How honest can you be with God? Can you bring all your desires, dread, and even despair to him? How do you even talk to God about such things?
The Psalms show us. They run the gamut of every human experience from elation to depression, confidence to confusion, and salvation to suffering. The Psalms help the unarticulated expressions of our hearts find a voice.
“The Psalms are not only poetry in themselves; they are to be the cause of poetry in those who sing them, together and individually. They are God’s gifts to us so that we can be shaped as his gift to the world.”
—N.T. Wright from his book, The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential
