Blessed with discomfort and anger and tears and foolishness

Today, I was going through Psalms 4 with a friend. One thing I remember from it was the author's call for the people around him to 'be angry, and do not sin'. The author was surrounded by people who were sinning, namely with lies, such as the lies about how the world is no good. He tells them to be angry and yet do not sin.

I have a great tendency to just ignore when people treat life as independent of God's presence. - When they say that life is about taking care of relationships that matter, I agree. However, the most important relationship that matters is the one with the author of life. Yet, this is the one which is most neglected because we "cannot" 'see' or 'hear' Him. It is also because a relationship with God is different kind from a relationship with a human being. But this difference is unavoidable, given that hellooo, God is a wayyy higher being than us. What do you expect? A dog-human relationship is definitely different from a human-human relationship, what more a human-God relationship.

Ok. I'm just to fulfil my blogging challenge quota. Hence the very short paragraph. Haha.
One group meeting and one lecture to understand!

Psalms 4 also reminded me of benediction below.

A Franciscan Benediction

May God bless you with discomfort
At easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships
So that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger
At injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people,
So that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears
To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war,
So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and
To turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness
To believe that you can make a difference in the world,
So that you can do what others claim cannot be done
To bring justice and kindness to all our children and to the poor.