“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains.”
The Loneliness
This psalm names setteth the solitary in families here, worth examining directly, this specific action named as something God actively, genuinely does, worth holding as this movement’s own direct answer to this whole book’s first movement, comprehensive isolation actually, genuinely addressed by this described action.
Notice father of the fatherless, judge of the widows, worth holding as this psalm’s own comprehensive care, worth examining whether your own specific category of loneliness, whatever it actually is, might be genuinely included in this psalm’s own comprehensive, described attention and care.
This is worth applying against however much your own solitude has felt permanent, beyond this described, active setting, rather than this psalm’s own direct claim, God himself actively, genuinely setting the solitary in families, worth trusting this as available action, not merely poetic, distant language.
Whatever solitary condition genuinely describes your own current experience, receive today this psalm’s own direct promise, God setteth the solitary in families, worth trusting this as genuinely, actually available action, not merely comforting words but this movement’s own genuine, practical hope.
Live As Family
- Consider your own specific loneliness as genuinely included in this psalm’s comprehensive care.
- Trust today that God actively sets the solitary in families, not merely poetic, distant language.
- Watch for this active setting genuinely, practically happening in your own current life.
Prayer
Lord, you are a father of the fatherless, and you setteth the solitary in families. Let me trust this as genuinely, actually available action for my own loneliness. Amen.
Carry this today
God actively sets the solitary in families. This is genuine, available action, not distant poetry.