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Comfort Can Be a Curse
2025-03-21 09:32 Jeremiah 48:11 "Moab has been at ease from his youth and has settled on his lees; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; so his taste remains in him, and his scent ...
Weeping For the Wrong Things
2025-03-19 07:06 Ezekiel 8:14 "Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord; and behold their sat women weeping for Tammuz."   In advance of a vision Ezekiel is to have of Jerusalem&...
Let's Never Wonder "Who Is This?"
2025-03-18 10:22 Isaiah 63:1. "Who is this that comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? 'It is I, announcing vindication, ...
The Four Horsemen and the Return from Exile
2025-03-17 09:59 Zechariah 6:1-8. "And again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze. The first chariot had red horses, the s...
We Are Never Unseen, Nor Unloved
2025-03-15 10:03 Isaiah 40:27. "Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, 'My way is hid from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God?"   None of us are hidden from the Lord (although at times, we mi...
Our Distrust is Keeping Us From Our Inheritance
2025-03-14 10:42 Ruth 4:8 "So when the next of kin said to Boaz, 'Buy it for yourself,' he drew off his sandal."   Boaz wants to marry the widow Ruth, but the "next of kin" referred to here has priority to r...
Be Open to Your Narrative Being Wrong
2025-03-12 09:51 Acts 23:9 "Then a great clamor rose; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended, 'We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?'...
He Came to Save Us, Full Stop
2025-03-10 09:43 Mark 10:45. "For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."   The "also" stands out to me here. Jesus did not precede these words with a lita...
Our Children Tend to Worship Our Gods
2025-03-09 10:57 1 Kings 22:53. "[Ahaziah the son of Ahab] served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger in every way that his father had done."   Our duty as parents is so much m...
We Are Walking the Battlements
2025-03-08 10:18 Sirach 9:13. "Keep far from a man who has the power to kill, and you will not be worried by the fear of death. But if you approach him, make no misstep, lest he rob you of your life. Know that you are...