How difficult it is to think clearly and not be glib after such a great swath of destruction. We have seen so many destructions recently -
- Indonesia - where a friend of mine was and one of whose scholars I recently met at UVic,
- New Orleans, where my son played in the symphony,
- Japan, whose debris now washes against our Pacific shores, and now
- New York in darkness - where my daughter conducts at St Thomas's 5th avenue every second summer and a city which we fell in love with and have visited so frequently these past 6 years, a city where my son grew his violin playing and where my son-in-law took us to the vegetarian restaurant and to hear the jazz in the park in Greenwich Village.
As have many of you, my wife and I walked the entire length of the High Line and more - all along that devastated coast, round about and throughout ground-zero.
And I study the Bible.
What for?
I wait in silence ...
I search for a word ...
Not the one I was searching for: Psalm 27
for he will treasure me in a booth
in a day of evil
he will hide me in the secret of his tent
...
what if I had not believed I would see the goodness of יהוה
in the land of the living?
Psalm 29 too is about destruction - the natural order. Destruction followed for Jerusalem too and still they sang and they waited. The Lord sits in this deluge also.
Psalm 48 was what I was searching for
We are in the likeness O God of your loving-kindness
within your temple
I wait with patience too for the carnival from the prior month. Who can write 'carnival' in such a state!
Still we will sing and still we will wait - in that likeness.
The November Biblical Studies Carnival will be hosted here. I am constructing the carnival as the month progresses. During the month, as you read or write posts, please send your suggestions to dustcarnival at gmail dot com.
The November Biblical Studies Carnival will be hosted here. I am constructing the carnival as the month progresses. During the month, as you read or write posts, please send your suggestions to dustcarnival at gmail dot com.
It may be a somber carnival.
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