Complete Breakdown

Psalm 43:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

All of Psalm 43 is very appropriate for me today. Some days you just have moments that are tough. I don't even realize how I have taken to leaning on myself until I am completely shot and can't go anymore.  Then it hits me hard. I'm doing life on my own again. I'm not spending enough time with the source of my soul.  I need time to just sit and be, and I need to make time for that daily...Sit in my sanctuary with God and renew my soul. There is the typical cycle that happens when I find myself out of oomph.  It's usually a complete breakdown emotionally and physically, followed by particular time with Jesus, crying out for rescue, ending with an enormous praise for His faithfulness and His Presence.  My time with Jesus is sacred. I know it. Sometimes life just makes it such that it is very hard to get into that space with Him.  The Psalms are a great way to spend time with God and lift your voice to Him. I need Him every hour, in joy and sorrow. Some days this is painfully obvious to my soul, especially when I've missed my time.