Nowhere are the personal depths of grief and the cry of the broken heart more clearly revealed than in the Psalms. Through their honest, gut-level responses to their real-life circumstances, the psalmists show joy, anger, bitterness, guilt, resentment, vindictiveness, and most of the other emotions all of us feel at some time in our lives. In looking carefully at Psalms 6, 12, 13, 22, 32, 39, 42, 56, 69, and 73, the author explains how they reveal the truth about our own grief, despair, defeat, guilt, fear, desperation, hate, stress, unfairness, and sin. "The Lord is near to the brokenhearted," assures the psalmist. In a pain-filled world, only He can heal our broken hearts.
About the Author :
Bill Crowder, who spent over twenty years in pastoral ministry, is vice president of ministry content at RBC Ministries. He is a contributor to "Our Daily Bread" and the author of five books, including "Windows on Easter," "The Path of His Passion," and "Let's Talk." He and his wife, Marlene, have five children.
