Lent 17 - Does not Delight in Evil

Tondal's Vision by Hieronymus Bosch
Credit: Museo Lázaro Galdiano in Madrid, Spain

In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; 

in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.

4 For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;  with you, evil people are not welcome.
5 The arrogant cannot stand  in your presence.
You hate all who do wrong; you destroy those who tell lies.
The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, Lord, detest.
7 But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple. Psalm 5

Why did the Lord create such potential for evil and wickedness?  Perhaps everything has it's balance.  Matter has Anti-matter.  The potential for wickedness is balanced by the potential for love.

But humans, even seemingly decent humans, can be lulled into evil but the hypnotic call of hate.  There is a blindness and lack of sensitivity that afflicts humans from time to time.  This is when evil rises, and looses spores that infect the soul.  We have seen round the world, in slavery, war and violent ideologies.  So called good people can become monsters, as in Ruanda. We need to cling to the one who loves us, even before we wake in the morning.

PRAYER: Protect me from the infection of evil.  Keep me pure and holy.