Unconscionable Lightness

“Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, and declare to My people their wrongdoing, and to the house of Jacob their sins.”  Isaiah 58:1 NASB Wrongdoing – What do you really want?  What is so important that everything else pales by comparison?  What is the one thing you absolutely must have…

The Topography of Blame

“Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.”  Psalm 39:8  NASB Reproach – David’s song reaches a crescendo. It starts with silence, then proceeds to murmur, explodes in what appears to be judgment, but swiftly turns into an indictment of humanity and a personal disclosure.  The audience is kept off guard, reeling…