Human suffering is sacred to God
But in the Psalms, pain becomes a relationship, rapport: a cry for help waiting to intercept a listening ear. It cannot remain meaningless, without purpose. Even the pains we suffer cannot be merely specific cases of a universal law: They are always “my” tears.
Think about this: tears are not universal, they are “my” tears. Everyone has their own. “My” tears and “my” pain drive me to go ahead in prayer. They are “my” tears, that no one has ever shed before me. Yes, many have wept, many. But “my” tears are mine, “My” pain is my own, “my” suffering is my own. … All human suffering is sacred to God. So prays the prayer of Psalm 56: “Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book?” (v. 8).
Before God we are not strangers, or numbers. We are faces and hearts, known one by one, by name. - Oct 14, 2020
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