Taking a closer look at great people and themes of Scripture
When our sin has made us miserable enough to cry out for His mercy—God is there welcoming our return. His love has never stopped. I’ve been stalled over Jeremiah 31 for a week or so now. It is a beautiful must-read holding out hope and reassurance of God’s love for ones who’ve resisted His overtures […]
Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver for they are empty. For the LORD will not forsake his people, for His great […]
I’ve been working my way through Isaiah 12, one verse per week, hoping to put the entire wee chapter in my memory bank. But more than that I’d like it to be true in my life. Here’s what it says: 1 You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, […]
Jacob’s all-night wrestling match with God has long been a fixating story for me. I returned to this post this week because I still need the reminder that rest is found in surrender to our Faithful and Almighty God… “Jacob Wrestling with the Angel,” by Gustave Dore, 1855 What is the essence of this story […]
Ten lepers cried out to Jesus for mercy. They could not come near so they called out from a distance—“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” Jesus heard, and He had mercy. He sent them to the priest to diagnose their condition. Only the priest could declare them clean and sanction their re-entrance into society. On […]