Abstract: Psalm 39

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Psalm 39:5

Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,

And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight.

Dear David,

I understand you broken perspective,

that nothing you do will move history or the people around you.

I understand your helpless desperation,

and I know the sorrow of longing for glory without the hope to see it—

that we are but poor actors in play already written.

Oh, my friend, dearest David:

Had you seen the glory of the Messiah!

Had you read the witness of Paul and felt the peace of the Holy Spirit!

If only you knew, slavery would end and poverty can be defeated.

Maybe, you would know what I do.

Everything is important in our human lives.

Each one of us is a link in the eternal chain,

and we bend the arc of history toward His greatness!

No one is without purpose or love,

Including and especially the least of us,

for His Kingdom is an arm’s reach away,

for all humanity.

Oh, David. If only…

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