Thursday... This too is real!

Psalm 76:10 (NLT), "Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon."

Thursday... This too is real!

Yes, yes, God is a God of love. And love had a great part in why he created us. But because of that, this too is real!

Verse 9 in Psalm 76 (NLT) says, "You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God, and to rescue the oppressed of the earth." Yes, God's love must do something about this. That makes sense, doesn't it?

And verse 10 somehow is connected to this fact. It says, "Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon."

Earlier, verses 7-9 says in the NIRV, "People should have respect for you alone. Who can stand in front of you when you are angry? From heaven you handed down your sentence. The land was afraid and became quiet. God that happened when you rose to judge. It happened when you came to save all your suffering people in the land."

Now I don't know if what has happened in LA happened because of God's anger but I do know that there are people who God really loves who are suffering because there are those who hate his followers and what they stand for. And verse 10 in the NIRV says, "Your anger against sinners brings you praise. Those who live through your anger gather to worship you."

Sometimes anger comes because of love. When something happens to my wife and kids, those whom I really, really love, it makes me really angry.

I'm not sure that God has caused this but he has allowed it and I worship him.

Now, many churches were burned down but they will rise again.

Yes, this too is real, God's anger is real because "you came to save all your suffering people in the land." That's what love does.

Verse 10 in the NLT says, "Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon."

I am so glad that I am on God's side and that he is on mine. Yes, there is a lot of suffering going on but he came to save us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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