merciful, blameless, pure, tortuous

reading psalms again this morning. yesterday I read 1-12 and this morning 13-18.  In Psalm 18:25-27 I find this truth to ponder…

25 With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

26 with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

27 For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.

thoughts…

For who can be those things truly? merciful, blameless or pure unless they have been made so by the Lord?  One finds it difficult to show mercy or blamelessness or purity unless they have seen it, unless they have understood it or experienced it outside of themselves.

And conversely, those who have not seen it or experienced it or understood it, they remain crooked and therefore the Lord appears tortuous, unlike what He really is, that they would not believe in Him. To the crooked He “seems” that way, but He is not.

What grace it is that one even sees the Lord as beautiful, or pure, or merciful or blameless.  It is a blessing to see dimly as we do, that He is these things and that we are not deceived by our own corruption and crookedness.

Hasta la próxima, Si Dios quiere
(until the next time, if God wants)
tom