"Psalm 34:1" by Jon Shirley
I've been listening to this song over and over. May I share Jon Shirley's wisdom towards God's character?
"There is a danger to You. A dimension too complex for the finite mind. An ocean too deep to be explored. This danger is your allowance for my grief and suffering. It is a crushing that breaks the bones of my faith and I am cast down. And here there is a choice to make: to bless you or to curse you.
To curse you would be to deny that there is any good in you at all. To believe that you have abandoned me in this violent human experience and that you will never come back to claim me. To hate you for leaving me here helpless and alone.
But to bless you is to believe that though you are not safe, you are good, completely good. And to bless you is to live surrendered to that which I don’t understand about you. To walk, not run, and to trust. To open all of my senses to you, god, and to let wonder and awe heal all my wounds and restore my hope.
And then to join the psalmist who said “I will extol the Lord at all times and his praise will always be upon my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord so let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together.” Glorify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. Glorify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. Together."
"There is a danger to You. A dimension too complex for the finite mind. An ocean too deep to be explored. This danger is your allowance for my grief and suffering. It is a crushing that breaks the bones of my faith and I am cast down. And here there is a choice to make: to bless you or to curse you.
To curse you would be to deny that there is any good in you at all. To believe that you have abandoned me in this violent human experience and that you will never come back to claim me. To hate you for leaving me here helpless and alone.
But to bless you is to believe that though you are not safe, you are good, completely good. And to bless you is to live surrendered to that which I don’t understand about you. To walk, not run, and to trust. To open all of my senses to you, god, and to let wonder and awe heal all my wounds and restore my hope.
And then to join the psalmist who said “I will extol the Lord at all times and his praise will always be upon my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord so let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together.” Glorify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. Glorify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. Together."