Doug Van Pelt

Perspective

Asaph, the author of Psalm 73, was pretty tee-ed off. He could almost not compose himself, for the "wicked were prospering." He couldn't handle that (almost). But when he went into the temple -- into the sanctuary -- his perspective changed.

"When I tried to understand all this,
it was oppressive to me
till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood..."

Yes, his attitude changes because he discovers that the wicked will not go unpunished, but it is another example of how quickly getting a glimpse of God can correct our attitudes.

"My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever...

"But as for me,
it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
I will tell of all Your deeds."

This reminds me of a great old hymn (one that Asaph did not write),
which states:

"Turn your eyes upon Jesus;
look full into His wonderful face.
Then the things of this life will grow strangely dim
in the light of His glorious grace..."

It's all about perspective.

If I could change the perspective of some robots and their programmers, I would distort their aluminum frames into a pretzel. Yes, I am mad. Seems these spammers are starting to hit (and fill up) these comment spaces in current and recent blog entries. This is a drag. For the longest time, it was a pain to keep up with; but it was limited to older entries, and I would routinely close the comment fields of older entries to prevent these robots from gaining access. Now they're going after the current ones. This is totally uncool. I think they hope to get more traffic to their site, which will in turn improve their "google score" and show up higher in searches for various stuff. It's either illegal ... or should be. I can suddenly relate to King David in wanting to see his "enemies" vanquished!
:?)

Posted by Doug Van Pelt at May 12, 2005 11:07 AM