The sad truth about
ourselves is that we don’t get to be “happy are those” until our bodies have done
some “wasting away” and I don’t mean the kind that comes naturally. The really troubling “wasting away” comes from being good at hiding
iniquity by living life as if “what happens in Vegas stays in
Vegas” even though we’ve never left home. Psalm 32 encourages us to come to our senses and realize that acknowledging our deceit has a direct effect on
whether we live as “happy are those” or as those who are “dried up as the heat
of summer.” That is the gift of groaning all day long for if we were not made
uncomfortable by a hand heavy upon us our ignorance would grow content with the
bit and only be curbed when caught by the bridle of torment or trouble. And so
truly “happy are those” who both hear and tell the truth about themselves and
determine to be less stubborn so that groaning gives way more quickly to glad
cries of deliverance.
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