Today’s Word
Sackcloth and Ashes: Travels with Job (4)
He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 NASB Taken away – (This is a bit long. Sorry) The next stage in the story is the slide from external tragedy to internal trauma. Job heroically…
Sackcloth and Ashes: Travels with Job (3)
He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 NASB Taken away – Heroism. The first response to disaster is heroism. Men and women are wired with the will to live and occasionally this will must…
Sackcloth and Ashes: Travels with Job (2)
He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 NASB Taken away – Acceptance. This is the Job answer to the first stage of catastrophe. God gives. It is a blessing to recognize that God is…
Sackcloth and Ashes: Travels with Job (1)
He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 NASB Taken away – The story of Job is too easy. I don’t mean to suggest that it isn’t tragic or full of struggle. What I mean…
One-Liners
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: Proverbs 1:1 NASB Proverbs – māšāl. The Hebrew word translated “proverb.” But it’s much more that. TWOT notes that while we think of proverb as something like a catchy by-line or intriguing “gotcha” popularized on religious billboards, māšāl really includes parables, discourses and even people as…
Eulogia
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 NASB Rest – Walking. . . . . Walking. The pure white sand between my toes as the crystalline waters lap against the shore. There. There is a palm, its graceful neck arches up to heaven supporting the…
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