2023-09-25 08:24 Sirach 10:1. "A wise magistrate will educate his people, and the rule of an understanding man will be well ordered."   I think, as a nation, maybe even as a world, we have lost Wisdom and we do not ...

2023-09-24 07:06 Psalm 29:10-11. "The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; The Lord sits enthroned as king for ever. May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!"   The Lord doe...

2023-09-23 13:06 Proverbs 24:19-20. "Fret not yourself because of evilldoers, and be not envious of the wicked; for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out."   I find it so hard not to fre...

2023-09-22 08:32 Romans 8:16. "When we cry "Abba! Father!" it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God."   I have been trying lately to "breathe in" the Holy Spirit; to imagi...

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!...