Are the consolations of God too little for you, or the word spoken gently to you? Job 15:11 NASB Too little for you – Eliphaz makes a good point. Perhaps in our desire to reach Job’s pinnacle conclusion and find some justification for his suffering, we are too quick to pass over the objections raised by his friends. If…
Water wears away stones, its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; so You destroy a man’s hope. You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away. Job 14:19-20 NASB Wears away – Yes, it’s true that wind and water erode and wash away. But what’s left behind is often strikingly…
If I speak, my pain is not lessened, and if I refrain, what pain leaves me? Job 16:6 NASB Not lessened – There was a time not too long ago when I knew exactly what Job was talking about (in fact, it was quite a while ago, but it seems like yesterday). Something was wrong with my left…
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither labor nor [a]spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. Luke 12:27 NASB It’s quite amazing that God made such exquisite things just for beauty’s sake Topical Index: consider, orchid, photo, Luke 12:27
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for his reward will be emptiness. Job 15:31 NASB Deceiving – How can you trust in something that doesn’t exist? That would be real foolishness. Fortunately, Eliphaz isn’t“foolish” enough to insist that some people believe in nothingness. No, the word he uses also means “vanity” or “useless.” His…
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me. Hosea 7:13 NASB Strayed – Tossing and turning. Sleeplessness. And when you eventually drift off, then you find yourself in the midst of a trauma—a scary nightmare. If…
He will die for lack of instruction, and in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray. Proverbs 5:23 NASB Greatness of his foolishness – It is the common assumption of the West that education is the accumulation and manipulation of data. “The facts, ma’am” sets the tone. We believe that armed with the facts…
Today I am in Amalfi. Nice.
So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the Lord came to an end. Numbers 32:13 NASB Wander – Shake, rattle, and roll. Ah, but not a dance. The Hebrew nûa’ means “to shake,…
You have taken account of my miseries; put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? Psalm 56:8 NASB Miseries – There’s been a change. Between the 1995 version of the NASB and the contemporary one, the word nôdi was changed from “wanderings” to “miseries.” Here’s the 1995 translation: You have taken account of my wanderings; put…
