Psalm Meditation 1170 ¶Reign of Christ ¶November 20, 2022 ¶Psalm 36 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+36&version=NRSVUE (NRSV) ¶There are folks who are so full of themselves they imagine that if they have deceived themselves they have managed to deceive us. Or, to give them a bit more credit, they imagine that they are so skilled at deception that those around them will be caught up in whatever they suggest. While there are people who will believe in them and follow them wherever they go, there are plenty of folks who see through them and wonder how others can believe anything that comes from a particular deceiver. ¶The steadfast love of God overarches all that is, available to any and all who are open to receive it. The psalmist glorifies the love of God in hopes that we will open ourselves to receive this gift that God gives to each of us. By accepting God’s love we open ourselves to the healing abundance and refuge that is a part of who God is. Being open to receive the love of God opens us to wonders we would otherwise miss. Seeing is one thing, experiencing wonder at the sight is quite another. ¶If you find yourself hanging on every word that comes from the mouth of another person you may be caught up in a web of deception. None of us has the whole unvarnished truth. We do well to run every ‘truth’ through the filters of Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience. The current atmosphere in the United States that gives politicians and one extreme arm of Christianity the final say in who God is and what God thinks about the world and the people in it does damage to the height, depth, and width of God’s love for each and all of us. ¶November 14, 2022 ¶LCM lcrsmanifold@att.net http://psalmmeditations.blogspot.com/