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Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise up on … Continue reading
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You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. (Psalm 139:5-6). Continuing on yesterday’s theme, there are really two ways to see this … Continue reading
Psalm 139, anyone? O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar … Continue reading
The Lord said, “You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow…but Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and … Continue reading
But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?” “I do,” he said. “I am angry enough to die.” (Jonah 4:9) Wow, Jonah Childish, much? Look, I’d love to say that I can’t … Continue reading
But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?” (Jonah 4:9). God has asked Jonah this before. It’s a good question…and a good reminder. “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked … Continue reading
Jonah wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.” (Jonah 4:8). Have you been there, Beloved? Before we write Jonah off as overly dramatic, can you identify with him? Have you ever … Continue reading
Then the Lord God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah…and Jonah was very happy about the vine. But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered. When … Continue reading
But the Lord replied, “Have you any right to be angry?” (Jonah 4:4) Leave it to God to get right to the heart of the issue. I mean, seriously. Who was Jonah to get so self-righteous and uptight? I love … Continue reading
He prayed to the Lord, “O Lord, is this not what I said…? I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. Now, Lord, take … Continue reading