Mem

How I love Your Law!  Psalm 119:97a  NASB 97 How I love Your Law! It is my meditation all the day. 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than those who are old, Because I have complied with Your precepts. 101 I…

The Catchall

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.  Job 1:1  NASB Turning away – Finally, a participle.  To this point Job’s character has been described with adjectives (as we would expect).  Now we come to a participle, an action description of the…

On Intensity

I recently had a conversation with a long time friend, catching up with our individual lives over some months.  While the general themes seem to stay the same, we both were in the midst of new relationships, a subject of considerable interest. As I talked about the thrill that I was feeling, the energy that…