238.  The fiery trial is not foreign

There are a few phrases and verses in the Bible that might get lost in the shallow understanding of familiarity.  It is too easy to say the Our Father from memory and hastily ramble through the lines of Psalm 23 entirely  missing the fullness of meaning.  The Bible is not social media or the  morning paper.  The truth that sets…

229. The pain-path becomes a praise-path

It could easily be misunderstood – praise and worship.  Why on earth should a person praise the Lord?  Does our sovereign, almighty, all-knowing, self-sufficient God need continuous praise and admiration?  Of course not!  He does not need any earthly words to execute his Will and Work.  His Word put creation in place.  How would the admiration of a mere mortal ever…