Today’s Word
Don’t Say a Word
I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned; Psalm 39:2-3a NASB Silent– Listen! Silence is a good thing, right? Don’t we long for an escape from the din around us? The traffic, the elevator music, the indecipherable human clamor of…
Cleaning Up the Story
It happened when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart. 1 Chronicles 15:29 NASB Leaping and celebrating – We’ve commented in the past that the books…
The Difference It Makes
For the Jews there was light and gladnessand joyand honor. Esther 8:16 NASB Gladness/joy – The usual Hebrew word for “joy” is śimḥâ. It comes from the root śāmaḥ, “to rejoice.” You would have expected it to be the Hebrew translated as “joy” in this verse. But it isn’t. In this verse, śimḥâ is translated “gladness,” because there is…
Plato’s Legacy
By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.Genesis 3:19 NASB Return to the ground– suveka el ha’adamah says the text. We recognize the verb and the noun, šûb andʾădāmâ (“to turn/return” and “ground/earth”). But do…
To Wound
He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken. Psalm 62:6 NASB Only – Here’s the problem. We all want deeply satisfying relationships, relationships that provide us a sense of worth, a place of safety, someone who knows us for who we really are. That’s the good part. The bad part is that in order…
Removing Trauma
“ If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered judgment last night.” Genesis 31:42 NASB Fear – We are a fragile audience. At least that’s what the…
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