Psalm 138:3 KJV “In the day when I cried thou answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.” This is just about exactly what happened to me on Thursday, August 31, 2017. I was in deep pain due to an inherited disease called osteoporosis. On this day, my left hip was causing incredible pain and it was the day when I cried.

 

The Day When I Cried

Psalm 138:3 KJV “In the day when I cried thou answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.” This is just about exactly what happened to me on Thursday, August 31, 2017. I was in deep pain due to an inherited disease called osteoporosis. On this day, my left hip was causing incredible pain and it was the day when I cried.

 

 

What Happens When We Cry

I think there is more going on inside than we may realize when we cry. I’m not talking about crying from joy or happiness. I’m not talking about the cry when we are sad. I’m also not talking about the cry when things are not going are way. No, I am talking about a cry that seems to originate from deep within our spirit.

 

When We Cry From Our Spirit

In order to get the full magnitude of this idea, of the day when I cried…take a close look at the King James Version of the Bible…it seems to be one of the only translations that use the word ‘cry’…other translations use the word ‘call’ …cry and call are really not the same word. Do you think so? For me, I think they could be depending on the situation or the context of what is actually going on. Crying comes easy for me…generally speaking, I only cry when I am happy. Rarely do I cry when I am sad or when something bad happens. I also cry when I worship the Lord. I don’t know what it is…but tears flood my eyes and it seems almost uncontrollable.

 

The Day When I Cried Was Different

This day was different because I was crying from amazing pain that I could not stop. How the Lord heard it is a mystery to me. I don’t know how it happened, but it seems like the Lord heard my cry and answered me, and then gave me strength in my spirit. It was truly an amazing event! It actually happened while I slept…that also is odd to me. When I awoke on Friday, September 1, my body was incredibly better and so much so that I went out and walked and stopped off for coffee and breakfast at the Laughing Goat Coffee House, here in Boulder, Colorado!

 

Psalm 138 KJV

1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

3 In the day when I cried thou answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

 

The Psalm I Wrote Above Is Important

Some Psalms seem more important at different times. That is the way it should be. The word of God is for different seasons and times in our lives. What is critical is that we do not take God’s word out of context or rather out of the way God intended it to be. Now, we know God is watching over His word making sure that His word does what it is supposed to do. However, when we turn God’s word inside out or upside down or stretch it to cover sin or cover things up we don’t want God to see, then we are wrong in this style of interpretation.

I hope that sounds correct. It was a bit weird to write…

May God bless you my dear friends…

 

Turn Onto JESUS!

My simple prayer 43 years ago was…
“Jesus, if you’re real, here I am.”

 

 
 
 
 

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