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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...
Speeding to the Plunder, Hurrying to the Spoil
2025-03-06 10:20 Isaiah 8:1 "Then the Lord said to me 'Take a large tablet and write upon it in common characters, 'Belonging to Mahershalalhashbaz.' '"   The opening verses of Isaiah 8 are a bit str...
You Can Tell God Your Soul Is Bitter
2025-03-05 10:39 Job 27:2-6. "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter ... my lips will not speak falsehood ... I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go, my ...
The Special Role of Men, and the Consequences of Them Abandoning It
2025-03-03 06:54 Hosea 4:14. "I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with harlots, and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, a...
Ice Ice Baby (Sorry, Couldn't Resist!)
2025-03-01 11:03 Job 38:29. "From whose womb did ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?"   This is part of God's "answer" to Job, in which God points out the power, vastness, and com...