Tag Archive: hope


Where Can You Find Shelter in the Storm?

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August 4, 2023

When trouble comes, where do you run? What is it that keeps you safe? Proverbs 18 gives us this insight.

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

Proverbs 18:11 (NIV)

However, Proverbs 18:10 shows us a better way.

The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

Proverbs 18:10 (NIV)

Although Solomon wrote Proverbs 18 and is the wisest king to every rule, he learned from his father, David, that the Lord keeps us safe. Consider these verses from the Psalms.

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Hope Does Not Fail

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October 22, 2021

Since I started reading the book of Job a week ago, I’ve been pondering questions about Job I’ve had for years. I’ve been desiring the Lord to show me more and open my understanding. Sometimes it’s not enough to just have an answer to a question, at least for me. In the case of Job, I wanted to understand the role of Job in my life, so I could apply the wisdom of the answer into understanding that would glorify the Lord and help me to live better.

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Going Home

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August 21, 2021

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

When we study the Bible we should come up with the same meaning for the text if we’re doing it accurately and correctly. The process that we ought to be using when we study the Bible is called “biblical hermeneutics” and you can find a great explanation of what that means here. One element of biblical hermeneutics is context. I’ve written about this before but we must remember it when we are trying to apply Scripture to our daily lives.

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Reflect

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July 28, 2021

Like words
on a mirror,
I come alive
in turmoil. The
heat, of your
misty caress-
longing, my
soul aches,
yearns,
touch me
now,
in this place,
that is,
my heart.

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