Cease and Desist Orders

For my life is exhausted in sorrow and my years in sighing.  Through my crime my strength stumbles and my limbs are worn out.  Psalm 31:11 (Hebrew Bible)  Robert Alter Exhausted in sorrow – an excerpt. When he looked up, Nathan was gone. “Call him back.  Call him back.”  He almost shouted, but in the…

Trying and Tiring

The words of Koheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem  Ecclesiastes 1:1 JPS Koheleth – What do you know about the book of Ecclesiastes?  Did you assume it was written by Solomon (son of David)?  Do you know why it is so gloomy?  Did you know that the insertion of a positive ending is probably…

Sunburned (5)

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NASB Weary – Exhausted. Ever feel like that? Physically and spiritually. Just too tired to go on. Just want to sleep,…