Relevant Reflections to Let God's Word Back Into Your Hands and Heart
Bildad’s words may be fewer than before, but those words say quite a lot. We not only see God through Bildad’s eyes, but we also see how Bildad responds to Job’s challenge from our last reading.
Have you ever thought of yourself as a maggot? Bildad calls people maggots, and we are people. When compared to God’s importance and brilliance in this world, yes, we are specks. Yet God cares deeply for these specks of his. Continue reading “Job 25:1-6 – Short & Sweet”
In Spanish, the word “familiar” is often used to identify a family connection. So, it makes sense we’d be more familiar with our family. Here, the Chronicler is giving us another piece of the family history of Jesus, our brother.
When you think of it like that, you want to pay attention. You may have recognized more of the names in this reading. Although there are plenty that seem totally foreign. I wonder if any of those names still exist in those Middle Eastern countries or not. It’s always neat when you run across one that we have in a culture that’s more familiar to us.
Continue reading “1 Chronicles 2:1-55 – More Familiar”
