Messiah!
“So will My word be
which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter
for which I sent it.”
Category: Adversity
“Comfort Ye My People”
“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,” saith your God.
Read MoreGrateful Hearts
Gratitude gives us insight into our understanding of life, of other people, of ourselves, and of God.
Read MorePsalm 63-65: God’s Protection & Provision
The meadows are clothed with flocks
And the valleys are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, yes, they sing.
Job 42: Job’s Confession & Restoration
Behold, we count those blessed who persevere.
Read MoreJob 40–41: God’s Justice & Power
“Will you really annul My judgment?”
Read MoreJob: Suffering, Evil, and Hard Questions
“We must tell them that there is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still.”
Read MoreJob 38–39: God’s Understanding & Wisdom
“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?”
Job 37: God’s Majesty & Power
“Listen to this, O Job,
Stand and consider the wonders of God.”
Psalms 54–56: Prayer & Our God
Evening and morning and noonday,
I will muse and murmur,
and he is sure to hear my voice.
Job 35–36: A Tidy Reality & A Tame Lion
“There is a wildness to the divine ordering of things which the Elihus of this world cannot stand.
Elihu cannot bear very much reality.”
Psalms 51–53: God’s Unfailing Love & God’s Compassion
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Job 33–34: Listening & Not Hearing
“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair
belong to the wind?”
Kindling for Candles 