Psalm 28:2 (NRSV) Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you, when I lift up my hands to your holy of holies.
We all have pain, and we all need help. When we get knocked to our knees, sometimes it pays to stay there a moment, lift hands to the Lord, and cry out. It also pays to be vulnerable. Well-known sociologist and storyteller Brené Brown says, “The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy, and connection.”
Asking for help is near the top of the list of things that I don’t do well. I mean, who wants to appear needy? I was brought up to deal with things myself, to stand tall, to act like a man. One of the problems with this way of living is that it can make you insensitive to the pain of others. If I can stand on my own two feet, why can’t everyone else? But when I fall to my knees in need, I understand the fallacy of such a question.
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