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CRY unto the LORD

Psalms 142:1 & 2
"1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before Him my trouble."

This week we enter into the Advent season. It is the time of year we celebrate Jesus becoming incarnate. We want to note how amazing it is He came into our world as a crying baby. Giving us the theme and title for this week's study; A Babe Who Cries. 

Keep in mind that this Babe in the manger is the same person who CRIED on the cross! A cry in extreme PAIN and great ANGUISH. AND, it's a cry that SAVES All others! The REASON for The SEASON!! That Baby that was 100% man and 100% GOD!!! Born from the Virgin Mary, in a stable, in a small town in the middle of nowhere. 

Babies are helpless. They cry about everything. Each cry is different and has it's own meaning. Babies grow and learn to talk and still they cry. They learn to cry with their words. And, there are MANY reasons to cry. Job loss. Diagnosis of cancer. Moving away. Sports teams loosing their game. When we get in over our head and need HELP! 

God's people crying out is nothing new. We pick up our reading for this week in Psalm one hundred and forty-two. Before David was crowned king but after he was anointed king, he had some difficult years. King Saul and his army were hunting him. If they found him they would mercilessly KILL him. It's this experience that made him write this Psalm...

"I CRIED unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before Him my trouble."
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