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The Fall of Jerusalem - the priests sing a song of outrage
Psalm 137:3 (NRSV)
For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
Outrage when wronged - an open wound.
Psalm 137:5 (NRSV)
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!
Really?! What about hundreds of years of warnings?
And now you point the finger, but who are you really outraged by?
First, some proverbs about outrage..
Proverbs 29:22 (NRSV)
One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.
What this psalm teaches us about us:
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No doubt, wrongs wound us.
2. We tend to rewrite history - by leaving out the important stuff.
3. Having run out of weapons, we fight dirty.
4. Hurt people, hurt people.
But Jesus taught us a different path to handle outrage
Outrage?
What about His?
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