Yesterday our Psalm was Psalm 69. The verse that I choose to write in my Bible notebook was verse 33, which reads like this:
"For the LORD hears the poor, and does not despise His prisoners." Psalm 69:33 NKJV
I looked this verse up also in the ESV version, because I was curious about the wording being "His prisoners," and this is how it read:
"For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners." Psalm 69:33 ESV
I have recently been re-reading the book "The Hiding Place," about Corrie ten Boom and her experiences being held as a prisoner as punishment for her family hiding Jews in their home and helping them to escape certain death from the German invading armies. Such a terrible terrible time. People treating other people in such cruel ways, purposely trying to kill them for no other reason than their ethnicity.
Psalm 69 goes on to have this promise in it:
"For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, and those who love His name shall dwell in it." Psalm 69:35, 36
In "The Hiding Place," Corrie describes the sweetness of her sister Betsy. How Betsy dreamed of someday being released from prison camp and she and Corrie providing a healing home for people after the war. A place where they could go and learn about God's love. A place where they could have peace and love. A place where they could work among flower gardens. A place where they could heal. Betsy never lived to leave the prison camp--but Corrie did, and Corrie carried on the dream of her sister. She really did open up several homes for victims of the war. These verses tell us that God, too, will provide a healing place. And those who love His name shall dwell in it.
Some day, the war and crime and sickness and sin of this earth will be but a memory. The earth will be made new--and those who love Him shall inherit it, never more to leave.
I want to be there--don't you?
~Susan
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