Ruth: Love & Redemption
“Entreat me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you.”
Category: Suffering
Genesis 36–39: Cloaks & Lies
“It is my son’s tunic.
A wild beast has devoured him;
Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
Job 17–18: Past Days & Shattered Plans
“My days have past,
my plans are shattered,
And so are the desires of my heart.”
Job 15–16: Scoffers & Struggle
“My friends are my scoffers;
My eye weeps to God.”
Job 13–14: Ashes & Clay
“Your memorable sayings
are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.”
Psalms 18–20: Praise & Prayers
Sweeter also than honey
and the drippings of the honeycomb.
Judges 7–11: Gideon & Battles
“A sword for Yahweh and for Gideon!”
Read MoreIsaiah 29–33: Rogues & Rest
Woe to those
who go down to Egypt for help…
Job 11–12: Ease & Calamity
“He who is at ease holds
calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.”
Kindling for Candles 