April 6, 2009 - Psalm 130

As we enter what we typically call 'Holy Week', I thought it appropriate to write about forgiveness. Maybe, however, I can surprise you just a little bit with the source, Psalm 130. I read these words this morning and thought they fit so well in continuing the theme from our worship service yesterday, that I had to share them. Verses 3-4, "If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared." Verses 7-8, "O Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins." If only the author of this psalm could know what we know. That indeed, there is forgiveness with God, through the redemption provided by His only Son, Jesus Christ. How right he was when he wrote those words hundreds of years before their fulfillment. As those living on the other side of the fulfillment, are we as sure where to put our hope as he was before Christ's coming? The remembrances this week give us an added opportunity to be mindful and thankful for that forgiveness and redemption.