Thirty Day Challenge - Day 5

AWAKENING TO LONGING 

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. 

— Psalm 42: 1– 5  

Day 5

Think.

What are some of the hard things in life that have made you cry out in anguish, “Why, God? Why would you allow this to happen?”

Journal.

If hardships and injustices have contributed to your sense of distance from God, describe how that has come about. If they have fueled your desire for God, describe that too.

Pray.

“God, if you are real, make yourself real to me. Awaken in me the ability to see that you are what’s missing from my life.”

The “Thirty Day Challenge” is from the book: Finding Your Way Back to God by Dave and Jon Ferguson. Our thanks to them and Community Christian Church, Naperville IL for sharing this material with us.

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