Born in 1874, GK Chesterton was a famous English author, philosopher, and Christian apologist. He was famous for his Father Brown mystery books. At the age of 48, he left the Anglican Church and converted to Catholicism. Always viewing himself as being firmly rooted in the principles of Orthodoxy, he was drawn to the concept of Tradition in the Catholic faith. Before his death in 1936, he gave a series of very popular talks on BBC radio and was also nominated for the Nobel prize for literature. The cause for bringing him up for beatification and canonization has also been brought up periodically.
Psalm 27 today is labeled a psalm of King David. It is expressed in the psalm that even though God invited David to seek him, David had a sense that God was hiding from him. Yet, rather than turn away from God in anger and disappointment, David turned to God even more diligently and earnestly. At the end of the psalm, David encourages us to wait for the Lord with courage and stoutheartedness. Sometimes when we don’t feel the presence of the Lord with us on our journey, it can be frustrating and lonely. But in all circumstances, we are not to give up in our search for the Lord.
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