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dysfunctional much?
This account reminds me of a lot of people I know personally. They have a non-traditional (but what does that mean anyway, seriously?) family situation, they are at odds with their siblings, maybe they…
Created 8 months ago
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pretty hot, for an old chick
Sorry, but Sarah must've really had something special going on. I mean, seriously, she's almost 100 years old by this point. And her husband Abraham still feels like he has to tell people she's his sister…
Created 8 months ago
Genesis 20:2 (MSG), Genesis 20:3 (MSG), Genesis 20:4 (MSG), Genesis 20:5 (MSG), Genesis 20:6 (MSG), Genesis 20:7 (MSG), Genesis 20:8 (MSG), Genesis 20:9 (MSG), Genesis 20:10 (MSG), Genesis 20:11 (MSG), Genesis 20:12 (MSG), Genesis 20:13 (MSG), Genesis 20:14 (MSG), Genesis 20:15 (MSG), Genesis 20:16 (MSG)
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Jesus cares about people
God understands eternity, life, death, and all thing in between much better than we ever will. He gets the idea that life is fleeting and that physical death is inevitable. But when he sees the mom mourning,…
Created 8 months ago
Luke 7:12 (MSG), Luke 7:13 (MSG), Luke 7:14 (MSG), Luke 7:15 (MSG)
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fight for me
God fights for me, takes punches for me, attacks the enemy in order to defend me...just long enough for me to get my strength back and fight alongside him some more.
Created 8 months ago
Psalm 3:1 (MSG), Psalm 3:2 (MSG), Psalm 3:3 (MSG), Psalm 3:4 (MSG), Psalm 3:5 (MSG), Psalm 3:6 (MSG)
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he's trying
i think this is a fantastic passage (not that my opinion matters, haha) for lots of reasons. among them is that it is the resolution to a conflict that the story has been following for quite some time.…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Rock of Escape
the niv and kjv call it "sela-hammahlekof." the message calls it "narrow escape." the nlt cals it "the rock of escape." there is something so beautiful about this to me. it's very poetic. like my french…
Created almost 2 years ago
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drooling
haha
Created almost 2 years ago
1 Samuel 21:12 (ASV), 1 Samuel 21:13 (ASV), 1 Samuel 21:14 (ASV), 1 Samuel 21:15 (ASV)
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dang saul
"don't ask God for patience, cause he'll just put you in some situations that will make you learn to be patient." well i'm pretty sure that's close to how it works. i've read through the book of job.…
Created almost 2 years ago
1 Samuel 18:10 (ASV), 1 Samuel 18:11 (ASV), 1 Samuel 19:9 (ASV), 1 Samuel 19:10 (ASV)
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experience
the world is so different now than it was when the bible was written. how are we supposed to be able to apply meaning and direction from these ancient texts to our lives today. i'm reading the bible online…
Created almost 2 years ago
1 Samuel 17:32 (ASV), 1 Samuel 17:33 (ASV), 1 Samuel 17:34 (ASV), 1 Samuel 17:35 (ASV), 1 Samuel 17:36 (ASV), 1 Samuel 17:37 (ASV)
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obedience vs. sacrifice
"...but i did obey God..." saul seems to think that he's done the right thing here. not only the right thing, but he feels like he has gone above and beyond the call of God, thought of a better way to…
Created almost 2 years ago
1 Samuel 15:20 (ASV), 1 Samuel 15:21 (ASV), 1 Samuel 15:22 (ASV), 1 Samuel 15:23 (ASV)
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sarah must've been incredible
abimelech was like, "hey, you know that hot 90-something-year-old lady? yeah abraham's sister. yeah that girl's slammin'! can't believe she's not married yet. bring her to me." weird
Created over 2 years ago
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thus sayeth the lord
recently i've had to call out a couple of different people on their behavior. i hate doing that, cause i feel like the sunday school police, on a rampage. but these are not people who just don't know…
Created over 2 years ago
1 Samuel 8:6 (NLT), 1 Samuel 8:7 (NLT), 1 Samuel 8:8 (NLT), 1 Samuel 8:9 (NLT)
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ebenezer
here i lay my ebenezer hither by thy help i've come and i hope by thy good pleasure safely to arrive at home
Created over 2 years ago
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god speaks through creation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH2Z_1-Frb8 a video collage of the bbc tv show planet earth, to the song hoppipola by sigur ros
Created over 2 years ago
Psalm 19:1 (MSG), Psalm 19:2 (MSG), Psalm 19:3 (MSG), Psalm 19:4 (MSG), Psalm 19:5 (MSG)
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whoopsie daisy
so here's what's funny to me...and i doubt if anybody on youversion really reads what i write, so nobody else will see this...and if you do you're a champ (not chump) for clicking on my name... anyway,…
Created over 4 years ago
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homework
so, god tells moses to gather his 70 or so leaders and take them up the mountain a ways. they he makes moses wait for six whole days before god says a thing to him...what in the world did moses do for…
Created over 4 years ago
Exodus 24:15 (ASV), Exodus 24:16 (ASV), Exodus 25:31 (ASV), Exodus 25:32 (ASV), Exodus 25:33 (ASV), Exodus 25:34 (ASV), Exodus 25:35 (ASV), Exodus 25:36 (ASV), Exodus 25:37 (ASV), Exodus 25:38 (ASV), Exodus 25:39 (ASV), Exodus 25:40 (ASV)
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just enough
this is a great example of what god often does. he provides what you need for right now, and not a bit more. he makes you trust him. and if you don't trust him, you learn to, sometimes by seeing the provisions…
Created over 4 years ago
Exodus 16:15 (ASV), Exodus 16:16 (ASV), Exodus 16:17 (ASV), Exodus 16:18 (ASV), Exodus 16:21 (ASV)
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pharaoh pharaoh
http://www.nmaz.net/media/audio/kl-songs/NMKL20020923-06-PharoahPharoah.mp3 (http://www.nmaz.net/media/audio/kl-songs/NMKL20020923-06-PharoahPharoah.mp3) i apologize for the above link. i have grown…
Created over 4 years ago
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oliver - more?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axmDT5JpzyQ the pharaoh in this story always reminds me of the orphanage boss in this scene. as you watch it, you can't help but think, "what is the big deal?" maybe it…
Created over 4 years ago
Exodus 5:1 (ASV), Exodus 5:2 (ASV), Exodus 5:3 (ASV), Exodus 5:4 (ASV), Exodus 5:5 (ASV), Exodus 5:6 (ASV), Exodus 5:7 (ASV), Exodus 5:8 (ASV), Exodus 5:9 (ASV), Exodus 5:10 (ASV), Exodus 5:11 (ASV), Exodus 5:12 (ASV), Exodus 5:13 (ASV), Exodus 5:14 (ASV), Exodus 5:15 (ASV), Exodus 5:16 (ASV), Exodus 5:17 (ASV), Exodus 5:18 (ASV), Exodus 5:19 (ASV), Exodus 5:20 (ASV), Exodus 5:21 (ASV), Exodus 5:22 (ASV), Exodus 5:23 (ASV), Exodus 6:30 (ASV)
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the transition
this psalm feels like a bunch of the songs that i wrote when i was younger. almost schizophrenic in the way the opening doesn't match the conclusion...very "stream of consciousness." (i think my songs…
Created over 4 years ago
Psalm 38:1 (ASV), Psalm 38:8 (ASV), Psalm 38:18 (ASV), Psalm 38:22 (ASV)
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thanks for the clarification
oh, that anah! it seems like he's writing a letter to somebody who is familiar with the story, or with the hot springs. things like this are funny to me.
Created over 4 years ago
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gee, thanks a lot...
i have felt like these guys...all of them. i've been the guy working hard all day, receiving what i thought was unfair compensation, and griping about it. (i don't know what it means, but i'm sure i've…
Created over 4 years ago
Matthew 20:1 (ASV), Matthew 20:2 (ASV), Matthew 20:3 (ASV), Matthew 20:4 (ASV), Matthew 20:5 (ASV), Matthew 20:6 (ASV), Matthew 20:7 (ASV), Matthew 20:8 (ASV), Matthew 20:9 (ASV), Matthew 20:10 (ASV), Matthew 20:11 (ASV), Matthew 20:12 (ASV), Matthew 20:13 (ASV), Matthew 20:14 (ASV), Matthew 20:15 (ASV)
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aww, how sweet...
it's good to see that a good old knock down, drag out fight (aided by some daughterly theft and deceit) can really smooth things out for everybody in the end. that's sweet. i like (and dislike at the…
Created over 4 years ago
Genesis 31:53 (ASV), Genesis 31:54 (ASV), Genesis 31:55 (ASV)
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maturity
i don't think i was mature enough when i got married, but i've grown up a bit. i still struggle with always putting her first.
Created over 4 years ago
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