The Question A friend asked me recently what verses came to mind when I was stressed out, or which I could think of off of the top of my head. I was a deer in headlights. I froze. I couldn’t think of anything. She then asked me if I had a verse or two that…
This morning I am reminded to live what I speak – that God is holy and faithful. I’m in the middle of transitioning from one job (from which I just resigned) to another (where I have the signed offer, but much of the paperwork has yet to be finished), and things have just seemed to…
Psalm 119:41 Let Your mercies come also to me, O LORD– Your salvation according to Your word. I almost hesitate to even try to dig into this verse. Salvation is a confusing and misused word in a lot of ways, and I’m still trying to wrap my mind about it. But, oh well. My ten…
I read an interesting post today. I often think of what God wants as obedience. He wants me to obey and He wants me to love. Based on Micah 6:8 God wants justice, mercy, and a humble walk. Granted, all of these require obedience to Him, but it was an interesting look at our ideals…
Then we might discover His unfathomable mercy wrapped around His infinite holiness. This quote is from Skip Moen’s blog entry this morning. I thought it was beautiful. I think there’s a tendency to either see God’s mercy or His holiness, not both at once. But Skip makes the point that even when God has every…
Romans 9:18 So you see, God shows mercy to some just because he wants to, and he chooses to make some people refuse to listen. This has always been a point that amazes and kind of saddens me. God created and creates some people to refuse to listen, to be the “bad guys” in history….
Zechariah 7:9-10 This is what the LORD Almighty says: Judge fairly and honestly, and show mercy and kindness to one another. Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And do not make evil plans to harm each other. You’d think that these guidelines would be common sense, that people would do this naturally….
Jonah 3:17 When God saw that they had put a stop to their evil ways, he had mercy on them and didn’t carry out the destruction he had threatened. I think this is the essential message of the Gospels, here in the Old Testament. People repent and God has mercy. God doesn’t want to punish…
Jonah 1:19 The sailors were awestruck by the LORD’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him. I’d have been pretty awestruck, too. Imagine! There are 10-20 foot waves crashing around your not-so-huge boat. You’ve thrown everything you can into the boiling, churning water in a desperate attempt to stay…
Ezekial 18:21-23 But if the wicked people turn away from all their sins and begin to obey my laws and do what is just and right, they will surely live and not die. All their past sins will be forgotten and they will live because of the righteous things they have done. Do you think,…
