Pronouns

They stand this day by Your ordinances, for all things are Your servants.  Psalm 119:91  NASB They – The odd thing about pronouns is that without a reference point we have little idea what they actually mean.  If I were to write, “He said something critically important,” but I didn’t tell you who “he” is, how could…

God the Problem (2)

They have surrounded me like water all day long;  they have encircled me altogether.  Psalm 88:17  NASB   They – Suddenly, a change.  Through seventeen verses the psalmist has decried God’s absence.  His lament holds Godresponsible for the sorry state of his life, for the nearly impossible burden he must carry, for the approach of death.  But now,…

God the Problem

They have surrounded me like water all day long;  they have encircled me altogether.  Psalm 88:17  NASB   They – Suddenly, a change.  Through seventeen verses the psalmist has decried God’s absence.  His lament holds God responsible for the sorry state of his life, for the nearly impossible burden he must carry, for the approach of death.  But now,…