 --> 00:21:47.079
 for them

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.559
 to not have

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:47.939
 to feel

00:21:47.939 --> 00:21:48.339
 anymore

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:50.339
 one of my

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.699
 friends would

00:21:50.699 --> 00:21:51.379
 tell me this

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:51.599
 story

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:51.839
 he would

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.519
 work at a

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.839
 restaurant

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.679
 and he

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.719
 would keep

00:21:54.719 --> 00:21:55.639
 his bag

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.079
 of weed

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.000
 behind the

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.079
 soap dispenser

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.639
 in the bathroom

00:21:58.639 --> 00:22:00.399
 and so when he

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:00.979
 had a break

00:22:00.979 --> 00:22:02.119
 he could go

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.759
 and pull it out

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.279
 and go behind

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.699
 the restaurant

00:22:03.699 --> 00:22:04.079
 and no one

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.379
 would know

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.719
 what he was

00:22:04.719 --> 00:22:04.919
 doing

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.179
 no one

00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:05.399
 would ever

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:05.659
 be able

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.219
 to find it

00:22:06.219 --> 00:22:07.739
 now it's

00:22:07.739 --> 00:22:08.219
 tempting for us

00:22:08.219 --> 00:22:08.479
 to

00:22:08.479 --> 00:22:09.000
 some of us

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.299
 to just

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.759
 judge people

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.139
 like that

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.879
 as I got

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.119
 to know

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.579
 my friends

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:12.099
 more and more

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.460
 I learned

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.839
 about the

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.139
 things that

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.319
 they were

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.779
 facing in

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.319
 their lives

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:15.419
 as this

00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:15.779
 was going

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.079
 on

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.639
 my friend

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.000
 who would

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.919
 hide in

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.399
 the soap

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:18.819
 dispenser

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.119
 in the

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.639
 bathroom

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.740
 he said

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.039
 this would

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.460
 spike in

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.879
 his life

00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.480
 as he

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.759
 and his

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.220
 wife were

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.919
 separated

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:25.339
 as their

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.740
 marriage was

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.319
 on the rocks

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.980
 that was

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.019
 how he knew

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.319
 to deal

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.659
 with it

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.939
 he knew

00:22:29.939 --> 00:22:30.179
 how to

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:30.399
 numb

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:30.679
 he didn't

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:30.839
 know

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.099
 anything

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.480
 else

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:33.039
 my other

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.220
 friend

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.480
 told me

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.699
 that he

00:22:33.699 --> 00:22:34.059
 spent

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:35.139
 I think

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:35.439
 at least

00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:36.099
 a year

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.379
 of his

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.759
 life

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.899
 he was

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.220
 basically

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.539
 high

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.059
 all day

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.579
 every day

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:41.519
 and it

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.879
 just happened

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.059
 to be

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.419
 the time

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:42.599
 in his

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:42.819
 life

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.159
 when his

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:43.619
 parents

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.039
 marriage

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.299
 was

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.960
 disintegrating

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:46.179
 just as

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.480
 he was

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.159
 turning 17

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.539
 and 18

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:47.899
 trying to

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.099
 become

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.500
 an adult

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:50.240
 and I

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.419
 tell you

00:22:50.419 --> 00:22:50.699
 these stories

00:22:50.699 --> 00:22:51.039
 not to be

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.379
 dramatic

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.839
 but to

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.379
 name the

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.799
 reality

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.139
 here

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.899
 of the

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.399
 difficulty

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:54.799
 of verses

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.460
 3 and 4

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.659
 it's easy

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.019
 to say

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.339
 pray

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.720
 and take

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:57.859
 our

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.220
 request

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.699
 to God

00:22:58.699 --> 00:23:00.319
 but it's

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.759
 hard to

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.319
 actually do

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.519
 it

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.399
 because the

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.759
 temptation

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.539
 to numb

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.659
 and do

00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:05.179
 away with

00:23:05.179 --> 00:23:05.619
 our sorrow

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.000
 is so

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.379
 great

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.699
 and yet

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:08.159
 the psalmist

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.879
 has decided

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.260
 to do

00:23:09.260 --> 00:23:09.520
 something

00:23:09.520 --> 00:23:09.720
 else

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:09.940
 he's

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.220
 decided

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.720
 to take

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:10.940
 it

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.500
 straight

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.880
 to God

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.120
 knowing

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.400
 that he

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.020
 is powerful

00:23:13.020 --> 00:23:13.400
 enough

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.140
 and good

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.500
 enough

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:18.420
 and so

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.920
 he names

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.280
 his sorrow

00:23:19.280 --> 00:23:19.720
 he asks

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.220
 the question

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.720
 how long

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.060
 in verses

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.640
 1 and 2

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.900
 but then

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.240
 he actually

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.740
 moves the

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.200
 next step

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.720
 he takes

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.080
 it before

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.420
 God

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.740
 in verses

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.440
 3 and 4

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:30.020
 by the way

00:23:30.020 --> 00:23:30.760
 those friends

00:23:30.760 --> 00:23:31.200
 of mine

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.720
 that's not

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.080
 part of their

00:23:32.080 --> 00:23:32.740
 lives anymore

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.180
 they've

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:35.100
 various points

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.500
 they came

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.760
 to know

00:23:35.760 --> 00:23:36.180
 the Lord

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.660
 and to

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:36.980
 realize

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.260
 that they

00:23:37.260 --> 00:23:37.760
 could take

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:39.359
 their sorrows

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.559
 their

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:39.980
 how long

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.460
 questions

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.019
 to him

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.859
 it's been

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.379
 a lot

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:43.779
 of years

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.839
 since

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.379
 those things

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:45.680
 happened

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.000
 and yet

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.400
 they still

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.740
 have some

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.079
 how long

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.579
 questions

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.940
 they still

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.319
 have places

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.599
 in their

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:49.879
 lives

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.359
 where they

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.579
 are not

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:51.920
 sure

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.920
 how much

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.119
 longer

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.400
 they can

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.619
 keep

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.059
 walking

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:56.140
 and yet

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.440
 now they

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.559
 know

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:56.839
 that they

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.039
 can

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.579
 take

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.779
 these

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.019
 things

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.400
 not to

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.619
 numb

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:58.879
 them

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.680
 or suppress

00:23:59.680 --> 00:23:59.819
 them

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.079
 they can

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.299
 take

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.480
 them

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.319
 to God

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.539
 and believe

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.839
 that he's

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.140
 their only

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.460
 hope

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.400
 and so

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.600
 that's

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:04.840
 where we

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.240
 end up

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.579
 in verses

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.240
 five and

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.579
 six

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.259
 we have

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.500
 kind of

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.380
 a three

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.160
 step path

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.400
 that the

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.640
 psalmist

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:09.960
 presents

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.360
 for us

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.579
 here

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:12.000
 first he

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.960
 brings his

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.420
 sorrow

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.000
 to God

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.200
 then he

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.880
 asks God

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.400
 for his

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:17.140
 intervention

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:18.740
 but then in

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.299
 verses five

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.680
 and six

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.319
 he trusts

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.720
 God

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.500
 and he uses

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.880
 that very

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.360
 word in

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.779
 verse five

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.160
 but I have

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.660
 trusted

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.400
 in your

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.860
 steadfast

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.220
 love

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.200
 this word

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.640
 steadfast

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.019
 love is

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.600
 the same

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.140
 word that we

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.579
 saw in the

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:28.920
 book of

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.240
 Ruth

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.180
 it was the

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.279
 never stopping

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.039
 never giving up

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.600
 unbreaking

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.160
 always and

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.440
 forever

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.799
 love

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:35.200
 and so as

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.700
 the psalmist

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.259
 is trying

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.740
 to have

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.160
 hope

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.759
 and sorrow

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.200
 at the same

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.160
 time he has

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.779
 to root his

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.240
 hope in

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.620
 something

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:43.299
 and so while

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.840
 he doesn't

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.420
 see God

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.960
 acting in

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.340
 the world

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:46.039
 right now

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.160
 well it

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.620
 feels like

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.080
 evil is

00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:48.340
 winning

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:50.700
 he remembers

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.580
 the steadfast

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.200
 love of

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.960
 God rooted

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.380
 in what

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.740
 he has

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.200
 done

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.320
 and so for

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:55.759
 the psalmist

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.100
 this would

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:56.740
 be God's

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.360
 great acts

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:57.860
 of redemption

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:58.580
 of Israel

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:58.880
 out of

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.140
 Exodus

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.740
 but for us

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.019
 as the

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.360
 believer

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.320
 our hope

00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.860
 in God's

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.380
 steadfast

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.140
 love is

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.880
 what we

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.300
 look back

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:04.560
 to at

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:04.840
 Advent

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:06.160
 it's the

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.620
 reminder

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.700
 that we

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.180
 saw in

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.660
 verses 1

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:08.940
 and 2

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.460
 that God

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.940
 knows

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.320
 he's not

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:10.640
 unaware

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.140
 and he

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.820
 has come

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.700
 to be

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.300
 with us

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:17.859
 and so as

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.240
 we look

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.799
 back and

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.440
 celebrate

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.759
 Jesus'

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.319
 first

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.779
 birth

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.740
 excuse me

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.139
 his birth

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.559
 his first

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.859
 coming

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:24.440
 we see

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.839
 that as

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.279
 God's

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.819
 steadfast

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.440
 love to

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.759
 us

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.720
 and as

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.259
 we focus

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.579
 on that

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:29.960
 at Christmas

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.500
 we cannot

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.299
 also forget

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.779
 Jesus'

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.440
 death on

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.960
 the cross

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:34.299
 that he

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.879
 paid the

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.500
 penalty for

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.940
 our sins

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.299
 that he

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.819
 lived the

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.220
 life we

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.759
 could not

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.799
 for us

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.019
 and he

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.419
 died the

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:39.819
 death we

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.279
 should have

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.859
 for us

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.759
 so that

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.039
 we can

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.459
 live

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:43.199
 with God

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:44.599
 and so

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.019
 the psalmist

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.679
 takes hope

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.059
 here not

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.719
 because all

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:47.919
 the ends

00:25:47.919 --> 00:25:48.399
 are tied

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.779
 up not

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.179
 because all

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.599
 the T's

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.019
 are crossed

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.439
 or I's

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:50.819
 are dotted

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.159
 but he

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.740
 takes hope

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.119
 here because

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.579
 he knows

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:53.939
 that even

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:54.459
 though at

00:25:54.459 --> 00:25:54.899
 the moment

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.219
 he does

00:25:55.219 --> 00:25:55.740
 not feel

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.079
 God's

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.439
 presence

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:57.319
 or see

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.659
 God

00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:59.599
 his steadfast

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.039
 love is

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.719
 still real

00:26:00.719 --> 00:26:02.219
 and his

00:26:02.219 --> 00:26:02.719
 steadfast

00:26:02.719 --> 00:26:03.359
 love is

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.859
 real and

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.439
 so he

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:06.199
 asks himself

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:06.719
 he urges

00:26:06.719 --> 00:26:07.039
 himself

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.859
 this language

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.399
 he uses

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.779
 here my

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.259
 heart shall

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.740
 rejoice

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:11.279
 or I

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.680
 will sing

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:11.980
 it's more

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.380
 like let

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.880
 me rejoice

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.359
 let me

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.680
 sing

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.920
 he's

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:16.220
 encouraging

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.660
 himself

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:16.980
 he's

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.279
 working

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.700
 himself

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:17.980
 up

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.259
 knowing

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.700
 I'm

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:18.940
 in the

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.099
 middle

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.599
 of sorrow

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.200
 right now

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.319
 but I'm

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.620
 not going

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:21.960
 to stick

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.259
 there

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.759
 I can't

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.220
 just have

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.460
 sorrow

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.759
 God

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.460
 wants to

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.859
 hear it

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.279
 from me

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.759
 he invites

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.039
 me to

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.519
 come and

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.940
 speak to

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.160
 him

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.460
 he is

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.920
 willing to

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.380
 hear me

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.819
 cry out

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.000
 to him

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.359
 and ask

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.599
 him to

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.019
 change

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.539
 things as

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.980
 they are

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.960
 and as

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.259
 I do

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.500
 that I

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.839
 also have

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.220
 to hope

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:39.259
 I have

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.620
 to hope

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.079
 that God

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.759
 is powerful

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.099
 enough

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.779
 and as

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.239
 we see

00:26:42.239 --> 00:26:42.759
 all throughout

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.239
 the Psalms

00:26:43.239 --> 00:26:43.779
 he knows

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.219
 that God

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:45.719
 is going

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.339
 to solve

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.359
 the problems

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.619
 that the

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:47.879
 psalmist

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.239
 faces

00:26:48.239 --> 00:26:48.599
 he's going

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.919
 to solve

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.339
 the problem

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.819
 of sin

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.500
 he's going

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.959
 to do it

00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:52.259
 sometimes

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.959
 in the world

00:26:53.959 --> 00:26:54.439
 that we live

00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:55.119
 here right

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.399
 now

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.479
 and he's going

00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:56.759
 to do it

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.359
 always in the

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.659
 future

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:59.439
 and so that

00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.739
 is the

00:26:59.739 --> 00:27:00.579
 psalmist's

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.839
 hope

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.779
 that is how

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.199
 he mixes

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.699
 hope

00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:03.639
 and sorrow

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:05.239
 he names

00:27:05.239 --> 00:27:05.779
 his sorrow

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:07.259
 he asks

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.700
 God to

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.119
 intervene

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.420
 in what

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.960
 is causing

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.420
 his sorrow

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.960
 and then

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.639
 he takes

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.920
 confidence

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.440
 and hope

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:12.879
 in the fact

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.160
 that he

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.639
 knows

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.200
 that God's

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.720
 steadfast

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.220
 love is

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.500
 there

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.960
 even in

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.279
 the midst

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.740
 of sorrow

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.980
 but God

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.420
 has not

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.039
 abandoned him

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.839
 or left

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.099
 him

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:22.279
 and then

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.720
 finally

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.099
 in verse

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.399
 six

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.700
 and let's

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:23.920
 not

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.619
 overlook

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:24.940
 this

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.539
 he sings

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:29.099
 the psalmist's

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.700
 final act

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.099
 of hope

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.440
 in God

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.819
 is to

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:32.000
 sing

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.299
 and this

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.720
 is not

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.359
 poetic

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.799
 language

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.099
 this is

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.240
 not

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.839
 metaphorical

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.159
 language

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:36.240
 the psalms

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.519
 were the

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.960
 hymn book

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.460
 of Israel

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.859
 and so

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.180
 what the

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.420
 psalmist

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.680
 does

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:39.899
 in the

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.059
 midst

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.279
 of his

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.460
 sorrow

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.879
 the way

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.220
 that he

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.500
 ends

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.799
 is by

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.240
 singing

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.019
 to God

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:45.819
 that's

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.059
 how he

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.420
 does

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.720
 what he

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:46.960
 talks

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.119
 about

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.279
 in

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.480
 verse

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.799
 five

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.119
 that's

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.359
 how he

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.740
 trusts

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:48.960
 in

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.619
 God's

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.019
 steadfast

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.240
 love

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.440
 because

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.899
 he knows

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.359
 that music

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.819
 is so

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.379
 powerful

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.519
 so connected

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.920
 to his

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.299
 emotions

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.680
 that he

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.000
 is going

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.339
 to be

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.559
 able

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.279
 to sing

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.720
 and in

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:56.879
 that

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.399
 remind

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:57.659
 his

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.000
 heart

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.959
 of what

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.119
 is

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.399
 true

00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:00.519
 remind

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.079
 himself

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.779
 of God's

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.179
 promises

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.599
 of his

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.139
 steadfast

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.480
 love

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.959
 to him

00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:05.079
 and remind

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.399
 himself

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.740
 that there

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.139
 is hope

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.619
 for him

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.439
 in the

00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:07.619
 midst

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.079
 of sorrow

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:12.079
 if you

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.480
 are someone

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.939
 who has

00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:13.819
 questions

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.619
 or doubts

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.240
 or objections

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.539
 to

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.079
 Christianity

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:18.659
 this hope

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.539
 that the

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.879
 psalmist

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.319
 has

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.359
 is a

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.699
 great

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.279
 and real

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.599
 hope

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.299
 it's a

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.879
 real hope

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.559
 that's rooted

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.159
 in the

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.079
 real events

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.579
 of Jesus

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.339
 coming to

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.599
 earth

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:27.899
 as a

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.159
 baby

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:29.119
 of him

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.819
 being born

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.399
 and living

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:30.960
 life on

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.319
 this earth

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.859
 as a man

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.379
 perfectly

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:32.819
 and then

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.319
 dying

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.659
 and paying

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.119
 the penalty

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.579
 for all

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:35.839
 of our

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.179
 sins

00:28:36.179 --> 00:28:37.240
 and so

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.559
 this is

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.940
 not a

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.359
 general

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.779
 hope

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:40.059
 this is

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.539
 not a

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.039
 I'm going

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.319
 to be

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.619
 more

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.079
 positive

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.539
 during the

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.799
 day

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.440
 to affect

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.659
 my

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.039
 emotions

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.500
 and hopefully

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.799
 have a

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:44.940
 better

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.279
 outlook

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.619
 hope

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.879
 but this

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.259
 is a

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.740
 real

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.859
 in time

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.460
 and space

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.039
 and history

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.379
 hope

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.880
 that the

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.180
 psalmist

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.540
 has

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:53.360
 and so

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.820
 the only

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.380
 way that

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.940
 he is able

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.700
 to find

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.260
 hope in the

00:28:56.260 --> 00:28:56.600
 midst of

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:56.880
 sorrow

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.800
 the only

00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:58.240
 way that

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.560
 he's able

00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.200
 to devoid

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.880
 distracting

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.600
 and numbing

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.520
 but instead

00:29:01.520 --> 00:29:02.200
 to name

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.680
 his grief

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.060
 and come

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.440
 to God

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:03.840
 is because

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.900
 his great

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.440
 belief

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.120
 in God's

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.600
 actual

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.120
 real

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.380
 real life

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:10.040
 real time

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:10.800
 real space

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:11.500
 redemption

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:14.240
 and so

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.640
 first of all

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.220
 he names

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.780
 his sorrows

00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:16.220
 rather than

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.820
 ignoring them

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:18.659
 he comes

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.079
 to God

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.559
 and asks

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.879
 him to

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.279
 intervene

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.859
 rather than

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.139
 believing

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.599
 he can

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:21.939
 solve it

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.319
 himself

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.619
 or he

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:22.980
 has to

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.240
 numb

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.700
 the pain

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:23.939
 that he

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.299
 faces

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.919
 and finally

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.379
 he takes

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.879
 hope in

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.319
 what God

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.720
 has done

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.059
 both in

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.559
 the past

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.779
 and in

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.279
 the future

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.279
 as he

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.599
 lives in

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.980
 the present

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:32.099
 and so

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.639
 he ends

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.000
 with a

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.419
 song

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:35.099
 a song

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.619
 to God

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.179
 reminding

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.799
 himself

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.419
 and others

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.559
 of God's

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.200
 faithfulness

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.779
 in his

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.099
 love

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:42.460
 in his

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.740
 book

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.019
 the

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.899
 Tech Wise

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.339
 family

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.899
 Andy Crouch

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.319
 tells the

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.759
 story of

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.059
 the people

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.460
 of Haiti

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:48.100
 in January

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:49.200
 of 2010

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.340
 as we

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:50.579
 know

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:50.740
 they

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.100
 experienced

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.660
 a devastating

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.519
 earthquake

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:54.019
 which killed

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.299
 over 200,000

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.680
 people

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.480
 and put

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.799
 over a

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.299
 million people

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:58.240
 without a

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.620
 place to

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.900
 live

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:01.460
 NPR

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.079
 ran a

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.500
 story on

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.640
 it and

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:02.940
 they said

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.240
 for the

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.519
 western

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.200
 hemisphere's

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.440
 poorest

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.900
 country

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.779
 the

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.160
 earthquake

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.700
 that hit

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:06.980
 Haiti

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.559
 in January

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.940
 was an

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.380
 especially

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:08.779
 cruel

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.180
 blow

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:11.019
 despite

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.440
 this

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.660
 it's

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:11.940
 hard

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.140
 to

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.480
 find

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.640
 a

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:12.980
 Haitian

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.120
 who

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.319
 does

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.559
 not

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.880
 profess

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.079
 a

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.480
 belief

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.779
 in a

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:14.960
 loving

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.360
 God

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:17.559
 and Crouch

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.079
 says this

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.519
 when you've

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.819
 lost

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.339
 everything

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.879
 in fact

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.579
 you still

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.259
 have

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.759
 song

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.939
 all over

00:30:23.939 --> 00:30:24.379
 the hills

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.799
 of Haiti

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.339
 those first

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.659
 terrible

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.019
 nights

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.419
 under the

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:27.299
 starlit sky

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.500
 the voices

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.079
 of the people

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.439
 of Haiti

00:30:29.439 --> 00:30:29.939
 rose up

00:30:29.939 --> 00:30:30.539
 in grief

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.679
 and lament

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.819
 in prayer

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.939
 and hope

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.820
 and so

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:36.000
 that's

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.220
 what we

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.519
 do

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.799
 as

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.259
 Christians

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.759
 when we

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:38.980
 find

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.320
 ourselves

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:39.600
 in

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.019
 sorrow

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:41.380
 we

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.620
 take

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.259
 confidence

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.240
 and hope

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.259
 in God's

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.779
 steadfast

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.220
 love

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.480
 knowing

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.880
 that

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.380
 sometimes

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.960
 we will

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.180
 see

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.519
 things

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.799
 set

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.059
 right

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.380
 now

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:52.100
 but

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.600
 ultimately

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.539
 we will

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.779
 see

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.420
 everything

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.340
 set

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.660
 right

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:57.160
 and so

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.420
 in the

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.720
 meantime

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.279
 we keep

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.600
 hoping

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.400
 and trusting

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:01.519
 telling

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.519
 God

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.220
 our sorrows

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.920
 and trusting

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.539
 him enough

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.400
 to hope

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:08.859
 and so

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.379
 we sing

00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:09.660
 that

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.879
 and so

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.079
 we're going

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.279
 to do

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.639
 that now

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:11.819
 I'm going

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.039
 to pray

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.440
 for us

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.619
 and then

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:12.799
 we're going

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.079
 to sing

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.480
 a song

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.980
 just as

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.480
 the psalmist

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.299
 encourages

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.779
 us to

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:19.059
 dear father

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.420
 in heaven

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.559
 we thank

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.799
 you

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.639
 that you

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.160
 know

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.839
 that there

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.119
 will come

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.759
 times in

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.339
 our lives

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.019
 where we

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.579
 feel like

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.900
 you're not

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.200
 there

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:29.859
 thank you

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.099
 that you

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.559
 know this

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:30.940
 enough

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.319
 and care

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.599
 about it

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:31.819
 enough

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.099
 that you've

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.460
 given us

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.100
 this psalm

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.799
 you've given

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.380
 us a song

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.920
 to sing

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.860
 when we're

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.180
 sad

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:38.340
 we thank you

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.720
 that you don't

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.319
 leave us there

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.900
 you listen

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.740
 to our prayers

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.660
 you hear us

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.380
 most of all

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.860
 you redeem

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.200
 us

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:46.000
 so we ask

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.240
 that you

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.640
 would build

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.000
 us up

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.460
 and strengthen

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.960
 us now

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.660
 even as we

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.259
 sing to you

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.579
 we ask all

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.960
 of this in

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.140
 the name

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.400
 of your

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.660
 son

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.799
 amen