Psalm: 71 Meditation Ecclesiasticus: These opening lines set the tone of the book – dismal. The most recognizable expression is “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” This term “vanity” is not exactly what you may think. This word in Hebrew may refer to “vapor” or “breath”. Oddly enough, the term “breath” is also used to …
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Monday, July 12
Psalms: 60, 61 Meditation Numbers: Only now are the Israelites becoming aware that the promise of the inheritance from God is about to be fulfilled. It is one thing to embrace a promise (as we have for heaven – our Promised Land) and quite another actually to embark on the fulfillment. The Reubanites and the …
Wednesday, June 23
Psalm: 139 Meditation Matthew: The admonition here to become like little children, i.e., to be wholly dependent upon God, hearkens back to Matthew 11. There Jesus makes an astounding pronouncement: “Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom is …
Saturday, March 6
Psalm 75, 76 Meditation: Genesis – Joseph’s brothers thought that they would be attacked and sold into slavery when they were brought to Joseph’s house. The steward tells them that he received their payment for the last trip and that the God of their father must have given them the silver. How confused do you …
Thursday, December 24
Christmas Eve Psalm: 80 Meditation Isaiah: These 7 verses contain so much imagery: some look like Ezekiel Chapter 1 with the “wheels within wheels”; the grandeur of God, the seraphim crying out “Holy, holy, holy” not unlike scenes from John’s Revelation. The most envious image for me is that Isaiah recognizes how evil he is …
