getting to the light of life

On some days I read a Psalm to get me started in spending time with God. I'm in Psalm 56 now, and I'm struck by how dismal this section of the Psalms are. Page after page of evildoers, and near-death, and slander, and insults, and attacks. Why is there all this despair and complaining? It tells me that God is okay with hearing all my complaints, discouragement, all my whining, all my junk. It's okay to bring all that to God.

But Psalm 56 ends with this ray of hope: ". . . that I may walk before God in the light of life." Even in all his darkness, the Psalmist has this vision, this hope of light in God's presence. Of coming out on the other side, to where there is light, to know his pleasure, to live in light. I hope you find that as you seek God.