Category Archives: Love for the Lost

Clouds so High Above You

Then Elihu said: “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’  Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’  I would like to reply to … Continue reading

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What does God know?

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

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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The Lord is Your Strength

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all … Continue reading

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Things Left Out

Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine … Continue reading

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Rain on a Dry and Dusty Land

After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.” So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the … Continue reading

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Endless Oil and Flour

Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have … Continue reading

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Eddying Out – Whitewater and Doldrums

Some of you may have noticed I took a brief hiatus from my walk with water and the bible yesterday…I was detained and distracted by my journey from a rural hospital in Deschapelles, Haiti to the Embassy Suites Hotel in … Continue reading

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Sprinkling Bowls

He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five … Continue reading

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Eddying Out – Purchased People

It is crunch time for professors and students alike at my university.  I had to choose this evening whether I would devote time to my continued walk with water and the bible or attend a panel discussion on human trafficking.  I … Continue reading

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