Category Archives: Faith

Eddying Out – Spring Thaw

Posted on March 17, 2015 by wamplerp

This is my 260th post.  So in honor of this occasion and the arrival of spring in Michigan (the thermometer got above 60 for the first time today) I decided this would be a good time to “eddy out”. I … Continue reading →

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Flood Insurance

Posted on March 16, 2015 by wamplerp

Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:   However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.   The plague will bury those … Continue reading →

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Clouds that do not Burst

Posted on March 15, 2015 by wamplerp

The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.   The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.   He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the … Continue reading →

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Dark Times

Posted on March 14, 2015 by wamplerp

Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?   Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?   You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving … Continue reading →

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What does God know?

Posted on March 12, 2015 by wamplerp

Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!   Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?   Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as … Continue reading →

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Heads that Touch the Clouds

Posted on March 8, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:   “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.   I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.   “Surely you know how it has been from of … Continue reading →

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Tears to God

Posted on March 7, 2015 by wamplerp

All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;   his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the … Continue reading →

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Drink up Evil Like Water

Posted on March 1, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind? Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value? But you even undermine piety and … Continue reading →

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Weathering

Posted on February 28, 2015 by wamplerp

But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,   as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.   You overpower them once for all, and … Continue reading →

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The Scent of Water

Posted on February 27, 2015 by wamplerp

At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.   Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,   yet … Continue reading →

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