When you are overwhelmed and just don't get what's goin' on, you just have to worship your way through. In the Bible they call it the "sacrifice of praise." It's the kind of worship that David did when he and his band got home and saw that raiders had kidnapped their families and burned their homes. It's the worship David sang after having to feign madness before an evil warlord to save his own skin. Jeremiah worshipped this way as he saw God fulfill his words to the letter as Jerusalem was burning and the people were being taken captive. And, yes, it's the worship of a lonely Son in a garden, waiting to be taken to His death for all of us. Yes, feel your pain, but then share it with the only one who knows you truly and can come near in this time with full understanding.
(O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus performed by Joana Hogg, lead singer of the band Iona)
Thank you Cliff.
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