Psalm 9:7-10: Confusion Wars with Joy

Confusion

Confusion wars with joy: fact fights with disbelief. But I believe. I was an enemy—once indifferent and congenitally blind to my crime and its consequences—awash with the weight of distance, judged, sentenced. And yet, just as I am, I am loved. You paid my ransom—the blood price—in full.

Now under the law of the Righteous I am free.

And I don’t know why.

You say you love me.

And I don’t know how.

But still, I believe you and trust.

Psalm 9:7-10

⁷ The Lord reigns forever;
    he has established his throne for judgment.
⁸ He rules the world in righteousness
    and judges the peoples with equity.
⁹ The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
    a stronghold in times of trouble.
¹⁰ Those who know your name trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 9:7-10

Understanding is not a requirement for celebration; truth and reality are proof enough. From the foundations of fact, trust is born, and hope breathes life into faith. Faith not in what I hope for, but in whom I know to be Truth.

We are all:

• Here today and gone tomorrow
• Fleeting, mortal and insubstantial
• Seeking the Unseen, knowing there is more
• Thirsty for life, hungry for connection
• Offered protection, asylum and agency
• Seen

I am:

• Confused by His choices
• Comforted by his actions
• Confirmed in His Truth
• Content in His presence

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