God Can Handle Your Grief!
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I took God my Grief
I took God my Grief
3 The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.
The psalmist declared that the pains of death surrounded him. The word “pains” refers to chords that can be used for a trap, like trapping animals. He expressed that the situation that he was in had him surrounded and that death was in his immediate future. He also stated that the pangs, distress, anguish, of Sheol had laid his hand on the psalmist. He found trouble, calamity, and distress. He also found sorrow and anguish. He was in grief caused by this difficulty. Therefore, he called on the name of Yahweh.
4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
Abraham did it
8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
Gen. 13:4; Gen. 21:33);
Isaac did it
25 So he built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
); everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Rom. 10:13); revive us and we will call on your name (Ps. 80:18); Samuel repeated these words in the ears of the Lord (1 Sam. 8:21); Elijah called to the Lord
20 Then he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son?”
Jonah called on the LORD
2 And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, And He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
David called to the Lord
26 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the Lord; and He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
I called on the name of the Lord (Ps. 116:4); I will call on the name of the Lord (Ps. 116:13; Ps. 116:17)
Naaman thought Elisha would call on the name of the Lord (2 Kgs. 5:11); those who call on the name of our Lord Jesus (1 Cor. 1:2); let them call earnestly on God (Jonah 3:8); out of my distress I called to the Lord (Jonah 2:2); that all of them may call on the name of the Lord
9 “For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the Lord, To serve Him with one accord.
I took my Grief to a Gracious God
I took my Grief to a Gracious God
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
4 Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
I took my Grief to a Gracious God because He can Handle it!
19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.
5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
5 Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy.
6 He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him.
He can Handle It!
I took my Grief to a Righteous God
I took my Grief to a Righteous God
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.
I took my Grief to a Preserving God
I took my Grief to a Preserving God
6 The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
God handled my Grief
God handled my Grief
1 I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
3 The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.