Ps 42

Ever since a few years ago, in the midst of a crazy time in my life where all I wanted to do is question God and His intentions for my life I, God has been teaching me a lesson about trusting Him. Thanks to a book called "Behold your God" by Myrna Alexander I have spent the last few years studying and trying my best to focus on the attributes of God. 

You see God taught me the best way for me to fight my doubts of His faithfulness and plan for my life is to focus on who He is and how that affects my life.  So when Rick left to go to Italy for a year, day in a day out I would go to the scripture and look up verses helping me to remember that God was sovereign and loved me more than I could imagine. Then last year, when we lost a baby to a miscarriage it was back to the scriptures again trying to trust that God in his all knowing-ness knew much more what that baby needed than I did.  

So it was so fun today to see  a biblical example of this. Someone else (presumably David) struggling to trust God's plan and fighting it with remembering God's character. 

The main verse 42: 5 (and 11)

"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again  praise him, my salvation and my God."

then he remembers other attributes in 

2- God is a living God

5- God is our salvation

8- God has steadfast love for us

9- God is our Rock

11- same as 5 God is our salvation and our God

It gave me hope that if David, in the midst of all the crazy things in his life, could fight his doubts with meditating on the promises of God and who is He is then so could I.