For the past few weeks, we have been studying the story of Pentecost in Acts 2. This study includes the coming of the Holy Spirit. His presence manifest itself in the wind, fire, and sound of various languages being spoken in understanding. As this miraculous situation occurs, some determine that they are drunk with wine. Peter stands up to address the crowd.

When a guy and girl fall in love, get married, and go on their honeymoon, they are riding on cloud nine. Their hearts are exploding with feelings of love and they think, “This will never end; I’ll feel this way forever!” I know because I felt that when I got married. But at some point, the honeymoon does end. (Corinne, sweetheart, if you’re reading this, we haven’t reached that point, yet . . .) There comes a point in time when being “in love” must be supplanted by love.

I have recently been reading a blog by a guy named Seth Godin. He is a marketing/business guru. His blog posts are generally short, but he has really clever insights. In a post from this week, he highlighted a company who was spamming him in pursuit of his business. He speaks of the way that in his mind, the company lost points with him by interrupting his life with spam. He goes on to say,

This morning, I was reading though Psalm 6. This is a powerful psalm where David is seeking God’s grace and mercy. He has perhaps sinned or at least he feels that he deserved the wrath of God. He begs God to not pour out his wrath, but to pour out his grace and mercy on him. He never demands that God offer this mercy because he deserves it. He begs God to offer it because it will bring glory and honor to God. In verse 4, he asked God to “deliver him, because of his unfailing love”. That term stuck me so I thought I would do a little research on it.