Give Me A New Song to Sing

It seems like the course of our life has been a continuous downward spiral for awhile. People ask us how we are doing, or if there is any good news and we keep trying to smile and say that we are hanging in there.

I was reading through the Psalms yesterday and this stuck out to me-

Psalm 40:3a "He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God"

I guess that is my prayer for now, that God would put a new song in our mouths and in our hearts. Life has been tough lately, and we need a new tune. Just two chapters earlier David says this-

Psalm 38:9-10 All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes

That is how we have felt. We keep laying everything before God. We feel like we are at the end of our rope when it comes to bad news and we keep giving our sighs to God. It's hard not to get discouraged and it's hard to pick ourselves back up over and over again.

This is what David says over and over again throughout these Psalms- I love this!

Psalm 6:9 "The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer."
Psalm 27:14 "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart"
Psalm 28:6 "Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy"
Psalm 31:22 " In my alarm I said, I am cut off from your sight; Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help."
Psalm 31:24 "Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord."
Psalm 34:4 "I sought the Lord and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears."
Psalm 34;15 "The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to his cry."
Psalm 37: 7 " Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men suceed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes."
Psalm 38:15 "I wait for you O Lord; you will answer, O Lord my God."
Psalm 40:1 " I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry."

I love the part that says, "Be strong and take heart." It's almost as if David is whispering, "Hang on, God sees what is going on, and he hears you. He will come through, and he will give you a new song to sing..."