“Lord, Why Me” – The Way of a Prophet

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes”- Ps 119:71

“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Isaiah 53:3

“But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers”I Kings 19:4

“Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.” Jeremiah 20:17
“And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt” Matthew 26:39

Definition of a Prophet (www.answers.com)

A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.

A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.
A predictor; a soothsayer.

The chief spokesperson of a movement or cause.
Prophets (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The second of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve. Used with the.
Prophet One of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially one believed to be the author of one of these books. Used with the.

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