Observation: This psalmist uses images from nature to compare with God. Love that reaches to the heavens, righteousness like mighty mountains.
Application: In the midst of Holy Week preparations, and reflecting on the violence in the world--gas attacks, missiles, church bombings--it's too easy to focus on human wickedness. But the human condition is absolutely NOT the headline of the story of Jesus' passion and death. If your only take-away from the liturgy in which you participate this week is, "Wow, people are awful", then we have failed in our proclamation.
Instead the headline should be: "God loves you. A lot." To proclaim a God willing to die for us is to proclaim a God whose love reaches not just to the heavens, but to hell, and back again. To proclaim a Lord who forgave us from the cross is to proclaim a Lord whose judgments are indeed like the deep: they reach the depths of our selves, which we wish we could hide. Holy Week is just not about us at all. Our part is to just stand there, in awe of God's love.
Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for your far-reaching love, and your deep forgiveness. Amen.
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