Thank You that Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and You did not despise his youth.…Thank You that Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and You did not despise his youth. Thank You for the thirty-one years You gave him in Jerusalem, and for calling the young among us into real work for Your name today.
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Daily curiosity · Thursday, August 27
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Why is the tree of life back at the end of the Bible?
The answer is in Revelation 22:2 ↓
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Listen closely to Laban: "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to…Listen closely to Laban: "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me." He never says Rachel's name. He never actually promises. Warm words, no commitment, and Jacob hears what he wants to hear. The man who once fooled his blind father with careful words is now the one being fooled. Where have you settled for a kind answer instead of a clear one?
Paul lists it without flinching: "by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true."…Paul lists it without flinching: "by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true." He was being called a fraud in Corinth, and he keeps working anyway. Some people will read your life wrong, and you may never get the chance to correct it. Can you stay faithful when the story told about you is false?
Father, so much around me shifts and falls apart, and I feel it. But you stay. You were here before…Father, so much around me shifts and falls apart, and I feel it. But you stay. You were here before my grandparents drew breath, and you'll be here after me. Let that steady me today when nothing else holds still.
Peter is near the end of his life when he writes this, and he reaches back decades to one moment:…Peter is near the end of his life when he writes this, and he reaches back decades to one moment: "We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain." The mountain was holy because God spoke there. What moment do you carry like that? Not proof for arguments. Fuel for the dark stretch ahead.
Thank You for the promise that You will restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem. You keep the times in…Thank You for the promise that You will restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem. You keep the times in Your own hands, and You do not leave Your people scattered forever. Thank You that exile is never Your final word, and that what has been lost You are able to bring back.
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