Today’s Word
Divine Divorce
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Psalm 22:1 (English) Forsaken – If you want to understand the depth of David’s cry, you must know something about the verb he chooses. ‘Azav has a special history; a history that colors this opening line in lampblack. The first time we see ‘azav in Scripture…
Praise and Worship Songs
For the choir director, upon the hind of the morning. A psalm of David. Psalm 22:1 (Hebrew text) The Hind of the Morning – If you thought the contemporary passion for praise and worship songs started in this generation, then you haven’t read the Psalms. In fact, Moses started the whole genre with his song…
Bad News
O afflicted one, storm-tossed one, and not comforted, behold; I will . . . Isaiah 54:11 Not Comforted – There was a time when God was not comforted. You can read about it in Isaiah 22:4. The Hebrew words lo nuchama (not comforted) describe God’s refusal to accept the bad news of the destruction of…
An Angry Wind
O afflicted one, storm-tossed one, and not comforted, behold; I will . . . Isaiah 54:11 Storm-tossed One – Circumstances aren’t the only source of trauma in this world. The Bible recognizes that a lot of life’s pain comes from another kind of storm; the kind that we experience in the angry wind of human…
When Life Hurts
O afflicted one, storm-tossed one, and not comforted, behold; I will . . . Isaiah 54:11 Afflicted One – The life of a believer is not peaches and cream. (But you already knew that, didn’t you?) In fact, believers have a deeper, more disturbing experience of affliction than those who do not follow the way…
In the Fog
I have blotted out your transgressions like a thick cloud Isaiah 44:22 Thick Cloud – Have you ever been in a fog so thick you couldn’t see the front of your car when you tried to drive? It’s a very scary feeling. At any moment, something might suddenly appear and you will helplessly run into…
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