Waiting for “the blessed hope”
“Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.”
Psalm 90:13 NKJV
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Shades Of Green
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“A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—
and how good is a timely word!”
Proverbs 15:23 NIV
Against The Light
“This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.”
John 3:19 NIV
An Uphill Battle
Need more patience to endure an uphill battle.
“But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.”
Luke 8:15 NKJV
Palliative “Peace”
The only peace I can “imagine” is not the one John Lennon sang about,
but the one Jesus Christ offers.
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
John 14:27 NKJV
Related read: That Dreaded Place
Inflation
“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
Psalm 12:5 NKJV
U-Turn
Some will be turned on and some will unfortunately burn out.
“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
John 8:12 NKJV
Related read: U-Turn
Extinction
It takes divine intervention to counter a plot for genocide.
“And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.”
Esther 4:3 NKJV
Snoopy Dog
It takes genuine conversion for a dog to turn human.
“For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”
1 Corinthians 5:12-13 NKJV
Cloud Seeding
People can manipulate things to an extent except when it comes to healing themselves.
“then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.”
Deuteronomy 11:14 NKJV