Tag Archives: Christianity

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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Rushing Waters

Posted on March 10, 2015 by wamplerp

Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.   Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.   In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full … Continue reading →

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No Joy in Streams

Posted on March 9, 2015 by wamplerp

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,   though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth,   yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will … 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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Eddying Out – Africa Adventure

Posted on March 6, 2015 by wamplerp

I have taken an extended “eddying out” from my posts on Walking on Water due to limited bandwidth…both for the internet and myself.  I have spent the last week in Ghana, west Africa.  This is my first trip to Ghana … 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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Let the Sea Inform You

Posted on February 25, 2015 by wamplerp

But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;   or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.   Which … Continue reading →

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Waters Gone By

Posted on February 23, 2015 by wamplerp

Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,   if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,   then, free of fault, you … Continue reading →

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