The Un-reason

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; for You have lifted me up and thrown me away.  Psalm 102:10  NASB Indignation – I’m guessing that if I asked you for a definition of indignation, you’d stumble a bit.  It’s not a commonly used word.  We have some inkling of its meaning, but not precisely. If we…

The Blame Game

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; for You have lifted me up and thrown me away.  Psalm 102:10  NASB Because – Who’s fault is all this?  Who’s to blame for the tragedy of human living?  When Heschel remarks “history is a nightmare,” we know precisely what he means.  Humanity has produced escalating moral entropy since…

The Return

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with weeping.  Psalm 102:9  NASB Ashes – “For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”  Ominous words from Genesis 3:19.  We don’t like to think about them, but we know they’re true for every one of us.  The psalmist uses a little word…