Creative Space for Wanderers
Josiah Finishes Well Josiah receives the message from Huldah well. Her words from the Lord give him inspiration. (Note: Interesting that a male dominated culture has no problem seeking the advice of a female prophet.) Josiah invited everyone in Jerusalem, from the least to the greatest, to hear the Word of the Lord. He read …
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and Psalm 51 is one of my favorites, forever implanted in my memory. Nathan revealed King David’s horrible transgressions with Bathsheba and against Uriah (2 Samuel 11ff) and David confessed. A man after God’s heart, this psalm is attributed to David as his plea for forgiveness. “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew …
and The narrative for this story has several plot lines. The first involves Absalom’s deception and rise to power. Absalom begins taking steps to establish himself as judge and then as king by acting as if he truly cared, “he stole the hearts of the people of Israel” (). Slowly and surely, Absalom turned people …
and David is alone and on the run. He ends up in Nob and Ahimelek the priest is frightened to see David appear by himself. He gives David food and the sword of Goliath. But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here—provided the …
and Samuel becomes the leader for Israel; they listened to his advice and rid themselves of the idols that filled their homes. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader of Israel at Mizpah. The Philistines heard the Israelites were gathered together …
and Deuteronomy begins with a brief recap of major events including the delegation of responsibility to tribal leaders and the rebellion that happened after the 12 spied out the Promised Land. In spite of this, you did not trust in the Lord your God The Israelites fought and won many battles, physical struggles against those …
and Bezalel and Oholiab step into the picture. Not kings or judges, not prophets or apostles, these men were chosen because of their great skill. Bezalel was filled “with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills–to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, …
and Ironically, today’s Our Daily Bread referred to that begins, “The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.” As I read Exodus 7, I have a little empathy for these leaders. God gave Moses the ability to perform signs for Pharaoh, why wouldn’t …