Reputation

I cling to Your testimonies; Lord, do not put me to shame!  Psalm 119:31 NASB Put me to shame – In order to feel the impact of the psalmist’s plea, we must notice his use of dābaq, the word first found in Genesis 2:24.  Looking back a few verses, we see the poet’s deliberate allusion to…

Soul Wounds

“Fear not for you will not be put to shame; neither feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;  but you will forget the shame of your youth, . .”   Isaiah 54:4 NASB Put to shame – Humiliated, shamed, wounded in spirit and soul – have you been the victim of such powerful emotions?  It…