The Wanderer:
This is an amazing story about a young man who turns his back on his family in order to fulfill his lustful and greedy heart. Far from home, he finds himself in Africa, wasted and hopeless, until...well, of course you will have to read the book. But the main beauty of the story is that it is based on Psalm 32. Each chapter teaches an important spiritual and moral principle. This will no doubt be our book of the year this year but before it arrives, I thought I would share some of the beauty of Psalm 32. Note the matching terms on both ends below. It will help to read these forms from both ends toward the middle, where the central theme is located.
Psalm 32:5:
A. I made known my sin to you
B. Did not cover my guilt
C. I said, 'I shall confess my transgression
B'. You took away my guilt
A'. You forgave my sin.
The central theme is confessing my transgression. Otherwise, we are dominated by guilt. Confession of our transgressions are the only way to unburden ourselves of guilt. Many a person has been held captive by keeping their sin hidden. The Psalmist continues this beautiful structural device by framing this Psalm with the word "lifted/forgiven." In Psalm 32 verses 1-5, we read:
A. Transgression lifted/forgiven
B. Sin is covered
C. the Lord does not account Iniquity
D. I kept silent
D' I acknowledged my sin
C'. I did not cover my Iniquity
B'. Transgression confessed
A'. Iniquity of sin lifted/forgiven
Again the Psalmist brings us back to the main theme of forgiveness through the act of making our sin known, in contrast of keeping silent. Oh, how many of us live in guilt and shame because our fear of disclosure is greater than our faith in God's forgiveness.
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