Psalm 36
Equity swells my heart and drives me, never righteousness. I have no grace for the graceless. Compassion bankrupt. http://ref.ly/Ps36;esv
Psalm 35
A soul is impressionable. Like a hard drive, a soul is filled with telling data. Who writes at the prompt? http://bible.faithlife.com/books/esv/Ps35
Loving Your Own
Take what isn't yours and run! Stolen things are better in mixed company. So gather false friends and family, you know, the ones who support you, come what may. Your real friends aren't friends when they tell you you're wrong. They're tedious, big brothers just waiting for you to cave and betray your god-awful feelings of confident grief: You were born in the wrong way.
Psalm 34
An unknown offering, a toddler's sneer and spasm, the nervy coaxing ends as silent cheering erupts. http://ref.ly/Ps34;esv
Denials
If I punish you, withholding your banner of joy, and use power to humiliate - I represent a Jesus who never existed, a Jesus who asked you to pay for your own sins.
Psalm 33
God's love is not a glimmer of coins in a wishing well. God's love is the ecosystem that sustains it all. http://ref.ly/Ps33;esv
Mt. Denali
I have a name you've never heard. Call me what you want. I was before you. I will be here when your dust mingles with mine in a tributary of time and patience. Use me as a peace offering, as a statement piece, as an exhibition of genius, but let's be clear; I belong to no man.
Psalm 32
When interminable night slips through some secret barrier and sleep finally percolates, forgiveness is accepted. http://ref.ly/Ps32;esv