Knowing God in the Unknown | The Writings | Psalm 102

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🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Do the unknowns of life ever keep you up at night? Do you struggle to trust that God hears your prayers? Are you bottling up your anxiety? In today's episode, Tanya looks at Psalm 102 and reminds us that we have a Father who holds our future in His hands. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Psalm 102

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.
0:05.0	Where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Tanya Wilmouth. I wonder how did my parents sleep in the 90s
0:17.2	when they had no idea where I was? There was no Life 360, no Find Your
0:22.3	iPhone, not even a cell phone text to update with My ETA.
0:26.8	We were just out.
0:28.6	Living our lives until we came home and turned off the lamp in the hallway that indicated we were safe and home in our warm beds.
0:35.9	And then after going to college forget it, my parents had no idea. But I think they slept just
0:42.0	fine, probably better than we do now with all the information at our fingertips.
0:47.3	I'm so used to knowing where my kids are. I hardly know what to do when I don't. I just suffered through one and I mean only one
0:55.4	sleepless night while my oldest was out of pocket on a trail in a national park.
1:00.6	This should not send me over the edge, but it does. I think we have so much information
1:05.8	we feel like we're in control. Of all the things I've been through in my life, the not-knowing
1:11.7	phase is always the hardest, not knowing the diagnosis, not knowing the whereabouts, not knowing the whole story, not knowing the future.
1:22.0	It's like I feel like I can handle anything as long as I know
1:25.4	what it is not knowing is when I lose my appetite when I can't sleep and when I feel like I need to bottle inside because I don't have the words to
1:34.4	express to someone else what I'm feeling or what I need. But Psalm 102 is a
1:39.6	lament of articulated emotion and all aspects of suffering are depicted from sleepless
1:46.4	nights and loss of appetite to loneliness physical weakness even signs of
1:51.4	depression. Psalm 102 gives those of us who tend to bottle things inside words to express how we feel and talk to God.
2:00.0	The Psalmest here feels isolated like he thinks no one will understand.
2:04.8	He doesn't feel safe to share his burden with someone else he maybe doesn't even know how.
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