Relative value of awesome
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I liked this para from my Bible notes last night, on Psalm 76:
As in most of the Bible’s poetry, form brilliantly reinforces theme and makes for one harmonious whole. At the very centre of this poem, with 41 Hebrew words before and after them, are three words that can be translated ‘You, awesome You!’ ‘Awesome’ has become a devalued word these days. In truth it is a quality that sends us to our knees before the Lord (v7), and calls for a response of the deepest commitment (v11). Our experience of exodus, of being brought from darkness into light, of being nobodies who are now somebodies because of God’s saving action, is all ‘ in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you’ (1 Peter 2:9) - in both speech and countercultural living.
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Awesome quote.
Posted by on Jan 18, 2010 at 06:49 PM
I mean God.
Posted by on Jan 18, 2010 at 06:50 PM
True dat!
Posted by on Jan 18, 2010 at 09:37 PM