Tag Archives: God’s delight

He Delights in Steadfast Love

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Pete

This year, reading through Micah has been particularly brutal. For some reason (a Holy Spirit reason?), I’ve been more impacted during this year’s readings by the relentlessness and heaviness of God leaving His “holy temple” and “coming out of His … Continue reading →

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Another Subscriber?

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Pete

My morning routine is first and foremost for my benefit. It’s my quiet time. It’s my time in the Word. Time to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2Peter 3:18), but equally as … Continue reading →

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The LORD’s Delight

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Pete

More and more I find myself reading the last 21 chapters of Proverbs increasingly like the Sermon on the Mount rather than as just a checklist to make sure I’m on the right track. To be sure, the plethora of … Continue reading →

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Daily Delight

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Pete

Proverbs 8 has got to be one of my favorite chapters in all of Scripture. Wisdom’s calling. And if you listen to her voice in this chapter, how do you not come away knowing that Jesus is Wisdom? And among … Continue reading →

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Whatever the LORD Pleases

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Pete

Hovering over a verse in Psalm 135 this morning. Actually, not so much hovering as I am using it as a springboard. Noodling on a truth well known, but thinking of some its implications that may too easily be taken … Continue reading →

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No Delight in Going Through the Motions

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Pete

I’m chewing on a few verses in Amos this morning. Don’t recall having ever put fingers-to-keyboard concerning something in Amos’s prophecy before so I went and did a search in my e-journal. One entry back in December 2010. So it’s … Continue reading →

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If the LORD Delights in Us . . .

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Pete

They were done! They had hit the wall! They were ready to tap out! “Enough,” they said. “Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt,” they said. After forty days spying out the promised land the majority had … Continue reading →

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Delighting in the Children of Man

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Pete

Proverbs 8. It’s why I do what I do when it comes to Proverbs. It’s why I shade every reference to wisdom in blue, my color for God the Son. While the sage portrays her as Lady Wisdom, raising her … Continue reading →

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