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Monday... Maybe, this is what you want, today.


Monday... Maybe, this is what you want, today.

Could it be that you have been down-in-the-dumps for so long and it shows on your face. And you know like David that you need to be honest with yourself and God and pray this prayer.

He writes in Psalm 13:3b, (NLT), "Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die." Is that how you feel, is that what you want? I love that David knew that he had lost something, he had lost his sparkle, he had let the cares and the difficulties of life get him down and it showed on his face and in his eyes.

In verse 1, he says what you may want to say. He says, "O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?" We may feel guilty when we feel that way, but David was honest and we should be too.  

He goes on in verse 2, "How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?" And that can really take the sparkle out of your eyes, can't it?  

He then gets real pointed with God. In verse 3 David says, "Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!" He was very emphatic.  And we too need to get to that point when it seems we have lost it, that life has really gotten us down. Again,"Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!" And then he prays what we really want God to do to us, "Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die." Is that what you want, you really want today?

Maybe you didn't know you could pray that prayer but David showed you can.

Restore is such a great word for us to pray. We may feel like we are about to die and we need some restoration. "Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die." Go, ahead, pray that. "Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die." And those who love you and live around you will be so glad you did? They want the old you back who loves life, who has that sparkle. They will be so glad you got to the end of your woe is me and back to the sparkle and the love and enjoying life that God wants you to have.

And then in verse 5 (MSG), David says, "I've thrown myself headlong into your arms - I'm celebrating your rescue. I'm singing at the top of my lungs, I'm full of answered prayers." And that is more like it, isn't it? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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