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What does God look like today?

Today, God looks like a schoolmaster.  I've been going through Psalms with the boys.  Methinks they can't relate to what David is talking about when he is yearning for God amidst great distress. I, however, can.  It is encouraging to know that I cannot save myself with my own arm, that it is not my sword nor my bow that are worthy of my trust during tough times.  God, the schoolmaster, is teaching me to trust in Him. . . Let me say with the Psalmist, "In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever".

Psalm 44:1-8

1 We have heard with our ears, O God,
         Our fathers have told us,
         The deeds You did in their days,
         In days of old:
 2 You drove out the nations with Your hand,
         But them You planted;
         You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
 3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword,
         Nor did their own arm save them;
         But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance,
         Because You favored them.          
 4 You are my King, O God;
         Command victories for Jacob.

 5 Through You we will push down our enemies;
         Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
 6 For I will not trust in my bow,
         Nor shall my sword save me.
 7 But You have saved us from our enemies,
         And have put to shame those who hated us.
 8 In God we boast all day long,
         And praise Your name forever.  Selah