HeIsGreater

Read’n, Rit’n & Rithmatic

Isaiah 29:16 You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “You did not make me”? Can the pot say to the potter, “You know nothing”? Sometimes we take reading and writing for granted. We do isContinue reading “Read’n, Rit’n & Rithmatic”

Who Do We Honor?

Isaiah 26:13 LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor. We have a choice to whom we give our honor. And sometimes we give honor to those who really don’t deserve honor. Sometimes we choose the lesser of two because there is no truly good option.Continue reading “Who Do We Honor?”

How Long

Isaiah 16:14 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.” With all the talk of when to end the ‘stay at home’ orders around the country andContinue reading “How Long”

Dry Up

Isaiah 11:15 The LORD will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea;with a scorching wind he will sweep his handover the Euphrates River.He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals. It is enlightening to see themes and images throughout the Scriptures. How many times does theContinue reading “Dry Up”

Wash Away

Isaiah 4:4-6 4 The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. 5 Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and aContinue reading “Wash Away”

A Place to Call Home

2 Kings 25:21b So Judah went into captivity, away from her land. It is amazing when you have a place that you call home. It can be very unsettling when you don’t have a place of your own. As someone who has moved repeatedly throughout life, I think I have lived in over thirty differentContinue reading “A Place to Call Home”

Contrasting Leadership

2 Kings 23:4 4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the Lord all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashesContinue reading “Contrasting Leadership”

King Turned Selfish

2 Kings 20:19 19 “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?” Sometimes we are able to hide our selfishness from others, and perhaps even from ourselves. Many people are very adept at the skills of manipulation and coercionContinue reading “King Turned Selfish”

Fatal Mistake!

2 Kings 18:33 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? Sometimes leaders make mistakes without even realizing the depth of their mistake until it is too late. This is often due to a lack of proper perspective. But we all have a limited perspective.Continue reading “Fatal Mistake!”

The Short-lived King

2 Kings 15:13 13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria one month. And so time marches on. It is hard to keep track of what day it is in the middle of this “Stay at home” order, isn’t it. Our daily routinesContinue reading “The Short-lived King”