Hear, O LORD

I was encouraged recently by a devotional reading from A Shelter in the Time of Storm by Paul David Tripp.  He reflects on Psalm 27:7 ESV: 

“Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me.”  

Tripp says, "Prayer finds its hope not in the qualifications of the one praying but in the character and the plan of the God who is hearing. He answers because of who he is. He answers because of what he is doing. He answers because he loves to see us come, and he loves to provide just the grace for that moment." page 53-54   

I am thankful for this truth that God cares to listen to me and is gracious enough to answer despite my sinful and brokenness.  May these words encourage you today as well.