“And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished.’” (Exodus 34:6-7 NIV) Last year when we had visiting pastors in for special meetings,Continue Reading
The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. (Psalm 33:10-12 NIV) God, I feel like I have been praying for this nation for years. I’veContinue Reading
“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9 NIV) As I write this, in my Bible Recap plan I’m about 3/4 of the way through Ezekiel. I have decided that Jeremiah and Ezekiel (at least so far) are hard to read and understand. TheseContinue Reading
“Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.” (Proverbs 29:18 NIV) I’m deep in “camp mode” – preparing for this year’s summer arts day camp which less than two months away. I love the work I’m doing but there are aContinue Reading
“When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.” (Proverbs 21:5 ESV) My “Bible Recap” plan had me read Exodus 7-9 today – right in the middle of Moses and the Egyptian Pharaoh’s “epic battle” over whether the Israelites could go and worship inContinue Reading