Fear of the Lord will add days, but the years of the wicked will be shortened. Proverbs 10:27 Chabad Fear – The fundamental insight of biblical wisdom is fear of the Lord. That might sound harsh. We’re used to the Western Christian idea of the love of God. Fear seems like something ominous, foreboding,…
The distress of my heart has grown great. From my straits bring me out. See my affliction and suffering and forgive all my offenses. Psalm 25:17-18 Robert Alter Distress – Life handed you baggage. Some of it becomes yours before you were born, but when you arrived, no one told you that you inherited your…
But wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:17 Peaceable – OK, let’s think about this. “Peaceable?” We live in a world of greater and greater threat and conflict. In case you weren’t paying attention, tensions around the globe are escalating as…
