Psalm 30:5, “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning.” I realized after I’d already started in on today’s picture that it is almost an exact duplicate of a picture I created last March….ah, well….what I like about this particular set up (and I remember now, what I liked about […]
Psalm 147:4-5, “He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; and gives to all of them their names.” The hands that fashioned the heavens are the same that heal the broken-hearted…. How heart-calming is it to consider that the same God who placed the stars in
Numbers 11:20, “…you have rejected YHWH who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?” Notice the strong language that Moses uses to describe what we might consider a comparatively “innocent” situation. Some of the people have a “strong craving” for meat (v.4), and this apparently
Matthew 22:4, “Come to the wedding feast.” I read three parables this morning. The parable of the two sons (21:28-32), the parable of the tenants (21:33-44), and the parable of the wedding feast (22:1-14). Each one of these parables is told in response to the Scribes and Pharisee’s question about Jesus’ authority, and Jesus’
Psalm 119:130, 135, “The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple….Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.” What catches my attention here is the repeated light imagery. In verse 130 the unfolding of God’s words gives light, and in v.135, the Psalmist’s desire is
Psalm 126:5–6, “He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.” When God the Son was sown in the dust of the earth, He carried every tear of His Bride in Himself; and when He rose again, He reaped for her
Psalm 123:2-3, “Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of the maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to YHWH our God, till He has mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, O YHWH, have mercy upon us…” Two things to
Psalm 119:28, “My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!” The fact that this is in the Bible means that the saints will sometimes endure soul-dissolving sorrows….and that when this happens, our sovereign, sorrow-bearing Lord is sufficient for us in it.
Matthew 11:29, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” + Psalm 23:1-3 Short Thoughts: Our souls will find rest in green pastures and beside still waters when we learn from our Master to bear the
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Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts! See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Short Thoughts: And if we are in Christ, we have nothing to fear from the searching eyes of our Lord….let
Psalm 115:4,8-9, “Their idols are…the work of human hands…Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them. O Israel, trust in YHWH!” Short Thoughts: The human soul—from the inside out—will become like that in which it trusts. Longer Thoughts: The key thing to see in the text
Psalm 102:15-21 Nations will fear the name of YHWH and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory For YHWH builds up Zion; He appears in His glory; He regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a
Psalm 90:6, “…in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers…” Psalm 90:14, “Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love…” Short Thoughts: Because our Lord and God passed through the night of death and secured the morning of resurrection life, we who sojourn in the night of
Psalm 80:3,7,19 — “Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!” “Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!” “Restore us, O YHWH God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved!” First, the phrase translated “restore us,” can also
Psalm 71:20, “You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.” As with all Psalms, and really all the promises of scripture, these words are true of Christians—even on their deathbed—because they were true of Christ—even on
Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Again, no big write up today….I just wanted to put something together that expressed the freedom, the joy, and the duty
Psalm 60:4-5, “You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow. That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!” I read these verses again today and was reminded of a journal entry from back in
Revelation 21:2, 22:1, ”And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband…. …Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb…” Psalm 46:4, “There
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Psalm 34:8, “Oh, taste and see that YHWH is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!” See how the Spirit—through David—urges the people of God to press in further not merely know of YHWH but to feast, as it were, on Him, to taste and see for one’s self that He
“Sing praises to YHWH, O you His saints, and give thanks to His holy name! For His anger is but for a moment, and His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” – Psalm 30:4-5 Much to see here! First, notice that this entire
