2026-04-03 06:34 Isaiah 45:4 "For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me."   God is speaking to Cyrus, the future (by about 140 years!) ...

2026-04-02 05:28 Isaiah 52:2 "Shake yourself from the dust, arise, O captive Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion."   This is a fitting verse for Holy Thursday, since Jesus is about ...

2026-04-01 09:03 Genesis 23:20 "The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites." (A real estate deal, right up my alley!)   Abraham wanted to bury ...

2026-03-31 05:39 Amos 6:8 "The Lord God has sworn by himself (says the Lord, the God of hosts): 'I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his strongholds; and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it."   I l...

2026-03-30 09:21 1 Timothy 6:1 "Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed."   I blogged about this before in I...

2026-03-28 10:35 John 20:8 "Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed."   John waited to allow Peter to go into Jesus' tomb ahead of him, but he had arrived first...

2026-03-27 08:39 Job 15:11 "Are the consolations of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you?"   Honestly, yes, sometimes the consolations of God seem too small for me, His word too gentle. I re...

2026-03-26 10:04 1 Timothy 5:23 "No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments."   OK, This is just weird! Yesterday my post was about water and wine; and ...

2026-03-25 06:08 2 Maccabees 15:39 "For just as it is harmful to drink wine alone, or, again, to drink water alone, while wine mixed with water is sweet and delicious and enhances one's enjoyment, so also the styl...

2026-03-24 06:20 Sirach 37:15 "And besides all this pray to the Most High that he may direct your way in truth."   Oh man, this is so perfect for me today! The "all this" Sirach refers to is: "But stay constantly wi...