How Long?

Psalm 6:2-3

New Living Translation (NLT)

2 Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.

    Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.

3 I am sick at heart.

    How long, O Lord, until you restore me?

Psalm 13[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?

    How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts

    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?

    How long will my enemy triumph over me?

3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God.

    Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,

4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”

    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

5 But I trust in your unfailing love;

    my heart rejoices in your salvation.

6 I will sing the Lord’s praise,

    for he has been good to me.

There are some times when God seems so far away; but He isn't.   He's as close as my next breath.  He is my next breath.  Tonight I'm hurting from the Rheumatoid Arthritis.  I shouldn't fret or wonder where God is in all of this, because he is ever faithful and worthy of my trust.  How long must I wait for God?  God's timing is not mine.  I will wait however long it takes.

Right now, however, I just need some sleep.