Monday 2nd March ~ Psalm 32 ~ Psaumes 32

Jeremiah 7.21–end~ Jérémie 7.21- fin

Hebrews 1 ~ Hébreux 1                      

John 6.41–51 ~ Jean 6.41-51

Psalm 32   ~  Psaumes 32

I find this Psalm very moving. It also affirms my view of sin as psychic

suffering, which is liable to be somatised just like all psychic phenomena (the

psalmist's wasting bones). Not the belief that ailments are God's retribution

for our sins visited upon our bodies, but the sense that sin is in essence that

which estranges us from God – that estrangement is what hurts, and we have

ourselves to thank for it, not God.

What moves me in the Psalm is the overwhelming sense of relief that comes

from giving up (self-)deceit and facing the reality of our sin by admitting it to

God. We are taught in so many ways that we control our lives that we can

easily deceive ourselves into believing we actually do. But we don't. By giving

up that illusory (but deeply engrained) control, we go back to God, and He

comes to us, becoming our instructor and guide. Then God's Spirit can

breathe freely through us, and we are cleansed. "The Lord's unfailing love" is

all around us, and instead of wailing, we sing.

Ne soyons pas des dictateurs, réjouissons-nous dans la démocratie de Dieu.

Machtswellust doet pijn, overgave aan God geeft lust.

Tommaso Besozzi