“The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of perdition assailed me.” What a picture of despair that describes! Indeed, this psalm writer knows as well as Diettrich Bonhoeffer that “Only a suffering God will do.” I cry out in pain and my God wraps me in loving arms and rocks me in ancient rhythms of earth song.
Namaste! Amen!
The Readings
Jeremiah 20:10-13
Psalm 18:2-7
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
so I shall be saved from my enemies.
The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;
the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From the temple God heard my voice,
and my cry reached God’s ears.
Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because God was angry.
John 10:31-42
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