Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life – Day 14
Forget Me Not
Based on Psalm 10:1; Psalm 22:1; Job 23:8-10; Job 1:20-21
O where! O where, Lord, can you be?
And why have you forsaken me?
Ignoring all my pain and fears,
I'm drowning in a pool of tears.
If I go east — you are not there.
Out west — I've sought you everywhere.
I travel north — you can't be found.
Down south — you're simply not around.
But you have always known my mind,
and proven me as gold refined.
Lord, you will find me innocent
for you alone know my intent.
Stark naked I arrived from birth
and naked will I leave this earth.
For nothing in this world was mine
and all I have I'll leave behind.
You've blessed my life, Lord, day by day —
but you could take it all away.
How can I question your just ways?
No, may your name be ever praised.
And why have you forsaken me?
Ignoring all my pain and fears,
I'm drowning in a pool of tears.
If I go east — you are not there.
Out west — I've sought you everywhere.
I travel north — you can't be found.
Down south — you're simply not around.
But you have always known my mind,
and proven me as gold refined.
Lord, you will find me innocent
for you alone know my intent.
Stark naked I arrived from birth
and naked will I leave this earth.
For nothing in this world was mine
and all I have I'll leave behind.
You've blessed my life, Lord, day by day —
but you could take it all away.
How can I question your just ways?
No, may your name be ever praised.
Psalm 10:1 (LB)
Lord, why are you standing aloof and far away? Why do you hide when I need you the most?
Lord, why are you standing aloof and far away? Why do you hide when I need you the most?
Psalm 22:1 (NLT)
Why have you forsaken me? Why do you remain so distant? Why do you ignore my cries for help?
Why have you forsaken me? Why do you remain so distant? Why do you ignore my cries for help?
Job 23:8-10 (NLT)
I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him. I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden. I turn to the south, but I cannot find him. But he knows where I am going. And when he has tested me like gold in a fire, he will pronounce me innocent.
I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him. I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden. I turn to the south, but I cannot find him. But he knows where I am going. And when he has tested me like gold in a fire, he will pronounce me innocent.
Job 1:20-21 (NIV)
Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.
Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.
LB: Living Bible • NLT: New Living Translation • NIV: New International Version
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