Tag archive: pain
The Truth Will Set You Free…
This was not a pleasant task – for the guys or the child Isaiah 30:1-33 Reference: v.10 They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. (TNIV Bible) Explore: “The truth will set you free… but…
It’s Not A Good Day
Needless to say, he could come up with a whole list of ways he would have preferred to start his day. Isaiah 15:1-9 Reference: v.2 Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off. (TNIV Bible) Explore: Not…
Note To Self
Foolishly, I decided to prune this delightful bush right back on a windy day. Matthew 27:27-61 Reference: v.29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king…
The Book Thief
While beautifully written, it is heart-breaking to get a small picture into life in the early 1940s. Psalm 86:1-17 Reference: v.13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead. (TNIV Bible) Explore: I have just finished reading an amazing book by Markus Zusak called, “The…
Your Greatest Fear
Each player had to write down their greatest fear and place it in the middle of the board game. Judges 19:1-30 Reference: v.27 When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of…