Show Notes
A five-minute Christian meditation and lectio divina practice on Psalm 139:23-24, with a reading from Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Day 42 of the Unseen Existences series.
Scripture Psalm 139:23-24 (NRSVUE) Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Refrain Search me, O God, and know my heart.
Quote Fyodor Dostoevsky, from The Brothers Karamazov (translated by Michael R. Katz) "The main thing is, stop telling lies to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lies reaches a point where he cannot recognize any truth in himself or in anyone surrounding him, and so he loses all respect for himself and for others. Once he respects no one, he stops loving; to occupy and distract himself, he yields to passions and coarse inclinations and ultimately sinks to bestiality in all his vices, and all this comes from incessant lying to himself and to others." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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