Our
soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. Indeed, our heart
rejoices in Him, for in His holy Name we put our trust. Let Your lovingkindness,
O LORD, be upon us, as we have put our trust in You. Psalm 33:20-22
I
will sing of mercy and justice; to You, O LORD, will I sing praises. I will
strive to follow a blameless course; oh, when will You come to me? I will walk
with sincerity of heart within my house. Psalm 101:1-2
Back to Letters to Malcolm and Mr. Lewis… who seems to nail it once again,
opening him up where the bookmark was left a few weeks back and yet a seemingly
eternity: Anger–no peevish fit of temper,
but just, generous, scalding indignation–passes (not necessarily at once) into
embracing, exultant, re-welcoming love. That is how friends and lovers are
truly reconciled. Hot wrath, hot love. Such anger is the fluid that love bleeds
when you cut it. The angers, not the measured remonstrances, of lovers are
love’s renewal. Wrath and pardon are both, as applied to God, analogies; but
they belong together to the same circle of analogy–the circle of life, and
love, and deeply personal relationships. Al the liberalizing and “civilizing” analogies
only lead us astray. Turn God’s wrath into more enlightened disapproval, and
you turn His love into mere humanitarianism. The “consuming fire” and the
“perfect beauty” both vanish. We have, instead, a judicious headmistress or a
conscientious magistrate. It comes of being high-minded.
Things to think about.
Let Your lovingkindness, Oh LORD, be
upon us, as we have put our trust in You.
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