From today’s reading...
I have no food but tears day and night, as all day long I am taunted, ‘Where is your God?’” Psalm 42:3
It’s easy, because we’re lazy, to take things out of context and jump to conclusions, like the parable of the blind men and an elephant.
“A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: ‘We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable.’ So, they sought it out, and when they found it they groped about it. The first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said, ‘This being is like a thick snake.’ For another one whose hand reached its ear, it seemed like a kind of fan. As for another person, whose hand was upon its leg, said, the elephant is a pillar like a tree-trunk. The blind man who placed his hand upon its side said the elephant, ‘is a wall.’ Another who felt its tail, described it as a rope. The last felt its tusk, stating the elephant is that which is hard, smooth and like a spear.” Wikipedia
Today’s verse from the Psalms is easy to take out of context and conclude the author is sad and has lost all hope.
But take 90 seconds and read all of Psalm 42—it’s only 11 verses—and Psalm 43, which is only five verses, and you’ll see the author’s faith.
God never promised us a rose garden. Jesus did not tell us to “Pick up your grande latte and croissant and hop into your convertible and follow me.”
No.
We are to pick up our crosses, as Jesus did, and...
Stay the course.
Keep the faith.
Endure.
Now go sell something.
