Monday, September 25, 2000
Monday, September 25, 2000
All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep
his covenant and his decrees.
The next day, the young man's pursuers arrived, demanding the murderer be turned over to them.
"But I have given my word," protested the chief.
The chief was deeply shaken with his news. He stood speechless with his head bowed for a long
time. Finally the old man raised his head. "Then he shall become my son," he informed them, "and
everything I have will one day be his."
The young man certainly didn't deserve such generosity. And that, of course, is the point. Love in
its purest form is beyond comprehension.
(Psalm 25:10
NRSV)
There is a story that comes out of the Bedouin culture. "Bedouin" is the Aramaic name for "desert
dwellers." These people live much as the characters of the Old Testament did. During a heated
argument a young Bedouin struck and killed a friend of his. Knowing the inflexible customs of his
people, the young man fled. He went to the black tent of the tribal chief in order to seek his
protection. The old chief took the young boy in.
"But you don't know whom he killed!" they countered.
"I have given my word," the chief repeated.
"He killed your son!" one of them blurted out.
Dear Jesus, thank you for your love that is incomprehensible. Amen.
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