God as Present and Absent

Week 6 of Pray Both Sides for Lent

God feels both present and absent:

For you, O Lord, are my hope,
   my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned from my birth;
   it was you who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.

(Psalm 71:5-6)

How long, O Lord? Will you forget me for ever?
   How long will you hide your face from me?

(Psalm 13:1)

When has God felt presen…