Brigitte Cianciulli

The Right Side

Why the right side?  Well, I was once told that the right side is representative of righteousness (at God's right hand...a place of honour) but also because when you cut a body in half, you will notice…

Leviticus 8:23 (NKJV), Leviticus 8:24 (NKJV), Leviticus 8:25 (NKJV), Leviticus 8:26 (NKJV)

Strange Discrepancy

It is funny to see how in Louis Segond they use the word dauphin yet in NKJ they use badger.

EXODE 25:5 (LSG)

10 commandments

1. No gods before my God - must be #1 in my life!!!!<3 2. No idolatry 3. No taking the name of the Lord in vain 4. Keep the Sabbath day holy 5. Honour Father and Mother 6. No murder 7. No adultery - a…

Exodus 20:1 (NKJV)

God's Call

Just love this!  God calls and directs so that everything is orchestrated just perfectly....now Moses has the help he will need.  Isn't God just wonderful!  He is in control!!

Exodus 4:25 (NKJV)

God Equips

I love this passage! I love the way God calls us even in our failures and inabilities! This is such an encouragement to me to know that our inability to do what God asks us to do is not a reason nor an…

Exodus 4:10 (NKJV), Exodus 4:11 (NKJV), Exodus 4:12 (NKJV)

Responsibility Towards Siblings

It is interesting to note here that Reuben being the eldest son tore his clothes when he returned to find that Joseph was not in the pit. Why? Because he felt the weight of his guilt. As the eldest, it…

Genesis 37:29 (NKJV)

Abraham and Isaac Going up the Mountain

These verses have always struck me as strange because of the latter part of the verse where it states "and we will come back to you" and "God will provide for Himself the lamb". Why does he say that?…

Genesis 22:5 (NKJV), Genesis 22:8 (NKJV)

Sarai Gives Abram Hagar

Ok now this I have NEVER understood!!! Having lived through instances of unfaithfulness and the TERRIBLE hurt that it causes, I could not imagine what would ever possess Sarai to think this was even remotely…

Genesis 16:1 (NKJV)

God Turns Affliction Into Great Things

What I find interesting in this passage is the fact that God did not sugar coat the word He presented to Abram. He revealed to him the bad news but then left him with hope as He explained the purpose…

Genesis 15:12 (NKJV), Genesis 15:13 (NKJV), Genesis 15:14 (NKJV), Genesis 15:15 (NKJV), Genesis 15:16 (NKJV)

Abram Doubts God's Promises

Here I notice that even though God had repeated His promise to Abram twice already, Abram displays what I perceive to be a little doubt as he states that the Lord had still not given him the promise heir.…

Genesis 15:3 (NKJV)

God Repeats His Promise To Abram

It just strikes me how God repeats His promises of making Abram into a great nation and about all the territory He will give his descendants in these passages. How many times has God had to repeat His…

Genesis 12:2 (NKJV), Genesis 13:14 (NKJV), Genesis 13:15 (NKJV), Genesis 13:16 (NKJV), Genesis 13:17 (NKJV)

Job's Response to God

It is interesting to note that in both instances wher Job responds to God, Job is humbled and speaks few words. So then, why do we assume to be greater than Job and speak with many words and never pause…

Job 40:4 (NKJV), Job 40:5 (NKJV), Job 42:2 (NKJV), Job 42:3 (NKJV), Job 42:4 (NKJV), Job 42:5 (NKJV), Job 42:6 (NKJV), Psalm 46:10 (NKJV), James 1:19 (NKJV)

God Calls Himself God

I have always wondered why in this verse it says God....if God is speaking, why does He not just say I (Because I deprived her of wisdom...)?

Job 39:17 (NKJV)

Elihu Justifies Himself

I find it interesting here that Elihu needs a whole "chapter" just to justify what he is about to say! Why is it we always have a need to justify what we are about to say rather than just let the words…

Job 32:1 (NKJV)

The Pain of Rebuke From Friends

Here I just sense Job's anguish at his friend's words. His friends' words have obviously brought him more grief than comfort. What is important to retain is that in order to be a good friend, we must…

Job 16:2 (NKJV), Job 16:3 (NKJV), Job 16:4 (NKJV), Job 16:5 (NKJV), Job 16:6 (NKJV), Job 16:7 (NKJV), Job 19:3 (NKJV)

Job vs. Shakespear

I just have to jot this thought down....but the more I read Job, the more I am reminded of the style of dialog in some of Shakespears great plays. I am not sure if it is the long speeches that seem to…

Arrogance of Job's Friends

I can't help but be overwhelmed by the arrogance of Job's friends the more I read and the further I come along in this book! The may have started off honestly seeking to offer counsel and suggest to…

Job 15:8 (NKJV), Job 15:9 (NKJV), Job 15:10 (NKJV)

Death Before Life

I absolutely love this theme and analogy! This whole concept of death before there be life was knit into the very creation of this world! I am a gardener. I love plants and watching them grow and…

Job 14:7 (NKJV)

Limits Set By God

It is interesting to again find that God set limits thus demonstrating that He is indeed in control of every and all situations. Nothing can nor will happen to us outside of His will. This concept can…

Job 14:5 (NKJV)

Job's response

Job's responses are interesting to me. Even though his friends go from pointing out their observations to trying to convince Job that he must have done something wrong, still Job does not fall victim…

Job 13:15 (NKJV)

Eliphaz

Long speech but I do not see anything terribly wrong in what he says except for the fact that he assumes Job has done something to deserve all his affliction yet we know from our bird's eye view that…

Job 4:1 (NIV84), Job 4:2 (NIV84), Job 4:3 (NIV84), Job 4:4 (NIV84), Job 4:5 (NIV84), Job 4:6 (NIV84), Job 4:7 (NIV84), Job 4:8 (NIV84), Job 4:9 (NIV84), Job 4:10 (NIV84), Job 4:11 (NIV84), Job 4:12 (NIV84), Job 4:13 (NIV84), Job 4:14 (NIV84), Job 4:15 (NIV84), Job 4:16 (NIV84), Job 4:17 (NIV84), Job 4:18 (NIV84), Job 4:19 (NIV84), Job 4:20 (NIV84), Job 4:21 (NIV84), Job 5:1 (NIV84), Job 5:2 (NIV84), Job 5:3 (NIV84), Job 5:4 (NIV84), Job 5:5 (NIV84), Job 5:6 (NIV84), Job 5:7 (NIV84), Job 5:8 (NIV84), Job 5:9 (NIV84), Job 5:10 (NIV84), Job 5:11 (NIV84), Job 5:12 (NIV84), Job 5:13 (NIV84), Job 5:14 (NIV84), Job 5:15 (NIV84), Job 5:16 (NIV84), Job 5:17 (NIV84), Job 5:18 (NIV84), Job 5:19 (NIV84), Job 5:20 (NIV84), Job 5:21 (NIV84), Job 5:22 (NIV84), Job 5:23 (NIV84), Job 5:24 (NIV84), Job 5:25 (NIV84), Job 5:26 (NIV84), Job 5:27 (NIV84)

Job's Wife - part 2

I need to know because I am often misunderstood myself. I say things and in my heart I honestly do not mean it in the same way people receive it to be. I question but not for the sake of being argumentative…

Job 3:1 (NIV84)

Job's wife

I always thought that women of that time were considered slaves/property yet these are not the words a slave/property would ever speak to her master/owner for fear of being beaten or worse still! From…

Job 2:9 (NIV84)

Job's day of birth

I am very curious...I wonder what day he was born on. As I read on to v.8 I can't help but think, if there is a day of all days I would ever considered cursed as a Christian, it would be October 31,…

Job 3:1 (NIV84)

Job's friends

Again, from this verse at least I do not see how they were bad friends....for now at least but I keep a close I on their words of "comfort" as I read the future passages.

Job 2:11 (NIV84), Job 2:12 (NIV84)