19 Apr 1999
16:07:18

A trap has been set for me - there is a feeling of anxiety and fear; yet I will place all my trust in my Refuge and my Rock. I am surrounded by enemies and persecutors - yet I will not be undone for I have committed myself to you, you are my Redeemer!

This faith is incredible! Are we as sure about God as the petitoner in this psalm? Can we rest easy, knowing that our enemy sits with us in worship and shares the Bread and the Cup with us. How do we live with this faith, this trust, this assurance? Why does my paranoia raise its head, whenever I think that all is all right? How do we make this psalm ours?

Tom in Ga


27 Apr 1999
09:17:46

"Take me out of the net that has been hidden for me" or "A trap has been set for me".

This Psalm could have been written by any of the victims of Littleton.

Sunday, I wrote how Christ was at the gate as those boys were filled with hate and plotted to kill hundreds of students. He was at the gate and was broken and killed by their sin - by the sin of all whose who had inflicted pain on them, too. He died protecting us -not from earthly death - but from the death that is the result of our sin.

Death doesn't mean it is over. Jesus rose to new life. As we commit our sinful spirit to him, he is able to rescue us completely. Completely in this world from our guilt and despair, and completely in the next from eternal pain, suffering, and death.

Though we may die, we live. Though things may not go as I have planned, all is right and well in Christ who has conquored all.

Tigger in ND


03 May 1999
06:34:14

rev.this is the prophesy of our lord jesus christ and all who abide in him. jmd


03 May 1999
06:41:22

i will comment on the others later, i have to go to work now. thank you much! jmd