From tomorrow’s lectionary, a Psalm fragment … “89:2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.” How could the writer decide that God’s love was ‘steadfast’ after all the good and bad experiences the people had been through? There must be more to faith than just ‘God has blessed me, things must be OK.’ Not only do people of faith suffer sometimes. Also people who are utter so-and-so’s sometimes prosper – and in their prospering cause others a lot of grief.
But somewhere at the back of everything is a God of love and mercy and hope.