mind is numb. pray for family. no bells and whistles. crying out for God to forgive and save me from myself.. that He would change my wicked heart and shed His light, give His grace..give me a heart for Him.
continue to read/meditate through the psalms. today 54,55.
save me, O God, by Thy name..
hear my prayer, O God..
give ear to my prayer, O God..
attend unto me, and hear me..
my heart is sore pained within me..
fearfulness and trembling are come upon me and horror hath overwhelmed me.
day and night they go about the city upon the walls thereof; mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. (will i ever be delivered from my hatred of men. one by one they go by me with little true good coming out of me toward them..very rarely sharing what everyone of them desperately need. wept when i got in the car and a song to this affect played. oh when...will i ever be delivered from self, given over to You, sharing Your overflowing love, mercy, grace so desperately needed...they go empty away...)
as for me, i shall call upon God, and the Lord will save me.
everning, and morning, and at noon, will i pray and cry aloud and He shall hear my voice. what does spurgeon's treasury of david say about this..
-often but none too often. seasons of great need call for frequent seasons of devotion. the three periods chosen are most fitting: to begin, continue, and end the day with God is supreme wisdom. where time has naturally set up a boundary, there let us set up an altar-stone. the psalmist means that he will always pray; he will run a line of prayer right along the day..spurgeon
-this was the custom of pious hebrews. see daniel 4.10. the hebrews began their day in the evening and hence david mentions the evening first. the rabbins say, men should pray three times each day because the day changes three times. this was observed in the primitive church..the old psalter gives this a curious turn:
'at even i sall tell his louing (praise) what tim Crist was on the crosse and
at morn i sall schew his louing, what tim he ros fra dede.
and sua he sall here my voice at midday, that is sitand at the right hand of his fader, wheder he stegh (ascended) at midday'. adam clark
-the three principal parts of the day are mentioned, not as marking special times set apart for prayer, but as a poetical expression for 'the wholde day', 'at all times', 'without ceasing' j.j. stewart perowne
- if our poor, frail bodies need refreshment from food three times a day, who, that knows his own weakness, will say that we need not as frequent refreshment for our poor frail spirits? william s. plumer 1867
- i can no more believe him to be frequent and spiritual in ejaculatory prayer, who neglects the season of solemn prayer, than i can believe that he keeps every day in the week a sabbath, who neglects to keep that one which God hath appointed. william gurnall, 1617-1679
-there is no limited time in the court of heaven for hearing petitions. He keeps continually open house for all comers and goers; and indeed, most for comers, than goers. His eyes are always open to behold our tears; His ears are always open to hear our groans; His heart also and his bowels are always open, and never shut up so fast, but they will yearn and turn within Him, if our misery be never so little. for as we have not an High Priest to pray by 'that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities' so neither have we a God to pray to that shall see us in distress and hear us call and cry and never be moved. zachary bogan (1625-1659), in 'meditations of the mirth of the christian life'
-'and cry aloud'..the word here employed properly means to murmur; to make a humming sound; to sigh; to growl; to groan. here the language means that he would give utterance to his deep feelings in appropriate tones -whether words, sighsor groans. albert barnes
cast your burden upon the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
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