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Salme 40:1-5
En mørk aften kom en lille pige ind
til sin far, der sad i sit studereværelse. Hun ville være, hvor han
var, men vejen var lang fra barneværelset til faderen, for der var
trolde alle vegne. Det både følte og så den lille. Det var netop
det, der var problemet. Det var dem, der forøgede mørket og angsten
og gjorde enhver lyd i den gamle præstegård til en trussel. Så sad
barnet endelig hos sin far. Han hørte på det hele og forstod. Han
tog barnet ind til sig og sagde: »Når jeg nu siger til dig, at
der er ingen trolde, tror du mig så?« fortæller præsten og
forfatteren Jakob Knudsen. Barnet Rie blev voksen, og hun fortæller
og tilføjer: »Og siden har der ikke været trolde.«
De allerførste mennesker her på
jorden levede i tryghed, fordi Gud vandrede med dem. Har de alligevel
haft længsler, så levede de ikke i angst for det ukendte, for de
kendte Gud, og Gud kendte dem og hjalp dem.
Denne Gud er ikke langt borte fra dit
og mit liv eller det vi oplever som utryghed, og svære tider:
Arbejdsløshed, sygdom, svigt, ensomhed, depression, angst som flere
og flere lider af i dagens Danmark…
Gud ønsker at hjælpe os:
HAN ER EN TILFLUGT OG EN HJÆLP I
ANGSTER – PRØVET TIL FULDE.
Kristus er længslens svar. Han har
været i bunden af menneskets angst og isolation, ja, endog tavshed,
for dér i livtag med angsten og isolationen at forstå mennesket og
for at give jordens mennesker livet. Ordene er altid de samme. De er
til at stole på også i dag, for dig og mig:.
”JEG VENTEDE TROFAST PÅ HERRENS
HJÆLP. HAN LYTTEDE TIL MIG OG HØRTE MIT RÅB.
HAN TRAK MIG OP AF FORTVIVLSENS AFGRUND
– DEN MUDREDE SUMP OG SATTE MIN FOD PÅ KLIPPEN. HAN GAV SKRIDTENE
FASTHED OG STYRKE. HAN LÆRTE MIG AT SYNGE EN NY SANG – EN LOVSANG
TIL VOR GUD!.
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Psalm 40: 1-5
One dark
night, a little girl came in to her father, who was sitting in his
study. She wanted to be where he was, but the road was long from the
nursery to the father, for there were trolls everywhere. It both felt
and looked small. That was exactly what was the problem. It was they
who increased the darkness and anguish and made every sound in the
old rectory a threat. Then the child finally sat with his father. He
listened to it all and understood. He took the child to him and said,
"When I tell you now that there are no trolls, do you believe
me?" Tells the priest and writer Jakob Knudsen. Baby Rie grew
up, and she adds, "And since then there have been no trolls."
The very first
people here on earth lived in safety because God walked with them.
Yet, if they had longings, they did not live in fear of the unknown,
of the known God, and God knew them and helped them.
This God is
not far away from you and my life or what we experience as
insecurity, and difficult times: Unemployment, illness, failure,
loneliness, depression, anxiety that more and more suffer in today's
Denmark…
God wants to
help us:
HE IS A RETURN
AND AID IN ANXIETY - TRIAL TO COMPLETE.
Christ is the
answer of longing. He has been at the bottom of human anguish and
isolation, yes, even silence, in order to understand mankind with the
anguish and isolation and to give life to the people of the earth.
The words are always the same. They are to be trusted even today, for
you and me.
“I FAITHFUL
WAITING FOR THE LORD'S HELP. HE LISTENED TO ME AND HEARED MY Cry.
HE PULLED ME
OUT OF THE DIFFERENCE OF DESPORTS - THE MUDGED SUMP AND PUT MY FOOT
ON THE CLIP. He gave the steps firmness and strength. HE LEARNED ME
TO SING A NEW SONGS - A WORSHIP TO OUR GOD !.
