I think of this verse often: “I look to the hills. Where does my help come from? It comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. [Psalm 121:1-2]” And I really focus on the first part of that, “I look to the hills.” When we are consumed by the grief of ...
Psalm 121:4 tn Heb“the one who guards Israel.” Psalm 121:6 sn One hardly thinks of the moon’s rays as being physically harmful, like those of the sun. The reference to the moon may simply lend poetic balance to the verse, but it is likely that the verse reflects an ancient, pri...
“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”King James BibleAnd said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and ...
the gentle lapping of the water. Cool gentle air moved enough to make me shiver. Curlews whistled nearby, and that always sounds mournful- or perhaps “plaintive” is the word I’m looking for.
NET Bible They said to him, "Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the LORD may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys." But Elisha replied, "Don't send th...
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The simple reason was according to the Bible, Jesus was crucified because he was charged with claiming to be the King of the Jews, which was considered a threat to the Roman Empire. But asPaul Harveywould say here is theRest Of The Story.I sometimes refer to it as apolitical hitjob. ...
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. Taps first verse Back when I was a girl, it meant something to be a girl. Namely, that you couldn’t join the Boy Scouts under any circumstance, you took Home Economics instead of shop, and that...
Americans were found to prefer white "on court/sport" shoes and white socks for casual use while Europeans go for dark-colored casual athletic shoes and dark socks. In footwear sales, athletic footwear takes the top spot at 27% of purchases, followed by casual athletic footwear, at 19%. ...
This relatively long paper will look into the Bible and other early writings to attempt to answer those questions. This is a different type of paper. When looking into early church history (beyond the biblical account), we are faced at looking at whatever documents are left that were not des...