“And as [Jesus] was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’… And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, ‘You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the […]
“Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you. You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you… It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six […]
“And the incense that you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the LORD.” Exodus 30:37 Reading this statement made me wonder – what do I have that is set aside as holy to the Lord? A piece of my life that’s just […]
“There I will meet with the people of Israel…I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.” Exodus 29:43, […]
“For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.” 1 Thessalonians 5:5 I have a classmate who always greets us as “children of the light.” That statement of our identity stirred in my heart as I read this verse in 1 Thessalonians. Establishing […]
“Yours is the day, Yours also the night” Psalm 74:16a The context of this verse is on physical creation. But its application covers much more. Giving us hope as we behold the broken world around us, and as we move within the smaller, personal world that makes up our days. Because our God reigns over […]
“Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.” Psalm 73:1 I didn’t want to write this today. Not after what I wrote yesterday. Because today, I’m feeling such discouragement. Disappointment that at first I shook off, but then it grew. Dragging me down and bringing with it a sense that […]
“Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things” Psalm 72:18 Our God does wondrous things. Yesterday, we focused on His glory, His worthiness to receive our all and our praise. Today, I want to focus on His power. Because our God is glorious and He is powerful, and nothing can […]
“You shall make a table of acacia wood…You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it. And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim. And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings […]
“Now [the disciples] had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat… And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, ‘Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not […]
In Pleasant Places 