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b'I\\u2019m here every night; too tired to fight. Just trying to make it, not fake it.It\\u2019s hard\\u2026to be a PK,knowing you want me to say, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153It\\u2019s okay. I still believe.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Though in my heart I still grieve.\\nBut I see a world that\\u2019s gone bad. And it started when DadHeaded out of the door,said he wanted no more.\\nPreacher dad who told me of God\\u2014 what a fa\\xc3\\xa7ade.Now our family\\u2019s a mess,and each day\\u2019s got stress.\\nI pray but don\\u2019t know what to say. Can I be real? There\\u2019s nothing I feel except empty inside.See, last time I criedand said, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153God, take it away\\u2014 this pain, lift it, I pray\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\u2014\\nGod, You left it there.And continued to tearmy family apart. So, don\\u2019t start with me, people in pews,giving your viewsof what I should do.\\nMy best friend Kat\\u2014she\\u2019s got my back She has what I lack:Faith\\u2014faith to still pray,And wants me to be the same way.\\nThough I wish God really cared And wasn\\u2019t just there, up in the air. \\n\\u2022 Have you ever felt like Shenice\\u2014that going through a hard time meant God stopped caring about you? Who, if anyone, did you talk to about this? \\n\\u2022 How would you respond if Shenice was your friend? \\n\\u2022 What do you believe is true about the God she labels \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153just there, up in the air\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d? Why? \\n\\u2022 Read Hebrews 4:14-16. Why is it important that Jesus came down and entered our world, including our suffering? How does that affect our ability to talk with Him and bring even our deepest hurts and emotions to Him? \\n\\u2022 In his lifetime, King David wrote many psalms. Psalm 145 was probably one of the last of the psalms that he\\u2019d written. He faced a lot of giant-sized trouble in his life. Through it all, David\\u2019s hope was in the promises of God, even though his life was far from easy in this world broken by sin. He always knew that God heard him when he prayed. He reminds us that God \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153is near to all who call upon Him\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (145:18). Jesus is never too far away to hear you when you call. There is nothing you can say or do to Him that will make Him stop loving you or hearing you when you pray (1 Peter 5:7). What cares, frustrations, or hurts do you want to share with God?\\nThe Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. Psalm 145:18 (NKJV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPsalm 145:14-19'