He listens to me Whine too? Wow!

Psalm 142:1-3

   "1 I cry out to the Lord;
I plead for the Lord’s mercy.

2 I pour out my complaints before him
and tell him all my troubles.

3 When I am overwhelmed,
you alone know the way I should turn."

This verse may sound like I'm depressed, and at times I am, but really I posted it today as a reminder to myself. The Lord hears me, He hears ME, and I can tell Him all of my troubles! Ok, you ladies out there; you know how telling a friend all your woes can sometimes make them easier to bear? It's kind of the same thing for me here. I can tell my God everything, I can whine, I can complain, I can cry to Him...EVERYTHING and I know that He hears me and listens! And not only that, but when I am overwhelmed; which is a LOT of the time, He ALONE knows the way I should turn!

How awe inspiring is that? He's like my eternal GPS, only He never gets the directions wrong! For those of you who don't me the way my close friends and family do, I am NOT a directions person. I need turn by turn directions and those directions need to say turn RIGHT or turn LEFT, none of this north or south crap...I just don't get that! I know, I know...HOW can I not be good with directions?!? Well I've got two things, make that three things going against me. First, the town I grew up in has roads that follow the river not the NESW model. The other two things are, simply put my mother is the same way (I come by it naturally) and I never paid attention when I was growing up. So here I am, a fully grown women who is in desperate need directions at all times. Well, at least in the spiritual sense, I've got them! My Lord and Savior knows which way I need to turn. And I can count on Him to tell me.

Let me touch just a bit on the middle part of this verse.  I pour out my complaints before him
and tell him all my troubles. I have been searching (looking for direction) for patience this whole year, and sometimes my path gets pretty rocky. I have had moments, maybe when it seems all of my friends are getting pregnant, or I read books where healings have taken place, and I'm instantly depressed and annoyed that I haven't gotten any of that for myself yet. At those times, I want to rail against God, I want to do all of those things I mentioned above, whine, cry and complain. As I'm doing those things, as I'm pouring out my sorrows I sometimes feel pretty guilty. I need verses like this to show me that King David; whom is described as a Man after God's own heart, did those same exact things! I am not alone, I have Biblical witnesses and I have God to get me through and listen.

Thank you Jesus, for listening and helping me to make it through!