163 Utter the awe at the Divine Patience before I utter a prayer request. "May our prayers draw us nearer for the sheer joy of encounter before we ask for a thing." L. Crabb #60000thoughts #talkingtomyself
Genealogies. What do they really mean? In a day where the seams of my heart are ripping apart, what can I take-away from this Word of God today.
God put these chronicles of men in the Bible for a good reason. Profitable to us. That's what the Bible calls every single word. So, we should read and not skip. Therefore, don't leave it out. This pedigree is attached to places; these people are attached to God. The Providence of God. Keeping up generations of men. Preserving degenerate scores of men. God could "ease the burden under which it groans, but the divine patience lets the trees that cumber the ground not only grow, but propagate." .
Matthew Henry
I think it so "off" that holy people have unholy children. But here it is. Josiah and Jehoakah. One generation of holiness passes ... and another generation of despicable horror ensues. There are times, I've felt so responsible. But, here it is. Holiness isn't passed down like jewels. Holiness is bought with a pearl of great price. And John 5:28-29 says all who are in their graves will hear His Voice one day calling them to rise in resurrection, in judgment. Those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
Matthew Henry
I think it so "off" that holy people have unholy children. But here it is. Josiah and Jehoakah. One generation of holiness passes ... and another generation of despicable horror ensues. There are times, I've felt so responsible. But, here it is. Holiness isn't passed down like jewels. Holiness is bought with a pearl of great price. And John 5:28-29 says all who are in their graves will hear His Voice one day calling them to rise in resurrection, in judgment. Those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
"We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him." There is no better thing than a life spent to His Glory. M. Henry
May our prayers draw us near to God for the sheer joy of encounter before we ask Him for a thing. L. Crabb
PHOTO: Outside my classroom window of 14 years where I stopped to pray each day. I walked away from it last May 2022 because of the stress of it all in a 10-hour per day job with no breaks. I have missed it this year way more than I dreamed but not for the reasons I left. This year has been one of the hardest years of my life. May I not ask for a thing before I utter the awe in prayer.
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