September 26, 2022

“Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, for there is no help in them.” (Psalm 146:2)

At a wedding one time, I told the bride and groom that given our human nature, we are not completely trustworthy. Don’t put your trust in your heart, don’t put your trust in one another, but put your trust in God. People got really mad at me for saying that – and let me know at the reception.

Oh, well! Since human nature hasn’t changed since the time of the psalmist, I still stand by the statement. God – really and truly – is the only perfectly trustworthy one.

“O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”