Honesty

Psalm 6 (The Message)
A David Psalm
1-2 Please, God, no more yelling, no more trips to the woodshed.
Treat me nice for a change;
I'm so starved for affection.

2-3 Can't you see I'm black-and-blue,
beat up badly in bones and soul?
God, how long will it take
for you to let up?

4-5 Break in, God, and break up this fight;
if you love me at all, get me out of here.
I'm no good to you dead, am I?
I can't sing in your choir if I'm buried in some tomb!

6-7 I'm tired of all this—so tired. My bed
has been floating forty days and nights
On the flood of my tears.
My mattress is soaked, soggy with tears.
The sockets of my eyes are black holes;
nearly blind, I squint and grope.

8-9 Get out of here, you Devil's crew:
at last God has heard my sobs.
My requests have all been granted,
my prayers are answered.

10 Cowards, my enemies disappear.
Disgraced, they turn tail and run.

I was reading this earlier today in school. I was thinking about how honest David was being with God. He was being extremely straightforward. David was bluntly telling God to be nice to him for a change. I didn't think that anyone could ever say that to God.

After looking more in depth of what Psalms is like, I'm realizing how David and other writers were so honest to God. One psalm they'd be writing praises to God and the next psalm they'd be yelling at God to realize them and help them.

I think the one thing that I've been guilty of lately is that I haven't been as extremely honest to God about my feelings. I've been praising God for all of this excitement in serving Him when I'm really feeling discouraged. I'm not feeling the comfort right now that I wish I had from God. I can be honest with God and let him know that.

The thing is, God wants us to be honest. He doesn't want us to smile and tell Him everything is going great when we really don't feel like it. Tell God how you're really feeling instead of covering it up....