Psalm 71:1-14

“For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you.” vss. 5-5

There are many among us who have been faithful and true through their entire lives. As children they learned to pray and then worshiped regularly with parents. Some went through confirmation classes and affirmed their baptisms. They participated in youth groups and even after high school were a part of campus ministries at their colleges. Faith is as natural to them as breathing, and has continued to grow and mature even through periods of doubt. And life has been good for them! Aside from assorted bumps and bruises along the way there have been no times of calamity or despair. Such deaths and losses they have experienced have not seemed out of the ordinary, and their faith has never failed to give them comfort. God has never let them down. And then one day, out of the blue, for no good reason, the bottom drops out of their lives. And it is all grossly unfair! Even though they might know faith does not bring immunity to disease or trouble, there is the sense that a life well lived should mean something in the great scheme of things. But for better or worse, the past does not determine our future. But this we know, even when things are unfair or unjust, our God will always be present, and we will never be forsaken. 

Thought for the Day: How fair has life been to me?