Psalm 116 & 117

It took me just a minute to read both of these psalms. The first of these psalms speaks a great truth of how God responds to our pleadings. The Message says, "He listens so intently . . . " God is focused on every detail of our requests to him. He doesn't assume anything, but he waits for us to share the details of all our struggles and sins.  When we have poured out our total selves to him, holding nothing back, then God is able to take that which is left of our lives and give us a season of rest. And that is what we really need anyway.
Stuart