What was that you said Mr. President? As the president gave an emotional address following the recent atrocity in an American school he left the nation with the misquoting of Psalm 147. No doubt many were moved as he called the nation to their duty of giving help and comfort to those who mourn. But then in an attempt to quote the Bible he omitted the most important word in the text. He said, in the words of Scripture - heal the broken hearted. But the psalmist says that this is only what God can do -
HE heals the broken hearted. No president no nation, not even the mighty US can bind up the broken hearts of the grieving parents of twenty brutally murdered children. The only one who can bring the comfort that such a trauma brings is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yes He uses means and the comfort that we have received from God is to be an encouragement to others - but the rock bottom is that only Him who is God can give grace for such gaping wounds. Only the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ who knows what it is like to have a son brutally murdered at the hands of the wicked can help. And because of that horrific death God can welcome all who call on Jesus in repentance and faith.
Just in case Mr. Obama reads this blog (Not!) here is the psalm in full for you to read sir. Bow and worship, love and adore.
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
2 The
Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The
Lord lifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the
Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on
xthe lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the
Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the
Lord, O Jerusalem!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders;
he fills you with the
ifinest of the wheat.
15 He sends out his command to the earth;
16 He gives snow like wool;
he scatters
lfrost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
his
pstatutes and rules to Israel.
20 He
qhas not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.
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