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Posts tagged "rock"

Life is Everywhere

Old Testament Reflection

Few of us are likely to be a king. The wealth and authority may appeal to us. However, with the wealth and authority come responsibility and challenges. King or not, we do experience life like King David and life is not always easy. We live with the choices that we or others have made. Some of those choices are good. An education usually means a higher income. A wise choice in a spouse means a happy home and family.

Read More suffering, prayer, trouble, rock

Weeping To Praising

Read Reflect It was dusk as I was sitting on a large boulder in a random village in northern Ethiopia. Weeping and praying that God would look upon me, see how hard I have been working, how diligent I had been in the local ministry work, and then deliver me from the pain. I had […]

Read More pain, rock, God’s goodness

Like a Flourishing Tree

The psalmist expresses his thanks to God with great joy and celebration. He knows that God destroys the evil people who threaten him. They are like short-lived grass that springs up but then is soon plucked out (vv 5-9). He has witnessed the destruction of his enemies and now he worships God with thankfulness (v 11).

Read More protection, rock, trees


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