Sometimes I pray the way your average Christian prays. I thank God for everything in my life and exalt Him as the great Creator that He is. And if I'm in a time of need or struggle, I ask that His will be done in the situation.
Then there come instances where the average Christian would travail and start an intercessory service on my behalf if they could listen to my prayers. These are the times when I get brutally honest with God. Sometimes, when fear, anger, frustration, bitterness, and depression collide, what comes out is a seemingly ungodly rant against everything I'm dealing with in life.
And that's just fine. A lot of people do it.
I had a little talk with Jesus not too long ago, where I did indeed tell Him all about my troubles. It was in this session that I may have raised my voice just a smidgen. Or possibly spoken with a harsh tone.
Who am I kidding...I was yelling in my loudest voice. I was frustrated and God was gonna hear all about it.Whoever wrote Psalm 137 must have shared an equal, if not greater, sense of bitterness and anger. The Israelites were taken into captivity and horrible things were being gleefully done to them by the Edomites. The ruthless bunch even had the gall to ask them to sing songs of their homeland.
"Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!" the writer snarls in verse 9. Talk about getting worked up.
But you know what? I don't blame him. Because I would be saying the same thing.I don't think God minds either. Even though He knows what we're thinking, He wants to hear us say it. Whether we're on top of the world or ready to kill somebody, He wants us to tell Him. It's the honesty that will bring us closer to Him and like any relationship, communicating our feelings will solidify the base of our relationship with God.
I still vent when I pray. Some might frown upon this, but deep down, I think He appreciates that.
