How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. Psalm 139:17-18 The thoughts of God are yakar – precious, weighty, valuable. That is established throughout scripture. But as I’ve read this particular verse in several translations, I notice two different…
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Lean Not: My Fallible Understanding
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 Sometimes the right path ahead is simple to see, but I find more often that life is complex. God isn’t asking me to figure it out – He says, “trust Me.” Submitting to this can be difficult, yet it can also…
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The Insidious Danger of Laziness
Laziness is spoken against very harshly in the Bible. We all move at different speeds, and I am moving slower these days, so where is the line between resting and sloth? Rest is a gift God gives us so we can recharge and continue the work He has for us. Rest is so important that…
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Praying not Saying
“It is one thing to say your prayers and another thing to pray.” I’m not sure where that saying comes from, but I like the reminder. Am I going through the motions? Or am I talking to my loving Father? Jesus gave us a model for prayer that we’ve looked at the last few weeks.…
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