Most of us were taught that anger at God is off-limits. In this episode, discover why the Psalms say otherwise, and how bringing your fury to God is an act of faith rather than a failure of it.Micca Campbell was 21 years old and a new mother when her husband was burned in a house fire. More than 80 percent of his body. She sat in the hospital waiting room, and when the doctor walked through the door still in his surgical clothes and knelt beside her chair, she knew before he said a word. Her husband had gone into cardiac arrest on the table.She told God she didn't care if he came home without his arms. She just wanted him home, and she said every word of it out loud.He died anyway.After the funeral, after the people went home, Micca sat alone with her newborn and the anger came. One night she cried out everything she hadn't let herself say: Why did you take him? God, I need to know why.Most of us were taught, at some point, that anger at God is off-limits. So when it comes, we dress it up as confusion or disappointment. We stop praying, because praying feels hypocritical when what we're feeling is fury. This episode is for the person who is there right now.Lament is a biblical category. The Psalms are full of people who brought their fury straight to God and didn't soften it, and God included those prayers in His Word. Psalm 13 is one of them. David tells God He's forgotten him, that he's going to die if God doesn't show up. There's no careful theological framing. There's just a man in pain saying what he feels to the only One who can do anything about it. God heard it, preserved it, and put it in the Bible so every generation of people in pain would know: this is what prayer looks like when it costs you something to say it.My wife Katharine has suffered with an autoimmune disease for years. There have been stretches when the pain was so bad I've stood at her bedside wondering why God wouldn't take it from her. I've prayed those prayers more times than I can count, and the pain didn't go away. I still trust Him. But I know what it feels like to be angry at God and not know where to put it.Lament keeps the door open. The person who is furious with God and still praying is still in the conversation. The person who goes silent has closed the door on the very thing that could help them. David didn't walk away, he screamed into the room. And God was in the room.Through Micca's story and Psalm 13, this episode makes the case that you can keep praying without pretending you're okay. God can handle what you feel. He'd rather have that than nothing.BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL DISCOVER:Why lament is a biblical category and what the Psalms tell us about God's willingness to receive anger and grief without pulling awayThe difference between being angry at God and walking away from God, and why that distinction mattersOne specific step you can take today to say the thing you've been afraid to sayMicca never got her husband back. But she said the closest she ever came to God was on the night she stopped pretending she was okay and told him the truth.God can handle everything you've been holding back.Share This Episode:https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/234Need Prayer? Leave me a voicemail:https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/voicemailWant to keep these devotions coming? Please consider supporting this podcast.https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/support/Rate and Reviewhttps://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/reviews/new/Connect with BartFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dailydevotionsforbusylivesWebsite: https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.comFeeling spiritually drained? Start here. Download your free copy of my eBook Making Time for Jesus here.Mentioned in this episode:Join Our Private Facebook CommunityIf you're looking for a place to connect with other Daily Devotions listeners and pray for each other, I'd love for you to join our private Facebook community group. Come find us at https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/group
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