The depths from which psalm 130 cries out have
not descended to the level where one doesn't care if the Lord remembers sin or not. Instead we are
encouraged to hold onto the hope that the Lord hears our cry no matter how far
we have fallen. That is not to say the darkness of our night will soon give way
to the sunrise – the psalmist waits for the Lord more desperately than those
who wake at 2 AM and know without a doubt there will be no going back to sleep.
But to cry out to the Lord in the loneliness of the long night is to trust that
the Lord knows we are lost in that loneliness. This is not a panacea to the
real problems we face but rather a promise that we are not alone in the depths
and that there is a good chance that you will hear me crying out to the Lord,
or maybe I’ll hear you, and the steadfast love of the Lord will be revealed
when the long night of waiting will be made more bearable when we wait for the
dawn together. In the end the light of the Lord, who is forgetful of what we
remember (sins) and who remembers what we forget (God’s faithfulness) will make
all things new when we forget how to love sin and the Lord remembers what it
was like in the beginning to walk with us when we didn't love sin. Or in other
words God's long night of desperate
waiting will finally be over.
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