Tag Archives: trials

Delivered Many Times

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Pete

It’s the kind of good news which, while you’re glad to hear it, in a way you’d rather not hear it. The promise of a good outcome sourced in another promise of a less than desirable reality. Something to look … Continue reading →

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An Egyptian Servant and A Hebrew King (2019 Rerun)

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Pete

This week isn’t going to be the week I get back into routine . . . we’ll target that for next week. So, after reading, went back into the archives for something to chew on. Re-posting some thoughts from five years … Continue reading →

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Job Asks. Jesus Answers.

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Pete

A big part of Job’s problem, and a big contributor to his struggle with God, was that Job didn’t really get the big picture. I know, kind of an understatement, huh? From reading the beginning of the book, we know … Continue reading →

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Joy, Unspeakable Joy (2013 Rerun)

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Pete

Written 10 years ago. Could have written it this morning . . . As I worked my way through my reading plan this morning, I was pretty aware of how distracted I was. A number of concerns . . . … Continue reading →

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Appointed to This

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Pete

I’m gonna guess it’s easier to accept trials and hardships if we somehow think they are random and just part of living in a fallen world. After all, everyone goes through seasons of suffering, so why shouldn’t I? Life’s gonna … Continue reading →

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Give Me Understanding

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Pete

The songwriter appeals to the One who made him to help him. Give me understanding, he pleads, help me figure this out and to trust you as I do. Your hands made me and formed me;give me understandingso that I … Continue reading →

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Good News in the Midst of Bad Stuff

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Pete

Met someone for coffee yesterday, someone I had only met casually before. This was to be our first “real conversation.” And real it was. We could have talked about March Madness and the college basketball that had just finished. Or, … Continue reading →

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Revive Us Again

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Pete

I’m hoping David did not write Psalm 71 (though I suspect he might have). How come? ‘Cause Psalm 71’s songwriter self-identifies as “old and gray”, and David lived to be only 70 years old (2Sam. 5:4, 1Ki. 2:10-11). So, if … Continue reading →

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A Salvation that Protects

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Pete

Verse 21 tells me that it’s messianic in nature, that what the songwriter chronicles was to foreshadow what the Son of God would know as well. But beyond just providing insight to the Savior’s sufferings, it also provides deep connection … Continue reading →

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Active Waiting

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Pete

It wasn’t the wilderness just because it was physically the wilderness. No, beyond the barrenness around him was the abiding sense of a desert within him. His world had been turned upside down as he was forced to flee his … Continue reading →

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