How honest can we be with God?

Ever since the Garden of Eden, we have been answering this question with our words and our life. Sometimes we hide from God and use our words to off-shore our problems and our shames to everyone around us. We come to church and we use sanitized words that masks our true nature. Our words are pious but they tend to keep everyone, including God at a safe distance away. We portray an honest facade, but inside we are filled with death and hypocrisy!

This is where the Psalms come in.  But the Psalms are the most honest and intense words that the Bible has. The honesty and vulnerability found in the Psalms is in sharp contrast to the usual moral platitudes we find in church. The Psalms teach us how to speak to God with real gritty honesty.

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