Over the last month or so, I have been taking a look at beauty throughout Scripture. What is included below is only a portion of its uses, yet I think it is a well rounded look at what God intended to communicate in regard to the issue.
I. The Beauty of God
“I saw that from what […]
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“May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may his foes flee before him.
As smoke is blown away by the wind,
may you blow them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
may the wicked perish before God.
When you went out before your people, O God,
when you marched through the wasteland,
the earth shook,
the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the […]
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When my sister Manda was pregnant, she was nervous.
Understandably so! Yet she was nervous in a way that I could not entirely understand personally. She was nervous that she wouldn’t like the Baby that much. She’s not a kid person. Or a baby person. She had some bad mental images of her single mother constantly […]
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Truth be told, there’s a long list of things I try to avoid. I don’t think I’m alone on this. All of us try to “hide” from unpleasant things, don’t we? We hide from annoying people, difficult changes, uncomfortable situations. Our natural inclination is to avoid work, pain, punishment, the truth, sometimes even the future. […]
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Whate’er my God ordains is right:
His holy will abideth;
I will be still whate’er He doth
The sovereignty of God is the foundation for much of the Christian faith. As believers we trust that God is leading and guiding us, that he keeps watch over us, and that he ordains our steps. It is an easy doctrine […]
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Take a minute to imagine with me, if you will, the idea of “a sovereign”. Theological connotations aside, in a more worldly sense we probably think of rulers, kings, dictators, or even tyrants. Webster tells us that a sovereign is, “one that exercises supreme authority”. But to be subject to someone with supreme authority isn’t […]
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Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (Matt. 6: 28b, 29 – KJV)
How often have I heard this verse? And yet, last night, I felt […]
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“There was no reason for me to be irritated. I just was. And then…I just burst into tears and flew out of the room, leaving the rest of them in stunned silence.”
Ever felt like that or seen anything like it? It’s pretty common. Humans aren’t terribly rational-girls least of all (although I do know guys […]
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