Tag Archive: good

The Good of the Many

Psalm 122:9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. Spock, on Star Trek, always believed that the good of the many outweighed the good of the one.  Today that’s a somewhat shocking thought; however, he’s probably right.  And he’s probably closer to the truth, too.  That’s not the point I wanted…

Good

Psalm 119: You are good and do good; Teach me Your statutes. This verse is another reminder of why I need to learn to read Hebrew.  In the Blue Letter Bible, it uses the word towb for “You are good” and for “do good.”  I can’t tell from looking at the actual Hebrew, whether the…

But I Want To Do Good!

Romans 7:19 When I want to do good, I don’t. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. This sounds like Paul was having one of those days where no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t do it right.  I can’t imagine how difficult it must have been to…

A Promise of Restoration

Jeremiah 32:38-42 They will be my people, and I will be their God.  And I will give them one heart and mind to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.  And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, promising not to stop doing good for them. …