Psalm: 57 Meditation Jonah: Why Jonah? Wasn’t he that rather depressing OT prophet who hated the Ninevites (Assyrians) generally regarded as the vilest of all people? As you know Jonah was thrown overboard (to save the rest on the ship – one life for the many) and was then swallowed by a “great” fish (let’s …
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Wednesday, March 2
Psalms: 51, 95 Meditation Jonah: Jonah is a reluctant prophet. He did everything he could think of to avoid this calling from God to go to Nineveh. So, he ends up in the belly of a great fish and there “repents”. He is restored to the land, so the LORD came to Jonah “a second …
Tuesday, February 1
Psalms: 75, 76 Meditation Mark: The feeding of the 4,000 is much less embarrassing to the Apostles, for here Jesus doesn’t ask them to provide for the people when clearly, they were not able to. Jesus, perhaps as a subtext as “bread of life” then multiplies the loaves and fish to feed the crowd. Everyone …
Tuesday, January 5
Eve of Epiphany Psalm 2 Meditation: Jonah – Jonah spent three days and nights inside the fish by the time he prays this prayer. This is Jonah’s prayer of repentance. We don’t know what happened for all of that time inside the fish but three days of total solitude in darkness will do a number …
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