Thank You for making love not merely dutiful but delicious, for a mouth "like the best wine, that goes down…Thank You for making love not merely dutiful but delicious, for a mouth "like the best wine, that goes down smoothly." I'm grateful for tender words spoken over me, for delight You designed into marriage, and for sweetness that lingers even into sleep.
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Daily curiosity · Wednesday, November 4
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Why did Jesus tell Peter to forgive the same person 490 times?
The answer is in Matthew 18:22 ↓
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How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! Jonathan was slain on your high places." The lament…How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! Jonathan was slain on your high places." The lament starts wide, all Israel's fallen, then narrows to one name. That is how grief works. You can mourn a nation and still your heart goes looking for one face. David doesn't hide that. Neither should you.
As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, 'Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in…As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, 'Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it.'" Picture a farmer holding a battered cluster, ready to toss it, until he sees juice still inside. God looks at you that way. Not at the bruising, but at what He planted there. Someone is pleading over your life, "Don't destroy it.
Father, I catch myself rehearsing the applause I want, imagining the honor as mine. Teach me to let go of…Father, I catch myself rehearsing the applause I want, imagining the honor as mine. Teach me to let go of that hunger and trust that you see what no one else notices. Honor whoever you choose, and let me be glad when it isn't me.
Wisdom doesn't whisper to a chosen few behind closed doors. She stands at the crossroads and shouts, "To you men,…Wisdom doesn't whisper to a chosen few behind closed doors. She stands at the crossroads and shouts, "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind." You were included in that call before you ever went looking. The question was never whether God was speaking. It was whether you slowed down enough to hear.
Thank You, Jesus, for caring enough to make a whip of cords and drive the sheep and oxen out, for…Thank You, Jesus, for caring enough to make a whip of cords and drive the sheep and oxen out, for pouring out the changers' money and overturning their tables. I'm grateful Your love is strong enough to clear out what corrupts, even in me.
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