As we walk through life the personal reality of suffering, its pain and anguish, becomes something we allnexperience. Tears, despair and hurt are commonplace in a broken world.nSo how do we even contemplatensinging at a time like this?nThe writers of Psalm 44 were faithfulnmen who were nearly overwhelmed bynthe pain of suffering. Why would Godnlet them suffer so terribly yetnundeservedly? John Hindley takes usncarefully through the psalm teachingnthat ‘God has sent our suffering for hisnsake. Suffering is not a mark of God’s indifference towards us, or his hatred of us. Suffering is a mark of hisnlove for us. It shows that we are his.’ We have a Saviour who is familiar with suffering, and we must run tonhim not from him.nThe storm can be troubling and dark, but this psalm will show you that even in the midst of the darkest times,