‘Will the Lord spurn for ever,
and never again be favourable?
Has his steadfast love ceased for ever?
Are his promises at an end for all time?
Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?’
And I say, ‘It is my grief
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.’
Has God changed my grief? Or has grief altered my relationship with God?
There are several Hebrew words for grief. This one, chalah, means to become ill, there is a strong sense of self-cause as in "to make oneself sick."
In anger, pride, embarrassment, fatigue, neglect... for a whole host of reasons we separate ourselves from each other and even from God. Whenever we are ready, God is there.
Psalm 77
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