Drama Queen

Oh, such a baby!  Here's our little Opie about 30 pounds ago.  He's still only 9 months, and still a real cutie-pie.  I just had to show him off a bit . . .

In case you haven't noticed, I'm a fairly passionate person, some would even say Drama Queen (out of respect for my husband and daughters, I won't mention names).  When it comes to sharing the latest dramas in my life, I pour it all out on whoever is willing to listen. 

And yet, when I come to the Lord Who Answers Prayer with those same concerns, I'm calm and trusting and polite.  Why is that?  Do I think God hasn't heard me sharing my heart with others?  Am I trying to prove to Him how trusting I am when I'm really not?  Do I think He shouldn't know how passionate I am about this thing that has me in turmoil? 

Listen to the psalmist in Psalm 102:  Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you!  Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!  Is this pray-er holding back his passion?  Is he afraid of offending God?  NO . . . he is sharing his heart, respectfully, but in full dramatic regalia.  He is crying out in deep honesty to the God Who Hears him. 

Maybe we ought to try that when we are in deep distress.  How dare we bare our souls to others and not to the Father God who loves us more than life itself?  Indeed, that life was poured out for us in great passion. 

Trust Him today to hear your REAL requests.  And then trust Him to answer in the best way possible.