Psalm 1: Make Me a Tree

Psalm 1: — Blessed is the man,      who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or stand in the way of sinners,     or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord,      and on his law he meditates day and [...]

Shards

He said God looks into this mirror- He is love, and His reflection, the image of his love, is in this mirror. Imagine that God has shattered this mirror now- it’s in billions of little bits, each little shard showing a small size view of the whole- the image of God’s love. And He puts that little shard in each person- each act of love you experience from somebody is a shard- a piece of God’s love for you.

Abel Wasn’t the First Shepherd

Genesis 48 — 11 Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.” — 15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,    “May the God before whom my fathers 
   Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, 
the God who has been my shepherd [...]

Would You Choose the Famine?

Genesis 41: — 1 When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: — 57 And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere. — Genesis.  In the beginning.  Genesis is all about beginnings- some good, some terrible.  One of the beginnings that Genesis confronts [...]

Even the Losers Get Lucky Sometimes

Genesis 36 — 1This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).  2 Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite— 3 also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. — 40These [...]

100 Times Over For His Cause

Genesis 26 — 1 Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar. 2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. 3 Stay in [...]

Genesis 9: Scared of “the Man.”

Genesis 9 — 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you… 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to [...]