breaking the silence

Interesting Psalter assignment coming up, and found some interesting books to read. Our lecturer Andrew Sloane, who used to work as a doctor, told us: Although we are studying Psalms now, in the end the Psalms are not to be studied but to be used (in our own relationships with God and in helping others in their relationship with God) ! Poems are not given to us to be interpreted, but to be read. Psalms allows us to express the fullness of our faith. Life is not always happy, we are not always happy. Sometimes it is appropriate to say “my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Otherwise, when we find ourselves in those places, we are silenced. Psalms give us the words when we have none. When your life has fallen apart and you don’t have words you can use, the Psalms give us these words. The Psalms is a gift from God that allows us to express our faith in “God authorised” ways. One of the way the Psalms is useful is in breaking our silence!

希伯來文詩篇解經作業看起來蠻有趣的，也找到幾本有趣的書。我們的老師之前是醫生，他說雖然我們現在在課堂研讀詩篇，但詩篇的最終目地是拿來始用的，不是來研究的。