So I looked it up because it was weird: the loincloth here could have basically been a belt, a sash tied about the waist to hold other garments in place. Which would also make sense with the linen connection to priestly garments. And with the metaphor of value while worn and ruination when cast aside. …
This isn’t the first time I’ve discussed the command to circumcise the heart. It came up in Deuteronomy. My understanding has had time to develop. My understanding hasn’t changed, exactly. I still believe it requires a removal of reservations, a cutting away of the defenses that come between us and surrender to God. However, I …
Jeremiah does not feel fit to fill the role to which he is called. He is too young. He does not have the experience. It isn’t that he’s worried no one will listen to him, though that would be the outcome I suppose. He’s worried that he does not have the skill to do what …
“As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.” This one struck me because that is one of the great mysteries of life, isn’t it? Humans have souls, spirit, but what …
Ecclesiastes is a cheerful book, isn’t it? EVERYTHING ABOUT LIFE IS POINTLESS!!! Except that isn’t exactly what he is saying. At least, I don’t read it that way. If you live for indulgence, you’ll enjoy it, sure, but it won’t mean anything. If you live for ‘success,’ it’s all temporary, might be inherited by entitled …
Be intentional with your company. Choose who you spend your time with carefully. Don’t go into debt. Don’t take advantage of other people. Always seek to do what is right, not what is easy or comfortable. Practice discipline. Don’t. Take. Advantage. Of. Other. People. It all seems pretty straight forward. Pretty obvious. But, somehow, it’s …
This is prompted more by recent conversations I’ve been having than by the Scripture in the reading the plan, but it seems a good time to discuss it nonetheless. This post is not meant to be definitive. This post is going to be my experience with the question of sexuality. I will, next month, address …
I don’t know how to write this post, not really, so let’s see how it shapes up. One of the most difficult things for me as a wife has been watching my husband sacrifice so much, over and over, just to pay our bills. My health has never been great, so the amount of stress …
So today’s reading was Psalm 1-2, which was read at the very beginning considering that this particular plan has you read through the Psalms twice while reading through the rest of the Bible. It doesn’t follow through the rest of the book right away. It moves on to Proverbs tomorrow, while the additional Psalm continues …
I have to say, the thoughts running through my head reading this section were along the lines of “Would he really have crossed a line with God at all if hadn’t been for his ‘friends’?” Think about it. His friends are basically yelling at him at this point. “Look, man, how long are you going …