Psalm 37:1-20
Dear RTB’ers,
Fret not yourself because of evildoers… (v. 1a) Today’s first verse spoke to me, but in my teacher role, not in a personal way. I have a student who is weak in her economic background and is not doing well in class – but she has an obsessive concern for the possibility of other students cheating during their exams, like copying from one another or using AI on their cell phones to get answers. She has brought up that possibility to me three times outside of class and one time during an exam and even talked about it with Carol. We both tell her to focus on her own work and not worry about what others are doing, but she persists. When we were kids we were cautioned against being a tattletale; maybe our teachers had read this Psalm! It’s not just the first verse today that tells us that evildoers will “get theirs”. See also Psalm 37:2, 7b, 9a, 10, 13-15, 17a, 20.
That first line is the bottom line: “Fret not…” The Lord sees and knows all things. Evildoers will be judged for their actions, as will we. Fret not…!
Blessings!
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