Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalms 7:14 (New International Version 2011)

Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

What a marvelous phrase. Evil leads to trouble which leads to disillusionment.

Perhaps that is the foundation of all evil, of all rebellion against God – disillusionment. We are tricked, fooled, we don’t see what is present. Instead we something that comes of evil, but it doesn’t look like evil. It looks good to us. We walk in, stumble, and fall.

There is no hope for us without the grace of God. Let us be thankful for that grace every day of our lives.