Main news for 31 January 2012

Thinking about God's kindness, the psalmist exclaims: "All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth..." Today, it is more difficult for us to accept this fact. We see in other psalms and other places of the Old Testament the wrath of God, and His threats, but it seems the psalmist is right here, because God's wrath and warnings are an expression of the genuineness of His love towards us.

One more consideration. Maybe you would have another impression, but I met many time people, who having found in the Bible God’s promise of something good, for those who make good things, ask at once the question: "and if we don’t do anything good, God won’t give anything? " Surprising is above all the will to fit on oneself injustice, "what is bad" and hence "to verify" what will result from it. It is not excluded that this temptation, by which the serpent tempted Eve (Gen. 3) "work" exactly like this.

And perhaps, behind this question stands an invincible will to receive something "free of charge", without trying hard. One would think, if the payment is ok with you, why don’t you just work? But we, instead of doing our work, we look at others – if they succeeded to receive the same, but with few efforts, and, if yes, we perceive it as a terrible injustice towards us. On this same human phenomenon is the famous parable of Jesus (Matt. 20:16), isn’t it?