Question time

(A meditation on psalm 22 from the bible...) O my God, why have you forsaken me? Through the day I groan and sigh but you do not reply. In the night the tears flow: Will you never show? Oh my God, why are you so far from me? Trouble rears its ugly head, the days are filled with dread. My heart aches with deep grief: there is no relief. Oh my God, why have you turned your back on me? People shoot their barbs of spite, their words that slash and bite. Even loved ones fail me - friends and family. I recall seasons past, I remember days of old. I recall songs we sung, I remember stories told: “Praise him for his grace and favour to our fathers in distress. Praise him still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to bless.” Why not this time? Why not this heart? Why not now your faithfulness? Oh my God, why...?