Posts Tagged ‘mercy’
…Is a Maker
Posted: February 9, 2012 in Chapter-a-dayTags: bad-things, chapter-a-day, God, Jesus, Life, maker, mercy, promise, Suck
terrible, awful things happen. And in Joseph’s case, it maybe years before you understand, if ever, the season of suck that is about to take you under for the last time. I can cling, in a white-knuckle, death-grip clutch, to the rock-foundation truth that God is a maker. Of good things.
The Steam that Rises
Posted: February 2, 2012 in Chapter-a-dayTags: chapter-a-day, God, honest, image-of-God, injustice, Jacob, Jesus, mercy, reality, transparent
Jacob’s sons, after learning of Dinah’s tragic abuse at the hands of Shechem are infuriated. They take on for themselves the injustice of rape. The rape of their sister is a personal affront. It is no different with God. He is the ultimate empathizer. God is the one who brings justice. God alone is judge.
He built in us a desire for justice. But vengeance is the Lord’s. Retribution, for us, comes in the form of a cool glass of water.
Just Lay Down
Posted: January 25, 2012 in Chapter-a-dayTags: already-there, chapter-a-day, God, grace, hoarders, Jacob, Lay-down, mercy, promise, Rob Bell
He lays his head down in an unfamiliar place, and God reveals himself. Jacob awakens, and realizes that though the place is unfamiliar, unremarkable, and otherwise appears desolate, God is already here.
100 Times Over For His Cause
Posted: January 23, 2012 in Chapter-a-dayTags: Blessing, chapter-a-day, God, grace, justice, Life, mercy, promise, see, seen
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 [...]
My Kind
Posted: January 20, 2012 in Chapter-a-dayTags: chapter-a-day, commitment, dreams, Genesis, God, Isaac, Jacob, mercy, promise
His dreams for you are greater, wider, longer, and better than your dreams for your life. Don’t allow a patchy past to let you think He is not interested in you or your “type.” He’s interested in exactly our type. That’s the only kind he really knows!
Even Us, Even Them…
Posted: January 16, 2012 in Chapter-a-dayTags: chapter-a-day, God, grace, Jesus, Life, mercy, promise, us-and-them
Genesis 21 — 1 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. — 8 The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the [...]
Genesis 20: When I’m 64
Posted: January 13, 2012 in Chapter-a-dayTags: abraham, chapter-a-day, Genesis, God, Jesus, mercy, Way, When-I'm-64
Genesis 20: —1 Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, 2 and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her. 3 But God [...]
Waiting
Posted: January 12, 2012 in Chapter-a-day, UncategorizedTags: chapter-a-day, God, hurry, image-of-God, justice, mercy, oppression, Sodom-and-Gomorrah
Genesis 19: —4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” — [...]
Genesis 7: The Scourge and the Sponge
Posted: December 26, 2011 in Chapter-a-day, UncategorizedTags: flood, Genesis, God, holy, mercy, promise, savior
Genesis 7 — 1 The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a [...]
