Psalm: 102 Meditation: LamWhat is true sorrow and remorse? Jeremiah lists outward actions of mourning in that society, and the effects of their poverty. Even at this time, false prophets prey on those suffering and lead them in the wrong direction. While their enemies mock and laugh at their plight, there are hints that there …
Tag: Suffering
Monday, January 9
Psalm: 121 Meditation: ColHow do you rejoice in your sufferings? Can you suffer for those you haven’t met? Here Paul reminds the readers of his sacrifices for the church and the cosmic scope of Christ’s Lordship and His redemptive work. While absent from each other, we are knit together in love with the assurance of …
Friday, July 1
Psalm: 140 Meditation: LukeThis is the only Gospel where some of these events are mentioned. Due to the multiple beatings that he received; Jesus was unable to carry the weight of his cross. In other Gospels give us details about Simon and his family, but in Luke, Jesus laments for the daughters of Jerusalem. He …
Tuesday, August 17
Psalm: 145 Meditation Acts: Sometimes cooler heads do prevail, as in this case. Gamaliel, a Pharisee of some renown, urged caution to the Council of elders to exercise patience; to refrain from killing (or executing) Peter and John. He cites historical precedence because those of the Council really did not know if this new movement …
Friday, July 23
Psalm: 38 Meditation Romans: Love If you want to know how to “do” love, Paul outlines it here in rather simple terms. One of the admonitions is to “associate with the lowly.” (v. 16) Just yesterday we read how Jesus was associating with a leper just before His last Passover, jeopardizing His own “cleanness” to …
Wednesday, January 13
Psalm 14 Meditation: Hebrews – This passage is deceptively powerful. It says that Jesus is unashamed to calls us brothers and sisters. Think about that for a moment. Th Savior of the world loves us as family. He loves us enough to suffer through every temptation and every pain so that he can help us …
Saturday, May 23
Psalm: 87 Meditation Hebrews: According to the writer of Hebrews, Jesus learned obedience through suffering and was thus made perfect through it. Suffering is something we just don’t like. The writer goes on to tell us that we must not be slow to learn but rather, like Ezekiel and John to “eat the scroll” (word). …
Sunday, May 10
Psalm: 84 Meditation Matthew: Pearls are regarded as valuable semi-precious stones; some quite costly but what are they but the growth (tumor) that the oyster must suffer. Still, too valuable to discard. Most of the time when we think of “casting pearls before swine” (KJV) it has come to mean wasting good advice on a …
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