Archive for October, 2008

Cows of Bashan

Monday, October 27th, 2008

“This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.”
Amos 7:7
Some of you may know what a plumb line is, but others of you may be as ignorant about construction as I am. Well, here is my very uneducated answer, […]

So We Wait

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

“I wait for your salvation, O Lord.”
Genesis 49:18
Sunday nights, when Tim is at the Spanish Service, the kids and I hold to a fairly predictable routine: I make microwave KettleKorn for Miriam, bagels with cream cheese for Ryan and Caleb, and stovetop popcorn sprinkled with parmesan cheese for me. We then cozily settle down to […]

A Comfort for the Fear

Friday, October 10th, 2008

“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you: never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5-6
Miriam did not have […]

Forgetfulness

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

“Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.”
Genesis 40:23
First question: Did you read the above verse (or did you skip over it like I sometimes do when I read headings? LOL)? If you didn’t, then I ask you to read it.
Second question: Did it give you a sinking feeling, a pit-in-the-stomach ache? […]