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…