Day 142: Psalms 95, 97-99

The concept of hardening your heart is interesting.  My footnotes compare it to a hardened lump of clay or hardened loaf of bread.  Nothing can restore it and make it useful.  This does not happen all at once, but is the result of a series of choices to disregard God's will.  If you resist God long enough, He may toss you aside like hardened bread, useless and worthless.

Psalm 97: "Let those who love the Lord hate evil."  Do I always hate evil?  I'm afraid that too often indifference is a more accurate word.

Psalm 99: I think of people I have known who I am never quite sure how they will react to something.  They are unpredictable and so swayed by the situation, their mood and who knows what else.  How great it is to know that God is not like that.  Perfect righteousness and justice to me mean consistency.  God's character and response to me never ever changes.