Hardships in life are a dot in the forever: a drop in the sea perpetual. Whenever hardships come, I want to be constantly reminded of Rom 8:35. I believe it includes “no feeling or emotion” shall separate me from the love of Christ. Couple of days ago, I posted a poll to a certain group chat asking “help me out guys”, “how will you describe the feeling of distress in your heart?”. And the choices were: (a.) Ps 55:4 (b.) Ps 55:6-8 (c.) Ps 32:3 (d.) None of the above (e.) All of the above (a, b &c). Of course, what I really meant to find out is that does it stir a topic of interest? Are they in the Psalms in their yearly reading? Maybe they thought of it as a trick question, maybe they just do not want to discuss the thing with strangers in the chat group, and maybe the question was not well-constructed. After two days, only 5 out of 19 of my friends participated in the poll. Beyond the intention of stirring up a topic and finding out where they are in their yearly reading, if they had answered the poll, they could have comforted me in a time of trouble. I would not blame them. You see, no human would always be near you in times of trouble. Yet, the word of the LORD is enough. In Ps 55:4 – my heart is in anguish; the terrors of death assail me. In Ps 32:3, I like to stay in the mouth of my usual silence, and be present with the people around me; yet every part of my body is groaning – it is pretty much opposite to Job 31:34. Finally, in Ps 55:6-8 I want to fly and stay in the desert. In reality, I was carried in eagle’s wings to himself, Ex 19:4. The LORD said to Moses, “you have seen” that intention is that I will always remember and continue to be in himself. Physically I can go anywhere relaxing – perhaps I should. But the place where I am taken care of is not a physical place: it is a desert Rev 12:14.
Hardships in life are a dot in the forever: a drop in the sea perpetual. And in the end of Psalm 55, it is written: I trust in you.
- Rizo
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