Musee de Cluny
“But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered,” so the Psalmist says to God. (Psalm 130.4.) I’ve been meditating on this verse for the past few days, and it continues to give me comfort. If God weren’t forgiving, I’d be hard-pressed to revere God. Instead God would be a tyrant, a dictator and I’d have no choice but to give up believing in God.
Fortunately I was brought up in a church that proclaimed a loving God, a forgiving God, and, believe me, I need to be forgiven all the time. But my God is not just a forgiving friend. I need more than that; I need a God to revere--to regard with respect tinged with awe, to venerate.
God forgives me; I venerate God. It’s a deal that works.
Fortunately I was brought up in a church that proclaimed a loving God, a forgiving God, and, believe me, I need to be forgiven all the time. But my God is not just a forgiving friend. I need more than that; I need a God to revere--to regard with respect tinged with awe, to venerate.
God forgives me; I venerate God. It’s a deal that works.
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