How Long O Lord?

With so many burdensome stories in the news, there was yet another - the indescribable execution of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. I watched an interview with a father who described his response to the scene as an EMT. He helped a girl who was covered in blood. She cried out that her best friend was shot. And this turned out to be the EMT’s daughter. At this point in the interview, he was overcome by tears. The pain is unimaginable. And as I look at the pictures of the lives lost, I can not fathom the devastation of family and friends. Let us pray for those whose worst nightmare has become true. Let us cry out to the Lord our anger and grief. Let us lament:

Psalm 13

1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I take counsel in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;

light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

4 lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”

lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

5 But I have trusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

6 I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.