Glory to God
Leonard Cohen explained: “Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means ‘Glory to the Lord.’ The song explains that many kinds of Hallelujahs do exist. I say: All the perfect and broken Hallelujahs have an equal value. It’s a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion.”
For me, this was a praise to affirm my faith in God. A God who loves us no matter what. Who wants us to recognize that in our brokenness and our despicable and sad sinful life, we are able to find redemption in Jesus Christ.
There is a lot to be hurting for, praying for, crying about, in pain for, in this world. Someone once told me that just because someone else is suffering doesn´t mean that you are not suffering. You can be sad too. You can lament. Well, I did this. I´ve avoided negative emotions all my life. I see the cup half full all the time. Life is a beautiful adventure. However, while I was able to empathize with the pain of others every time, when something was sad or hurting in my life, I had a defense mechanism to shut out these emotions in my life and to numb it. To distract myself. But this past week, I took time to feel these emotions, and they hurt. They really made me sad and deeply mourn and grieve, but God comforted me, and it really brought out a Hallelujah from my lips. God is not just glorified in the good times, but also when I am in deep pain, when I don´t understand, when I am sad. He is still glorified. Glory to the Lord.
Esti’s journey 