“But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites— from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after … Continue reading But…
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Deliberate holiness
“Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.” Psalms 119:11 NKJV Deliberate holiness There is great advantage in weakness and fatigue that comes with the ongoing encroaching of disability. One is caught up and consumed in the day to day conduct of life, thinking little of the fringe … Continue reading Deliberate holiness
Rest
“I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” Psalms 4:8 NKJV Rest There is great pain in having a hungry mind, for one seeks to know everything about everything, the good and the bad, the pleasant and the ugly. I think of Solomon, one … Continue reading Rest
Ever abiding
““I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and … Continue reading Ever abiding
Two tales of Phinehas
“And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Now when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son … Continue reading Two tales of Phinehas
Walk, stand, sit, fall
“Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the Lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to … Continue reading Walk, stand, sit, fall
Dark Saturday
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will … Continue reading Dark Saturday
Tripled down
“For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but … Continue reading Tripled down
“Do you want to be made well?”
“For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and … Continue reading “Do you want to be made well?”
Thorns
“Then the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: “I led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you. And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this … Continue reading Thorns
Musings from an idle mind 