Toil and Tears

Blessed are those whose way is [a]blameless, who walk in the Law of the Lord.   Psalm 119:1  NASB Blameless – The Hebraic world knows no systematic theology.  That’s a Greek invention.  What it knows is the lived reality of God’s interaction in the everyday world of men and women.  The Hebraic world doesn’t have creeds or hard-and-fast doctrines…

Instagram Generation

Blessed is the person who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers!  Psalm 1:1  NASB Blessed – A few days ago I taught English classes to two groups of 16-year-olds in a local Italian high school.  I didn’t spend much time on…

A Blissful Life

O clap your hands, all peoples; shout to God with the voice of joy. Psalm 47:1  NASB A note about Friday’s post:  As you probably guessed, we have on-going issues with the service we use to send out the daily emails.  Friday was another missed Today’s Word.  Then it went out on Saturday, which was not supposed to…

Straight Talk

Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments. Psalm 112:1 NASB Blessed – Congratulations! You who follow God’s instructions are blessed. Of course, that doesn’t mean you have all the measures of success in this world. The psalmist might go on to say that those…