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3 If 1) Why is he not more obvious?

4 If 1) Why is he not more obvious? 1) God of love will be slightly hidden and not full in our face 2) If we seek him we will find him

5 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

6 Our experience of God varies from day to day season to season

7 Our experience of God varies from day to day season to season 1) Rainbow days 2) Mystery days

8 Our experience of God varies from day to day season to season 1) Rainbow days 2) Mystery days 3) Ordinary days

9 If God is closer than you think.

10 Our experience of God varies from day to day season to season 1) Rainbow days 2) Mystery days 3) Ordinary days 4) Hiding days

11 Psalm 42/3 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, Where is your God? 4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One [d] with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng.

12 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. 6 My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

13 By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life. 9 I say to God my Rock, Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? 10 My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, Where is your God? Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

14 Mystery days or seasons Why are you down cast O my soul?

15 Mystery days or seasons Why are you down cast O my soul? Often bad circumstances are the cause

16 Mystery days or seasons Why are you down cast O my soul? Often bad circumstances are the cause Who's fault is it?

17 Mystery days or seasons Why are you down cast O my soul? Often bad circumstances are the cause Who's fault is it? The psalmist? God?

18 Mystery days or seasons Who's fault is it? The psalmist? God? Satan?

19 Mystery days or seasons Who's fault is it? The psalmist? God? Satan? A world in which God is LOVE will have suffering. God is always seeking to reduce suffering within the context of the freedom he has given to human and spiritual beings.

20 How to cope in mystery days? Being Honest

21 How to cope in mystery days? Being Honest Remember the rainbow days

22 How to cope in mystery days? Being Honest Remember the rainbow days Talking and trusting Walk by faith trusting his promises

23 How to cope in mystery days? Being Honest Remember the rainbow days Talking and trusting Growing and glory

24 How to cope in mystery days? Being Honest Remember the rainbow days Talking and trusting Growing and glory Life is not about surviving the storm but dancing in the rain

25 How to cope in mystery days? Being Honest Remember the rainbow days Talking and trusting Growing and glory Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain Do we love God because of he gives us good things or because he is good?

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