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Blog Archives: July 2020
Top Drawer Peace
July 29, 2020
I tug at my top drawer. It catches. A mail-slot-narrow slit. Squeeze right hand through. Press down on the unruly tangle of socks and undies. The drawer slides open. Dig through - striped, blue anklet, woolly lumberjack (you can guess which are socks and which ones undergarments) - success! Press down once more. Shove that sucker shut.
Bed neat, bookshelf tidy, chairs cozy by the window. This room is the picture of rest. Peace. Let’s not address that drawer. Ever.
But that drawer threatens to spill every time I open it. The ...
I’ll Carry You
July 10, 2020
Oftentimes I am shellacked by the tenderness of the Old Testament. Yes, I believe the Old Testament has some of the most tender portions of Scripture. Like Isaiah 46:3-4 “Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born. Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”
YHWH says to Israel, even through exile and captivity: I ...
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