How to Deal

Things to learn from the book of Psalms (from Prayer, by Yancey):

• Work out animosity toward enemies not by gossip or hostility, but by informing God of their injustice and asking God to set things right.
• It’s all right o express impatience to God, asking for a speeded-up answer to prayer – and even to spell out God’s own interests in achieving the desired results. 
• Prayer sometimes involves talking to yourself (“Do not fret . . . Trust in the Lord, be still.), saying aloud what you know to be healthy but have a hard time putting into practice.
• Focus not just on the unfairness and problems of life, but also on all that does not turn out well.  Review the good things of the past, and don’t forget in the darkness what you learned in the light.
• Project yourself into the future as a changed person.  Behavioral psychologist would call this the “act as if” principle.