Psalm 6:4 Turn, O Lord, save my life; deliver me for the sake of your steadfast love.

The Psalmist makes no claim to be righteous. He knows that God must hold him accountable for his sin. But here he cries to God to turn and look upon him in the midst of his struggle. He cries for God to save his life and to deliver him. And why should God do that? The psalmist lifts that up as well: "for the sake of your steadfast love."

There is an audacity to faith. There is the boldness that, no matter how bad it gets, we still call upon God to love us. In fact, Christ came to give us that promise of love and mercy. We are even baptized into that promise. Luther, in his greatest hours of turmoil, would cry out, "I am baptized!" "I am a Christian!"

Christ's love goes to great lengths, and at great cost, to save us and set us free from the depths of our turmoil. All that would separate us from God is nailed with Christ to the cross. The promise of love is with us always!

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