God, why do I feel so alone?
Why do I feel like you don’t care what happens to me?
I cry out in my distress, but do you even listen?
I am exhausted!
I can’t keep going on like this.
I know you are powerful God!
I grew up hearing stories about how you saved the Hebrew people from slavery;
how you blessed Abraham and Sarah with a baby even at their advanced age;
how you sent your son, Jesus, to heal, comfort and inspire people.
Am I not worthy of that kind of support?
Have I not done enough or prayed enough
to garner your attention?
Do I not deserve help?
And yet if I am honest with myself
You are here with me.
You have always been here
watching over me
ever since I was a babe in my mother’s arms.
I am the one who turned away;
who stopped looking for you in my life.
Be with me now,
as the challenges of life threaten to overwhelm.
Help me to recognize your presence
so I don’t feel so alone.
For in the depths of my heart,
I know you are always with me,
Ready to comfort, support and guide me,
And for that I am truly grateful!
For the original Psalm visit https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+22&version=NRSV