I will be like the dew to Israel." Not a thunderstorm. Dew. It falls in the dark, while you sleep,…I will be like the dew to Israel." Not a thunderstorm. Dew. It falls in the dark, while you sleep, so quietly you never hear it come. And it comes again tomorrow. After all Israel's wandering, this is how God chooses to return to them. Maybe that's why you missed Him lately. You were listening for thunder.
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Daily curiosity · Friday, October 2
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Why did Job's friends sit beside him in silence for seven days?
The answer is in Job 2:13 ↓
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God sews clothes for the first shame
Genesis 3Spread your cloak over me, Boaz
Ruth 3A prophet's mantle falls to his successor
2 Kings 2Ashes traded for a garment of praise
Isaiah 61Filthy robes stripped off before the accuser
Zechariah 3Twelve years of bleeding, one touched cloak
Mark 5Put on compassion like a warm coat
Colossians 3Carried by care and belonging
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Thank You that "the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon," just as You promised David. You finish what…Thank You that "the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon," just as You promised David. You finish what You start. Thank You for settling what was unsettled, for dealing with threats I could never handle, and for a throne that still stands in Christ.
Notice what Daniel confesses: "my sin and the sin of my people Israel." He could have stood apart, the faithful…Notice what Daniel confesses: "my sin and the sin of my people Israel." He could have stood apart, the faithful one in exile, praying about them. He didn't. He put himself inside the guilt he was praying about.
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Father, you notice the quiet kindnesses, the ones done for people who can never pay them back. Grow that in…Father, you notice the quiet kindnesses, the ones done for people who can never pay them back. Grow that in me. Let me be faithful in small, unseen things, and let your steady love and truth meet me there.
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever." The psalm doesn't leave that hanging.…Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever." The psalm doesn't leave that hanging. It goes on to name wanderers, prisoners, fools, sailors in a storm, each one crying out, each one rescued. Thanks here has a story behind it. What's yours? Tell it before you forget it.
Paul is chained in a cell, near the end, and what he hands Timothy is not a building or a…Paul is chained in a cell, near the end, and what he hands Timothy is not a building or a fund but a trust: "commit the same things to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." Four generations in one sentence, and the only qualification is faithfulness. Not gifted. Not impressive. Faithful. Who taught you? And who is quietly watching you now?
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