How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire? (Psalm 79:5)
I think I understand how it’s OK to express all of our emotions to God, but I’m convinced I need to be clear about owning those emotions. In Psalm 79 the writer is angry that his nation has been defeated. He is jealous of those who won in combat and now rule over him. How does he express his feelings? He projects them onto the LORD: “How long will YOU be angry? How long will YOU remain jealous?”
I am entertaining the thought that God has never been mad or envious, but that we humans have thought so, primarily because we are so. Maybe it’s time to contemplate the Divine along streams that run deeper than anger and jealousy.
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