Today’s Word
Stand and Deliver
Yes, I am like a person who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no arguments. For I wait for You, Lord; You will answer, Lord my God. Psalm 38:14-15 NASB No arguments – Maybe the psalmist read Job. Maybe we should before we try to understand this poem. The word he uses is tôkaḥot, “reproofs, arguments.” …
Quarantine
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand far away. Psalm 38:11 NASB Plague – Perhaps the modern world is finally uncomfortably familiar with this word, negaʿ. Translated “plague,” we discover that the root (nāgaʿ) is about touching. The noun, which we have in this verse, isn’t always about…
Going Home
we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8 NASB 1995 Absent – “The fantasy of escape from the struggle of existence must be deeply addressed if one is to find the vital center of one’s being.”[1] “I just…
On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand
Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me. Psalm 38:9-10 NASB My desire – Edward Mote (1797 to 1874) wrote the famous hymn, “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and…
Sick to Death
I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go in mourning all day long. For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no healthy part in my flesh. I feel faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart. Psalm 38:6-8 NASB No healthy part – Despite the fact that the idea is theologically untenable, the…
A Tender and Delicate Sadness
“Man, who is born of woman, is short-lived and full of turmoil.” Job 14:1 NASB Man – I still have places to go. Katmandu, Nepal Paro Taktsang Monastery, Bhutan Skógafoss, Iceland Anse Lazio Beach, Seychelles Ashikaga Flower Park, Japan Cao Bang Ban Gioc Waterfall, Vietnam Caño Cristales, Columbia Raja Ampat, Indonesia Dongchuan, China Marble Caves, Chico, Chile…
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