Praying the Psalms

Lately I have been going through some hard stuff. I was just really in need of comfort, so I asked my R.A. what I should do. Her reply was "read Psalms". So I decided to follow her advice.
Sometimes it just feels wrong to me to cry out to God when I am in pain. But when I read the Psalms I see that they are filled with David crying out to God. 

"Listen to my cry 

For help"

Psalm 5:2

This really just blew me away. This really just became my prayer, I have never felt such a close connection to the Psalms before, it was almost as if these words had become my own.

"My soul is in anguish

How long, O Lord, how long?

Psalm 6:3

It has just really amazed me that can read through the Psalms and be praying with them. It is just such an incredible thing that there are words in the Bible expressing how I feel. The Bible really is God's gift to us. No matter how we feel there are words for us in the Bible. 

This has really impacted how I pray, now I when I go to pray I will open my Bible to the Psalms and I will read the Psalms and highlight what really stick out to me and pray those words. I am so thankful to God for the comfort this gives me He is such a glorious God. 

I know I can trust God to take care of even in this time of hardship.