Proverbs 4:4 Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live. I run across people every day who don’t have any example of positive relationship. Their family of origin stunk! They weren’t financially responsible or relationally intelligent. Drugs andContinue reading “Broken Examples”
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No Guarantees
Proverbs 1:33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.” Sometimes we want guarantees in life. We want investments that will only increase in value, and the greater the increase the better! We want relationships that won’t fail. We want an auto repair that is cheaperContinue reading “No Guarantees”
Planted Trees
Psalm 1:3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. I love plants and trees. Our yard is filled with vegetation that we have planted and cultivated. We spend time pruning, watering, fertilizing, enjoying. We putContinue reading “Planted Trees”
Difficult Questions
Job 42:5 My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Questions are one of the remarkable tools of language. They solicit the person on the other side of the conversation to enter into our world and for us to enter into their world. Questions can be an invitation to intimacy.Continue reading “Difficult Questions”
Where Were You?
Job 38:4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. One of the standard lines when detectives question a subject is this: “Where were you on (Date) at (time)?” They are checking for an alibi, a person who can verify that you weren’t at the scene of the crime.Continue reading “Where Were You?”
Shallow Theology
Job 36:11-12 If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment. 12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge. Memes and Country Music are two of the places that people gather their theological understandingContinue reading “Shallow Theology”
Purpose of Speaking
Job 33:14–18 14For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it. 15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, 16he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, 17to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride, 18to preserveContinue reading “Purpose of Speaking”
Prove Wrong?
Job 32:12 I gave you my full attention. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments. I remember when I was growing up seeing fights and hearing the words “fight fair” being bandied about before the blows got started. And then in Junior High when I wasContinue reading “Prove Wrong?”
The Timing of Justice
Job 24:1 “Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days? The ‘when’ of justice is often a sticking point for us as we travel through this life. We see obvious injustice and wonder why someone isn’t doing something to correct the situation.Continue reading “The Timing of Justice”
The Hope of Life After Death
Job 19:25–27 25I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. 26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; 27I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! One of the greatest yearningsContinue reading “The Hope of Life After Death”
The Arnold Journey 