Julie
This reading focused on the Kingdom of Jeroboam. I'm not sure if I completely understood what was going on or not, but it seems that this king is beginning sinful behavior. I believe that he and his people are worshipping false idols and he tricks a prophet into not listening to God's directive and the prophet is killed.
This psalm asks God why he hides himself in times of trouble. I know that people ask this all the time because if they are going through hardship they assume that God is not with them or listening to them. That is not true. God is always there, but we may have to go through some adversity for a reason. So, it's not that he is ignoring us, but he is not answering the prayers because his will is for us to experience it.
This psalm also makes it seem that those that have plenty were anointed by God and those that have nothing are forgotten. That is also not true. While God will provide everything that we need he will not provide more than we need. So, just because someone has everything doesn't mean it was God-given, in a lot of cases they probably did some pretty nefarious things to get what they have.
Michelle
I do not understand this turn of events. It sounds like King Rehoboam is a son of Solomon. I do not understand who Jeroboam is though but he seems to be leader over some people as well. They seem to be in disagreement but I am kind of confused. Then Jeroboam makes false idols for his people. The the story with the prophets. It seems that one prophet lied to another prophet and got him killed but then nothing happened to the lying prophet. I am lost here.
I read this psalm and will read it again. I think my mind is distracted this morning as I am not feeling well. I am trying not to focus on it but it's hard not to. I will come back to this one.
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