As I’m listening to Skip Moen’s Living the Biblical Worldview and my world is being shifted from under me, I found this article about Biblical translations called “Reading the White.“ Ultimately, it says, it doesn’t particularly matter what translation is being read. The point is to “read the white,” letting the Holy Spirit express the meaning of the text. Instead of focusing so much on the black, printed words that time and translation have touched and changed, read the white – let the Holy Spirit speak Truth into your life because Jesus is the WORD of God. It’s a long article, but it’s an interesting read. One of the things Skip talks about in his teaching is the 22nd Psalm. This is the Psalm that Jesus referred to when he cried, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” What Skip notes is that, because we don’t know our Old Testament as well as the early church and the Jewish society, we don’t realize that this is part of a longer Psalm. When Jesus mentions this part of the Psalm, the Jews of this time would immediately know and recall the rest of the Psalm… which mostly speaks about victory over judgement… and is one of the prophetic chapters that foretells the death of Jesus. So, he’s not asking why His Father turned away, but rather proclaiming the beginnings of victory. Very cool. Also, the first two verses ask God where He is when the author is going through a difficult time. The response is, as Skip points out, quite typical for a person who thought in the Hebrew manner: “Yet you are holy. The praises of Israel surround your throne” (vs. 3). No matter what the circumstances, God is holy. Truly, that’s the beginning and the end of the argument. He is Holy. He is Righteous. He is perfect. He is Good and Trustworthy. All these things are to keep me aligned with Him and to mold me into His likeness. So, even in my current circumstances, Yet God, You are holy!