Psalms 45–47: A King & A Refuge

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 16: Wednesday “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling […]

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Job 29–30

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 15: Thursday And Job again took up his discourse and said, “Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me; When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness…” Job 29:1–3 Thursday’s Bible […]

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Psalms 42–44: Oppression & Despair

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 15: Wednesday “My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in […]

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Heartbreak

Today’s Bible reading is in Jeremiah. I love the book, and I’m still reading the chapters. I will be working on catching up. The wear and tear of the past few weeks have been almost more than I could bear. Some of the interactions I have been through have been so corrosive—they’ve been like having […]

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Job 27–28

Read the Bible in 2011–2021* ◊ Week 14: Thursday Then Job continued his discourse and said, “As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul, For as long as life is in me, And the breath of God is in my nostrils, My lips certainly will not […]

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Psalms 39–41: Woes & Wonders

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 14: Wednesday Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:7–8 In Wednesday’s Bible reading of Psalms 39–41, there is a contrast between […]

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1 Samuel 16–20: David & Goliath

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 14: Tuesday But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 […]

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Mark 5–6: Healer & Creator

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 13: Saturday “Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.” Mark 6:56 In Saturday’s Bible reading of […]

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Job 25–26: Insight & Empathy

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 13: Thursday Then Job responded, “What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength! What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided! To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed […]

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