It Is Good for Me That I Was Afflicted (Ps. 119:65-80) 392o43

What should you think about when you sing these lines? "Although the proud smear me with lies, I keep your decrees from the heart. Their hearts are unfeeling and hard; I love what your precepts impart." Do you struggle with singing about the "proud" in this way? Do you feel "proud" – as though you are saying "I'm better than them"? We live in a day that delights in absolute equality. No one is better than anyone else, and no one wants to say "I'm better than them." And yet, as I speak, the sports world is obsessed with "March Madness" the beginning of the baseball season, and debates about who is the GOAT – the greatest of all time – in the NBA. As a nation we are obsessed with ranking everything. Everything is about being "the best" "the fastest" "the most" -- everything except morality. When it comes to morality, everything is equal. Or so some would say... 1e5g20