.abnormalcy?.

Today = Luke 11:29-54 + Genesis 19 + Psalm 12

"How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, O Lord my God. give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death; my enemy will say, 'I have overcome him,' and my foes will rejoice when I fall. But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me." (Psalm 13)

I've decided that the writers of the Psalms are not normal guys. They were just ordinary men but their faith has made them extraordinary. There are very few people, when persecuted heavily, will react with praise. It's just not something that is humanly natural. But when God has a hold of someone's heart, it's pretty obvious. Even though David feels like God has forgotten him, has extreme sorrow, and has enemies that are rejoicing in his failures, he still says that he will trust in God's love and rejoice in his salvation. There is something more to Christianity - the following of Christ than meets the eye. It's not following rules and adhering to guidelines, for that is religious and is not out of the ordinary or radical at all. But being able to praise like this when things are bad and trusting with a full heart that God's got it under control - that is a pretty radical though. Faith is by no means 'normal.'