Good morning! I think I can safely say that we have all been hurt by someone we love and trust. Our hearts and minds then run the gamut of human emotions, including revenge. King David describes the revenge that he was seeking for the one who hurt him in today's Psalm. He prayed that the LORD would inflict some serious destruction on the life of the one who betrayed him. It is natural for us to have these emotions, the LORD gave them to us for a reason. I think that reason is to see how we act or react to these emotions. King David went to the LORD and cried out for justice and wrath. We, too, are to cry out to the LORD to sort through these hurts, but we are now called to love our enemies and to work on forgiveness also. The psalmists were under the Law and had not experienced Christ, but we have the benefit of the price He paid on the cross. So, in your hurt, seek His guidance in owning your part of the problem and trust the rest to Him!
"But you, O Sovereign LORD,
deal well with me for your name's sake;
out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me."
Psalm 109:21-22
"But you, O Sovereign LORD,
deal well with me for your name's sake;
out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me."
Psalm 109:21-22
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