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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Imaginative Living
but just as it is written, “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 NASB Not entered – How’s your imagination doing today? Is it robust and visionary, ready to explore all…
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Successful Triangulation
But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” Luke 10:40 NASB Came up – Martha had a lot on her mind. A dinner party means attending to…
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The God Who Forgot
All day long my dishonor is before me and my humiliation has overwhelmed me, Psalm 44:15 NASB Humiliation – Psalm 44 is a plea for divine intervention. It’s not a petition to be forgiven. It’s a complaint that even though the children keep the Father’s commands, they are still “sent like sheep to the slaughter.” It…
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Unacceptable Terms
The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these. Isaiah 45:7 NASB Calamity – By now you are aware that this verse has been radically changed in order to be consistent with Greek philosophical Christian doctrine. The original verse does not use the word “calamity.” It uses the word ‘ra,…
