---HOW LONG, LORD? ~

-'How long, LORD?
Will you forget me
forever? How long
will you hide your
face from me?'
--(Psalm 13:1)-- bible
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DAVID ECHOED this sentiment, singing, "How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?" (PSALM 13:1-2). Four times in just two verses he asks God, "How long?" Sometimes the pains of life seem as though they will never end.

Into this heartache steps the Presence, and care of our heavenly Father. Like King David, we can honestly go to Him with our pain and loss, knowing that He will never leave us or forsake us (HEBREWS 13:5). The Psalmist discovered this as well allowing his lament to move from a mournful minor key to triumphant declaration: "But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation" (PSALM 13:5).

In our seemingly endless moments of struggle, His unfailing love will carry us. We can rejoice in His salvation.~~

--IN TIMES OF PAIN AND LOST, THE TIMELESS GOD IS OUR GREATEST COMFORT. ~~
--ODB/BC --/--'Jesus I Believe' / Big Daddy Weave<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOatlJLKt40>
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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]