“Your decrees are wondrous; therefore I obey them. The revelation of your words brings light and gives understanding to the inexperienced. I open my mouth and pant because I long for your commands. Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your practice toward those who love your name. Make my steps steady through your promise; don’t let any sin dominate me. Redeem me from human oppression, and I will keep your precepts. Make your face shine on your servant, and teach me your statutes. My eyes pour out streams of tears because people do not follow your instruction.”
Psalms 119:129-136 CSB
"My eyes pour out streams of tears because people do not follow your instruction." This seems a bit extreme, but I understand the sadness of watching people I love, living their lives according to their own plan. Ignoring Gods instructions.
They live "happily" and are simply unaware of the bliss they could be experiencing.
It would be a bit like a person eating a saltine cracker as a snack...(I love saltines...simple, salty but flavorless & dry) but refusing to try the best chocolate chip cookie (sweet, chocolatey, buttery, chewy, vanilla'y with a hint of salt).
The cracker IS fine, maybe even good sometimes...but the cookie is infinitely better. The same can be true of people living their own way...they just are not experiencing the infinitely better life of walking in Gods presence. I want that for them, it is so good, so life altering, so sweet and refreshing, so joyful...
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