Psalm Meditation 1304 ¶Trinity Sunday ¶June 15, 2025 ¶Psalm 14 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2014&version=NRSVUE ¶I am sure that not everyone who does not believe in God is foolish. In some cases, the God in whom they do not believe has been forced on them to the point of trauma. Others have been gaslit to believe that God could not possibly love anyone like them. Still others have determined that in their scientific mindset there is no need for a divinity beyond the scientific models to which they cling. Are they wrong? Well, yes and no. The God they reject is a caricature of the God of the Psalms and the rest of the Bible. ¶God does look at each of us, especially any of us who believe we know all the ways of heaven and earth. Much like parents or mentors look on their charges and smile at how much they think they know about everything. Those of us who believe we are ‘practically perfect in every way’ are as perverse as those who believe that God is an imaginary friend of a group of very weird people. Any of us who know we have all the answers run the risk of being counted among the evildoers who draw or drive people away from God. ¶The psalmist wants each of us to be among those who do our best to do the right thing, and confess and atone when we mess things up. God is on the side of the poor, the oppressed, the ignored, and invites us to join in looking out for, looking after the folks who are not able to care for themselves in the current moment. ¶June 9, 2025 ¶LCM