Oh LORD! - and - OH, LORD!

Is your life peppered with these moments...
1) Oh LORD! (spoken as you exhale quickly, shoulders dropping down)
2) OH, LORD! (spoken slowly with great emotion, while looking up)

Oh LORD!
Typically the first one is when we don't really mean to call on our Lord at all.
That moment when the last straw has just been broken.
The last shreds of our ego/pride/dignity have been trampled.
When we have arrived at the end of our rope...

OH, LORD!
And the second is when we are amazed, dazed and totally fazed.
When we narrowly miss being hit by a careless driver.
When lightning strikes so close our hair is standing on end.
When someone offers a helping hand when we need it the most.

The Psalms are full of both the "Oh LORD!" and the "OH, LORD!" moments.

Pick your own adventure!
Read these in numbered pairs if you want to enjoy the emotional contrast and the poetry.
Or read each set sequentially if you want to first feel the futility and then the joy.

Oh LORD!
1) Psalm 2:1-3,10-12
2) Psalm 3:1-2
3) Psalm 52:1-4
4) Psalm 53:1-3
5) Psalm 55:4-8
6) Psalm 55:20-21

OH, LORD!
1) Psalm 2:4-9
2) Psalm 3:3-6
3) Psalm 52:8-9
4) Psalm 53:4-6
5) Psalm 55:16-19
6) Psalm 55:22-23

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Oh LORD!
You alone know where I'm at right now and what I need most.
OH, LORD!
Thank you for being with me every step of the way.
And picking me up and carrying me when I just can't do it myself!
Amen.
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