More faithful than family
This week's verses are Psalm 27:7-10 : Hear me, O Lord , when I cry out. Have mercy on me and answer me. My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord . Do not reject me. Do not push your servant away in anger. You are my deliverer. Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me. Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in. This is a continuation of the psalm from last week, where King David was praising God for his comprehensive protection. And that alone would be worth praising God for, but here he also praises God's grace and faithfulness. King David had some sin issues. Even after knowing God for a long time, he had issues. But when he would catch his mistake, he would return to God, and that is part of how he got his reputation for being a great man. In these verses, David begs for mercy, knowing he deserves to be sent away. He has made God angry. He has not lived the way he was supposed to be living. But he also has no ...