Everyone has their various struggles in life and we can tend to search out route causes. If we can discover those route causes then perhaps we can get beyond this struggle or at least understand it better. Sometimes we search for the source looking to relieve ourselves of the personal responsibility and blame shift.
My struggles tend to rear their heads in the way of anger. When I get angry I can easily say things I don’t mean or simply shut off completely. Many things lead, cause, tempt me to anger that I am very good at pointing at to absolve myself of the blame. Not all anger is bad because there is such thing as righteous anger, but we should not ruled by it or always justify our situation as righteous anger, no matter how tempting that is.
Lately I have been struggling with people disrespecting the deepest personal relationship that I have. It is not me actually being called out for having this relationship, but when people show their contempt for the person I have this relationship with it makes me angry. I have a deep love for all those that are in my life – my wife, family, friends, and when someone hurts one of those people I want seek justice.
The deepest relationship I have in my life though is with El-Shaddai, God Almighty; He is my Rock, my Redeemer, my Savior, and my Lord. There are those that I encounter on a daily basis – at work, on the radio, on blogs that either don’t know God at all or only know things about Him. This saddens my heart, yet it also fuels my desire to see those that show their contempt be confronted with the genuineness of our Creator.
To find peace, to be confronted myself with His awe inspiring word and to trust in His majesty; I rest on this Psalm of David.
Psalm 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Having my heart and my words conformed to that of my Creator I am able to rest in the enormousness of God. Those that know not the one that makes their life possible cannot diminish the glory of His creation. My hope is that just as I know God loves me despite the person that I am, they too can know the God of forgiveness, of grace, and yes, of justice.
I just read that last night in my Bible! And then I read this!! ...Cool
Posted by: Laura at September 4, 2005 08:50 PM