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Why do you stand so far away, Lord, hiding yourself in troubling times? ~ Psalm 10:1 (CEB)
Jesus cried out with a loud shout... “My God, my God, why have you left me?” ~ Mark 15:34 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Sometimes God feels distant, but eventually he shows himself.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for being close by most of the time. But there are times when you feel far away and I feel alone. Open my eyes so that I can see that you are not so far away. I'm going to trust that you are here with me and will be getting me through the hard time that I am going through. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
