RSVP

Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call answer me quickly.  Psalm 102:2  NASB I call – Do you remember the introduction of this psalm?  “The afflicted man when he pours out. . .”  šāpak.  Then there’s the first verse…

Fault Lines

Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call answer me quickly.  Psalm 102:2  NASB My distress – Why do earthquakes occur?  The simple answer is that geological plates move under stress.  The shift in the land is what we call…

David’s Non-Prayer

Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call answer me quickly.  Psalm 102:2  NASB Do not hide – In his book The Prophets, Abraham Heschel wrote:  “To be able to pray, one must alter the course of consciousness, one must…

Now More Than Ever

Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress!  Incline your ear to me; Answer me speedily in the day when I call!  Psalm 102:2  ESV My distress – How often have you cried out to YHWH in this way?  You and I speak the same words that David spoke.  Life…