Psalm 39

Kind of continuing on from Psalm 38, we see that God's 'cleansing' of our sin can be painful to the point of unbearable. We beg for God to let up.

Why is it that being restored to God has to be so hard?

Maybe it is the depth we've fallen to. Perhaps it is the height He is lifting us back up to. I don't know.

What I do know is that I find it interesting that in our sin, we don't want God anywhere around. But when the consequences of our sin are crashing down on us, we plead for His voice to speak peace.

Perhaps He is teaching us to not practice "fair-weather faith."