Tag Archives: amazing grace

Like Hitting a Bad Note

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Pete

It really is kind of a shocking end to what’s been a magnificent and glorious opus. And what an opus Psalm 119 has been. It’s been a song to beat all other songs — not just in length, not just … Continue reading →

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Where Did He Always Eat?

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Pete

No home cooking for that guy. No Door Dash or Uber Eats either. He never had to ask, “Where are we going?” or “Who’s making dinner tonight?” Hovering over 2Samuel 9 and the story of Mephibosheth this morning. He was … Continue reading →

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A Waiting Game

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Pete

Hovering over a verse in Isaiah this morning. More so, hovering over a particular word. An action word, a verb. A verb twice used. First about something that God is doing, then about something His people should be doing. And … Continue reading →

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Who Am I? Who Are We? Who Is He?

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Pete

I encounter David’s question twice a year in my reading plan. First in May, as it’s recorded in 2Samuel 7, then in July, where it’s recorded again in 1Chronicles. It’s David’s question, but I own it as my own. David, … Continue reading →

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Avenge My Eyes? Really?

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Pete

I’m a sucker for happy endings. Don’t really care much for movies that end without the guy getting the girl, without the wrongs being made right, without good triumphing over evil. So, while I’d like to think that Samson “got … Continue reading →

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An Unequal Yoking

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Pete

Hovering over Judges 14 and 15 this morning. Talk about your unequal yoking! But then again, 2Corinthians 6:14 specifically defines being unequal yoked as a partnership with unbelievers. And though you could argue Samson was a bad believer, he had … Continue reading →

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The Gift of God

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Pete

I know that the nativity scenes around my house (yes, there’s more than one . . . been a tradition in our house since I don’t know when), though they are meant to remind me of “the reason for the … Continue reading →

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Go Again

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Pete

You get the sense that to say, “She played the field” would have been an understatement. To say, “She was loose” would have been to state the obvious. But to say, “She was a prostitute?” Well, the CSB indicates that … Continue reading →

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Meeting Up with Nebuchadnezzar

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Pete

“When I get to heaven, I can’t wait to talk to [fill in the blank]!” Ever heard someone say something like that? Ever said that yourself? Will heaven really work that way? That anyone I choose to connect with I … Continue reading →

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Jacob’s Portion

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Pete

It’s the second time I’ve encountered this name for Jehovah while reading in Jeremiah. A few weeks ago it didn’t register much on the “chew-o-meter.” This time? It spikes the needle. Hovering over a a two-word moniker (in the CSB) … Continue reading →

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