“Heal Me” – “New Every Morning” – “Red Sea, River Jordan” – “Commotion”   My 11-year-old niece wrecked a car the other day. I did not learn to drive until I was 17, so maybe she has gotten a leg up on me. I tried to teach Big D to drive when she was 15,… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 10: Today

Job 3:16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn,                 Like Infants who never see daylight.   This is not the most famous 3:16 in the Bible. Our pastor had an idea last year to do a sermon on every 20:20. I do not know how many 20:20s there are, but I have… Continue reading Job 33: Study 24: Job 3:16 – Terrible Topic

Job 3:13-15 For then, I would be lying down in peace I would be sleeping and be at rest With worldly kings and counselors Who rebuilt rubble heaps for themselves? Or with princess, rich with gold, Who filled their tombs with silver?   In my one attempt to try and do this faster, I decided… Continue reading Job 32: Study 23: Job 3:13-15 – Too Much

“He Knows My Ways” – “Why Poetry” – “Encouraging Takes Talking” – “God Is, Wherever” – “The Father’s Sacrifice” – “Relax” – “Daily Cross” My wife was relaying part of a conversation she had with a mother of three who asked, “Why are the kids today having so much anxiety when we did not?” I… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 9: Encouraging amongst the Age of Anxiety

1 Peter 2:18-25 Revised Standard Version 18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the kind and gentle but also to the overbearing. 19 For one is approved if, mindful of God, he endures pain while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you… Continue reading 1 Peter Lesson 11 – 2:18-25 – Submit to Suffering

Job 3:12 Why knees to receive me? Why breast to nurse me?   Looking back at my notes, the highlight was where I pointed out to a word in the King James version simply being wrong. Instead of “Why knees to receive me”, the King James says, “Why did the knees prevent me”. Not only… Continue reading Job 31: S 22: Job 3:12 – Versions and Family

Job 3:11 Why did I not die in the womb? Or perish as I came forth from it? This was from September 13, so it has had some soak time. For one of the rare times, I used a source exactly for my choice of words. I never really expect that, but sometimes I do.… Continue reading Job 30: S 21: Job 3:11 – Following the Learned

“The World is Against Me” – “Harmony, with the Hurting” – “His Will is Good” – “Tongue and Temper” – Do All for Thee” – “Resurrected” – “Financial Diligence” Over Spring Break, I did not write, and I did not post. Then I wrote a lot more than I posted, then I posted more than… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 8: Heart, Soul, Strength

1 Peter 2:11-17 Revised Standard Version   11 Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul. 12 Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the… Continue reading 1 Peter – Lesson 10 – 2:11-17 – Big Chunk

“Strong, Courageous, Do” – “I am with You” – “No, The Right Answer” – “Repent or Lose” – “I Ought to Know” – “I Cannot Not” Bob the Plant is a nick name for the lead singer from Led Zeppelin. He has a song “In the Mood” that runs through my head when I am… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 7: The Power to Cannot