Category Archives: Redemption

He whistles for those at the ends of the earth

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.  Woe to … Continue reading

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Bad Fruit

I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.   He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He … Continue reading

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Supplies of Water

See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water,   the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner … Continue reading

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Come Now, Let us Settle the Matter

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood! Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out … Continue reading

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Fiery love than cannot be dowsed

Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.   Place me like a seal over your … Continue reading

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Remember Him

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—   before the sun and the light and the moon and the … Continue reading

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Raindrops – All Streams Flow into the Sea

The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:   “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”   What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?   Generations come and generations … Continue reading

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Enough!

There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: the grave; the barren womb; land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’ – Proverbs 30:15-16 The end of proverbs contains some interesting and odd rhetorical … Continue reading

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Surely You Know!

The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an inspired utterance.  This man’s utterance to Ithiel:“I am weary, God, but I can prevail.  Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.  I have not learned wisdom, nor have … Continue reading

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Drawing Out of Deep Waters

The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out. – Proverbs 20:5 Today’s passage is almost as short as yesterday’s, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in depth…no pun … Continue reading

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