Psalm 68:15-16 The mountains of Bashan are majestic,     with many peaks stretching high into the sky. Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountains,     at Mount Zion, where God has chosen to live,     where the Lord himself will live forever?   Bashan is an old term for modern day Syria. It was known for… Read More »

Judges 17:1-4 There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.” “The Lord bless… Read More »

Psalm 60:5-8 5 That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me. 6 God has spoken in His holiness: “I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem And measure out the Valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for My head; Judah is My lawgiver.… Read More »

Joshua 22:3-5 3 During all this time you have not deserted the other tribes. You have been careful to obey the commands of the Lord your God right up to the present day. 4 And now the Lord your God has given the other tribes rest, as he promised them. So go back home to the land… Read More »

Proverbs 12:14 A person will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the work of a person’s hands will reward him. What’s wrong with me?! I make enough to provide for my needs and my future needs. I am richer than 80% of the global population. (Yep. That’s a verifiable number.… Read More »

Luke 9:18 and 20 While [Jesus] was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” “Who do you say that I am?”  Jesus knew who He was as a child (Luke 2). Now He was asking who He was as an adult. Of… Read More »

Psalm 42:7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me. I thought I could get closer to Seljalandsfoss. Foolish. The icy spray stung my face and froze on my glasses. The ferocious wind slapped against my coat and threatened to throw me down. How… Read More »

Proverbs 11:12 He who is devoid of wisdom despises his neighbor, But a man of understanding holds his peace. An Indian fable talks about an angry boy commanded by his father to hammer a nail into a fence every time he lost his temper. After his behavior improved, the father instructed him to pull out… Read More »

Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.” —Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (19th-century French lawyer and politician) I’m not sure how to pronounce Anthelme, but I think he was on to something. What you… Read More »

Mark 6:35-42 35 When the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late. 36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.” 37 But He answered and said… Read More »