Conversations 13-25 How Long? Wait! Trust!
1 13: 1 How long, O Lord ? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? 25: 20 Keep my soul, and deliver me; Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You. I come across interesting conversations as I read through the Psalms. Of course these are beyond "Hi! hey! hello! How are you?" casual conversations, that we are so used to in our daily lives. Conversations which really do not address deeper issues that we struggle with. As seldom are we willing to expose matters that trouble us, or as some would say matters that "eats us from the insides!" Another expression I have heard in Hindi to describe these deeper issues is "Dukti rag par hath rakhna"... or touching a raw and tender nerve. This conversation begins in Psalm 13, and the re