The faithfulness of Abraham O save your people, and bless your heritage; Be their shepherd, and carry them forever. Psalm 28:9 Read Hebrews 11:8—12,17—19 Abraham could not have known when he followed a call of God and migrated, always in tents, only ever owning enough ground to bury his family, and when he kept…
DetailsGreat in faith He will bless those who fear the Lord, Both small and great. Psalm 115:13 Read Matthew 15:21—28 Good on you, I say to this woman. Good on you. You persisted. You are a faithful mother. You have been through hell already with your tormented daughter. And you turn to Israel’s Lord,…
DetailsThe unseen truth The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, And those who hear will live. John 5:25 Read Revelation 20:1—6 Here I read a vision. A seeing. A revelation. An insight into what God is doing behind history, behind the daily life I live, behind this day. The curtain…
DetailsMy flesh and blood You on earth both priest and victim In the eucharistic feast. William Chatterton Dix Read Hebrews 2:9—18 When I dress Jesus as the high priest in the high priest’s regalia (as I imagine it) I can distance Jesus from me. Or when I think of him as Son of God,…
DetailsChrist the temple You within the veil have entered, Robed in flesh, our great high priest. William Chatterton Dix Read John 2:13—22 For me as a common worshipper, what would I have come to the temple to do? It would have been a focus for my life with God, a place to reverence and…
DetailsThe transforming glory O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honour and majesty. Psalm 104:1 Read Exodus 24:12—18 This night I have moments, the little time that I give, to sit myself, as it were, at Moses’ side. He has entered the cloud. He spends forty days and nights…
DetailsAs a parent They spoke against God, saying, ‘Can God spread a table in the wilderness?’ Psalm 78:19 Read Deuteronomy 8:2—5 Let me remember the path I have walked today. Let me remember it as a long way. Let me slow it down as though I could spread it out something like Israel remembering…
DetailsWhen Satan tempts me to despair Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, And anyone who comes to me I will never drive away. John 6:37 Read Job 1:6—12 Job lived in the land of Uz once upon a time.[1] The story starts in a faraway country at a faraway time,…
DetailsMy friend and protector The Lord your God you shall fear; Him you shall serve. Deuteronomy 6:13 Read Matthew 4:1—11 I can see that before Jesus even began his ministry he had thought all about the chosen people, Israel, and in his one short life he relived their life and brought it to its…
DetailsOn a panicky night And while others thou art calling, Do not pass me by. Frances Jane van Alstyne Read Mark 6:45—52 It is evening. Night closes in. The wind is up. The sea is up. We’re rowing, but we’re going backwards. It’s a panicky night coming on. And however Jesus has been in…
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