Read Psalm 11 here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+11&version=NIV
When the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do? Is the gospel verse here- I think there’s the temptation to make this about worldly things. Right now worldly things seem to be falling apart- the stock market has crashed, oil prices are down, people are losing jobs, there’s a plague of disease, and I learned this morning there’s the worst plague of locusts in East Africa in 70 years. So what do the righteous do? Same as we always have. Put on your boots and get walking. God shows love- we will be love.
But there’s also the question of faith. What happens when your faith seems gone? When God seems like a far off lie? When hope seems to disappear? I’ve experienced this in my life and it’s probably the worst feeling in the world. It’s helpful to know that our faith isn’t based on feelings and that God and scripture are fine with doubt. I always come back to the same feeling I had at the beginning- what is the best thing in the known universe if you ask anyone? It’s love.
Love is what the songs are written about. It’s what makes families work. It’s why we work. And it’s not found in science nor philosophy but spoken of at length in only really one of the world’s major religions.
Love in my mind is the answer of what the righteous do. And I’ve found this to also be helpful when I feel like the world around me is going to a sad place- which it feels like it is right now. Go be the light and lift someone’s spirit. Go love as Jesus has loved us!
Marking It Up 