Monday, September 30, 2013

Righteousness and Mercy

Psalm 37:25, 26. “I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.
He is ever merciful, and lends;
And his descendants are blessed.”

Here is a testimony to God’s normal moral order in which the righteous is usually adequately provided materially. Also, his children. Righteousness connects to mercy and mercy to lending. I have been remiss [as a doctor] in failing to recommend this kind of attitude and behavior as a “health maintenance” maneuver to people who can afford to do so. Of course, if the motive is to gain from God, the connection likely is severed.

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