The LORD Knoweth
The LORD knoweth. Psalm 94.11 A Pious Platitude Or A Useful Observation? In the world that confronts us as it does today with Corona Virus, Black Lives Matter, natural disasters, industrial disasters, a tidal wave of unemployment, horrific child abuse, corruption, greed and a host of other things, life, we can safely say, is definitely not what it used to be. Added to that is the inescapable fact that when we ask religious people for their advice on how to possibly cope with things as we have them today, what do they say? The LORD knows! Really? Well, let's see how that's working out, shall we? Uh, not very well! If the LORD knows, why is life going down the tubes? And just how does that statement give us anything even remotely resembling a solution? Then, to make matters even worse (you thought that was impossible, I'm guessing!) they tell us that to react this way is sinful! In other words, to quote an old Bob Dylan song “You never ask questions when