Sunday, September 26, 2004
Psalm 130 -- seeking reality ---- redux
Psalm 130 part 2 ....
We talked some more about suffering again today ..... a person could stay on psalm 130 or probably any verse in the bible for a long time and get more than just 1 topic ... Brad read a quote from Eugene Peterson , ( by the way Brad is 42 today ) , this is what he read ...
" The earth can be ravaged , still it cannot suffer . Man and woman , alone in the creation , suffer . For suffering is pain plus : physical or emotional pain plus the awareness that our own worth as people is threatened , that our own value as creatures made in the dignity of GOD is called into question , that our own destiny as eternal souls is jeopardized . Are we to be , finally , nothing ? Are we to be discared ? Are we to be rejects in the universe and thrown onto the garbage dump of humanity because our bodies degenerate or our emotions malfunction or our minds becaome confused or our families find fault with us , or society avoids us ? Any one of these or , as is more likely , a combination of them , can put us in what Psalm 130 calls the depths .
A Christian is a person who decides to face and live through suffering ... A man or woman of faith who fails to acknowledge and deal with suffering become , at last , either a cynic or a melancholic or a suicide . "
How does this effect you ? Are you in the depths ? Are you a Christian ?
We talked some more about suffering again today ..... a person could stay on psalm 130 or probably any verse in the bible for a long time and get more than just 1 topic ... Brad read a quote from Eugene Peterson , ( by the way Brad is 42 today ) , this is what he read ...
" The earth can be ravaged , still it cannot suffer . Man and woman , alone in the creation , suffer . For suffering is pain plus : physical or emotional pain plus the awareness that our own worth as people is threatened , that our own value as creatures made in the dignity of GOD is called into question , that our own destiny as eternal souls is jeopardized . Are we to be , finally , nothing ? Are we to be discared ? Are we to be rejects in the universe and thrown onto the garbage dump of humanity because our bodies degenerate or our emotions malfunction or our minds becaome confused or our families find fault with us , or society avoids us ? Any one of these or , as is more likely , a combination of them , can put us in what Psalm 130 calls the depths .
A Christian is a person who decides to face and live through suffering ... A man or woman of faith who fails to acknowledge and deal with suffering become , at last , either a cynic or a melancholic or a suicide . "
How does this effect you ? Are you in the depths ? Are you a Christian ?
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It is so difficult to turn face suffering, embracing the Lord in the midst of pain. And yet, He meets us there again and again. Lord have mercy.
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