Psalm 88:1-9

Psalm 88:1-9 
The Message (MSG)

  When we're in misery, there's no sense denying it.
  A real relationship with God demands honesty on our part.  God doesn't want us to tamp down our joy, and God doesn't want us to downplay our pain.  It's real.  We have questions and fear and uncertainty in the face of it.  We stand on the edge of the chasm and wonder whether or not we will fall in, convincing ourselves that God has forgotten about our situation.
  So we honestly come to God with our raw pain and fear.
  When we do, God doesn't always reach out and immediately fix things.  God isn't one to just patch it up.  Instead, God reminds us that he dwells with us in these uncertain times.  God knows what it's like to live on the edge of the pit, and God knows what it is like to be cast into the pit by others.  God has been to the bottom of the pit, and because God is willing and able to abide with us in the most uncertain times of our lives, it should make the darkness a little less dark, because the light is with us, and we can have firm and certain knowledge that the darkness shall not overcome.
  Even if we find our way into the the pit, and if the pain and frustration threaten to overwhelm, the promise of God within and beside and around us is that we shall be led forward, through the valley of the shadow of death, and into life everlasting.

May you know light today