2023-09-21 10:33 Psalm 69:7-8. "For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brethren, an alien to my mother's sons."   This is the same Psalm...

2023-09-20 11:37 Psalm 69:1. "Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck."   This was definitely me a few years ago, as many of my past blog posts reveal. But save me, He did! I do not feel like I am dro...

2023-09-19 09:57 Isaiah 45:17. "But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded for all eternity."   There may be other nations with greater wealth than earthl...

2023-09-17 11:04 Judges 13:4-5. "Therefore, beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for lo, you shall conceive and bear a son ... the boy shall be a Nazarite to God from birth; and he shall...

2023-09-16 11:46 Exodus 39:6-7. Onyx stones are engraved with the names of the sons of Israel, enclosed in gold filigree, and set on the shoulders of the ephod, "to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel; as ...

2023-09-15 10:20 Isaiah 13:14. "Like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. So thou didst lead thy people, to make for thyself a glorious name."   This line is so peaceful to me!...

2023-09-14 10:50 A friend just sent me an excellent article by a parent regarding her objection to her son reading Catcher in the Rye. I have never read the book, but she summarizes it nicely and, honestly, for the fi...

2023-09-13 10:07 Mark 9:49. "For everyone will be salted with fire."   This comes after Jesus' teaching that if our hands or our eyes are causing us to sin, it is better to be rid of them than to be thrown into ...

2023-09-12 11:02 2 Chronicles 30:2-3. King Hezekiah, the princes, and the assembly in Jerusalem, have resolved to "keep the passover in the second month - for they could not keep it in its time because the priests had...

2023-09-11 08:32 Numbers 31:49-50. The captains of the Israelite army come to Moses with their tribute to the Lord from the spoils of war, saying "we have brought the Lord’s offering, what each man found, articles of ...