Woe Is Me!

As I write this, I am in the process of trying to get over the "South Arkansas Crud" for lack of a better name. I thought I had already survived the mess but it came back with a vengeance. And to top it off it had to be the week of Easter with me scheduled to preach twice Easter morning.
Why Me??!!
Occasionally we feel everything is happening to us, even when we feel we'vedone nothing to deserve it. Such was the case when 22-year old Daniel Sneed spent a week in a Los Angeles County jail. La Mirada prosecutors apparrently erred when they charged him with ignoring a loitering fine. Several days later, his bank produced a canceled check which seemed to exonerate him. However, Sneed still spent another two days in jail before being released. Even his own father, a police lieutenant, was helpless in Sneed's ordeal.
It's easy to think no one believes you or cares for you when everything seems to be crashing around you. David understood the feeling. He was fleeing for his life from his own son when he called to God for help. The same God that cared for David and heard his prayer is the same God that is concerned for you. Ask and He will "contend" for you according to Psalm 35:23.