God Is Good, But Not Safe?

This morning's reading from Covenant Home Altar is a grabber. My good friend Glen Wiberg, using Psalm 50 as his text, reminds us that God may be good, but he is not necessarily safe. "To appear before the God who comes as consuming fire with steady knees would be foolhardy," Wiberg writes. "As we begin our Lenten journey to the cross, let us pray that the yawn of familiarity with holy things might be replaced by a renewed sense of reverence and awe before the God who is good, very good, but not safe." That will have me thinking for awhile today ...