Thank You that You remember my life is a breath, and that You bear with me when I say so…Thank You that You remember my life is a breath, and that You bear with me when I say so out loud. Every ordinary morning I wake, every breath I never earned, is Your gift. Thank You for listening when my eyes see no good, and for holding my brief days in Your hands.
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Daily curiosity · Wednesday, October 28
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Why did David give a crippled prince a permanent seat at the royal table?
The answer is in 2 Samuel 9:13 ↓
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I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and…I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me."
These were the second tablets. The first lay shattered at the foot of the mountain, broken over a golden calf. God did not lower the standard, He wrote it out again. And "there they are," still resting, still kept. Your worst failure did not end the covenant.
Father, I want my days to be ordered toward you, not scattered by whatever shouts loudest. Make me steady in…Father, I want my days to be ordered toward you, not scattered by whatever shouts loudest. Make me steady in the small, unseen choices, and let whatever strength I have come from walking close to you rather than ahead of you.
God made a creature that nobody owns. The wild donkey "scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear…God made a creature that nobody owns. The wild donkey "scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver." No harness, no handler, no useful purpose to anyone. And God speaks of him with obvious delight. You have spent so long listening for the driver's shout. Who told you that voice was God's?
When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it…When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread." The priest wasn't shut out forever. He waited for evening, and then he ate again. Notice what the holy things were to him: bread. Daily food. God never meant his holiness to be a museum piece you admire from a distance. He meant it to feed you.
Father, teach us what it means to belong to each other and not only to ourselves. Where we grasp for…Father, teach us what it means to belong to each other and not only to ourselves. Where we grasp for control, soften us. Where we withhold, open our hands. Let our love be mutual, patient, and safe, giving rather than demanding.
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