Jeremiah 31:25: “For I have satiated the weary soul.” “Sometime exhausted with toil and endeavor, I wish I could sleep forever and ever. But then this reflection my longings allay, I shall be doing it one of these days.” Piet Hein Satiated the weary soul. I am not too sure what it means to satiate
Deuteronomy 1:29-30: Thus I said unto you, “Dread not, neither be afraid of them. The Lord that goeth before you, he will fight for you according to all that he did for you in Egypt.” “We have met the enemy and they are ours.” Captain Oliver Hazard Perry to General William Henry Harrison.
Numbers 14:27: “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel which they murmur against me.” The NIV says the children of Israel grumbled against God, the GWT says they complained, and the BBE says that they made an
Isaiah 55:12: “For you shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you with singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Summer and winter, springtime and harvest Sun moon and stars in their courses above Join
Ecclesiastes 9:4: “For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope, a living dog is better than a dead lion.” “…how hard it must be to live only with what one knows and what one remembers, cut off from which one hopes for…there can be no peace without hope.” Albert Camus
Matthew 4:11: “Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.” 1Samuel 3:1: “And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.” I remember as a child hearing the story of
Habakkuk 3:17-18: “Although the fig tree does not blossom neither shall fruit be on the vine, the labor of the olive shall fail and the field shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
Exodus 1:8: “Now there arose a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.” There is something very curious here. In this verse the writer refers to the Pharaoh as a king. From here on he is referred to as Pharaoh. One reason could be historical. Do you ever wonder why the Egyptian
Psalms 121:1: “I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help?” Mark 13:14: “But when you see the abomination of desolations spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, let him that readeth understand, then let them be that be in Judea flee to the mountains.”
Deuteronomy 8:10: “When you have eaten and are satisfied, then thou shalt bless the Lord your God for the good land which he has given you.” When I read this I think of a time a few years ago when I was eating in a restaurant and some good old Southern Baptist preacher
