How do you worship through tough emotions? Sometimes I find that I worship better and even harder through tough times. But sometimes things like anger, confusion, and hurt get in the way.
As I sat through a tough memorial service last week, we sang a couple praise songs. I found it hard to sing along through the snot that was dripping from my nose and tears that wouldn’t stop. Beyond that, I was angry that God had taken a friend far too soon. I was also hurting. I felt numb from grief and just didn’t feel like praising God, to be honest.
Have you ever experienced a time like that? How do you handle it? For me, I’ve found the only thing I can do is offer it up to God. He’s big enough to handle my anger and tender enough to understand that I’m hurting. I just lay it out there.
And I felt a bit of His peace. It was itty bitty, but it cut through the anger and the hurt just the same.
It’s amazing that Job was able to say, “God gave, and God took away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Those are some of the hardest words to say sometimes.