“For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him. They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD” Jeremiah 31:11-12a So often it seems that, as I would contemplate verses such as these, the picture […]
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” John 3:17 As I was reading through an account of the life of Christ, it occurred to me what great patience Jesus showed as He walked this earth. Surrounded daily […]
“He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.” Psalm 21:4 Is this not what occurs in the very moment someone turns to Christ for salvation? We ask life of Him. And He gives it to us. It is the humble acknowledgment that only in Jesus Christ is […]
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow… Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your […]
“Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide his spoil with the strong, because he […]
“And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.” 2 Samuel 7:28 I love this unequivocal statement David makes: “You are God, and your words are true.” No doubt. No question. The Lord God spoke, and David believed every word. He […]
In Pleasant Places 