My
whole being will exclaim,
“Who
is like you, Lord?
You
rescue the poor from those too strong for them,
the
poor and needy from those who rob them.”
Psalm
35:10
As
we see the world today and always, with the continually un-rescued poor and
needy, and “the strong” usually prevailing, this verse rings a bit hollow.
People of faith might explain that it’s aspirational, not meant to be taken
literally. Skeptics might simply see it as further support for their
skepticism. And the faithful skeptic? It makes this one sad and frustrated and
angry. While I get the “now but not yet” aspect of faith (sort of the
definition of faith, I suppose), why doesn’t God step in directly and save the
Ukrainian people, the Yemeni people, the addicted, the abused, the hungry, the
poor …? The Kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven? Why pray for it if it never
seems to get here, if the innocent will always still suffer?
It’s
a question for the ages, one that’s never really been answered without some
need for the acceptance of a certain level of mystery, not to mention that
pesky thing called faith. If asked sincerely, though, the question should not
remain theoretical. Because sometimes, certainly on the micro scale, the asker
is actually the answer.
#lent2022
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