I just returned home from a retreat at a Monastery in Iowa (pictured above) where I lived alone in the “Guest House”, located on 650 acres of managed woodlands. What a gift I was given to get away with God in the wilderness…so quiet and peaceful. Which brings me to this weeks study from the
Continuing in Psalm 119 with the letter “dalet” ד which is shaped like a door or a man bent over in humility. Dalet is spelled דלת and has two possible root words. Some of its meanings are: door, gate, doors to heaven such as a portal, and also to be delivered from prison. Other possible usages are:
Continuing in Psalm 119 with the letter ‘Gimel‘ ג. Psalm 119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. The words deal bountifully is the Hebrew word ‘gamal’ גמל and is same root word for the spelling of the letter ג itself. It has the idea of being nourished until completely ripe as in grapes or other fruit.
Psalm 119 is one of my favorite Psalms and its theme is love for the Word of God. It is an acrostic poem and has 176 verses. These verses are divided into 22 stanzas. One stanza for every letter of the Hebrew alphabet, for example: The first word of the first 8 verses start
I love a post I recently saw on Face Book “Proverbs 31 stresses me out”. I decided to look at a verse from this chapter and see what I could find for myself in the original Hebrew. Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. The word “call” is not
“For I know the plans (cashab) that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29:11 The word “plans” in Hebrew (cashab) has its origins in the idea of a weaver of fabric. Here we have a picture of Jesus thoughtfully and lovingly
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Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin; I Kings 17:7: “And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.” This morning I read a story in People Magazine about the former president of MGM, a young, multi-millionaire who worked his
WORD STUDY: GOOD (SHEPHERD) John 10:11: “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.” Good: Greek: kalos – beautiful, fine, excellent, blameless, high moral character. Aramaic: tawa’ – A relationship with someone or something that is harmonious and in sync. Jesus calls himself a good shepherd. There are a
