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Talking to myself, or to God?

In the Word

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God (Psalm 43:5).

Of the Word

Do you talk to yourself? Someone jokingly answered, “Of course I do. That’s the only way I hear the right answers.” Seriously, however, people caught talking to themselves might be thought to be a bit deranged.

The psalmist talked to himself, asking, “Why are you so hopeless? Why are you so depressed?” He also gave himself a solution: Put your hope in God … (Psalm 43:5b).

In the wee hours of the morning when infomercials reign, all kinds of self-help programs are advertised to a bleary-eyed audience. All make big promises, and some do offer helpful insights, but there is no substitute for the real thing: in the face of hopelessness, we have a sure and present hope given to us through faith in Jesus Christ.

Walking with my Lord

Dear Lord, when I am downcast and discouraged, help me turn to You. Help me to remember that You are my help, my hope and my salvation. In Jesus’ name. Amen.


Mustard Seed: Living in Prayer. Written by 2003–2005 LWML Christian Life Committee. 22/31 ©2005 Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, 801 Seminary Place Ste. L010, St. Louis, MO 63105. www.lwml.org

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved worldwide.

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