1 Samuel 16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.” Samuel had a […]
Read moreJudges 11:5-6 With the Ammonites at war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. They said to Jephthah: “Come. Be our general and we’ll fight the Ammonites.” There are some funny and even difficult characters in the Old Testament, and yet God used them. Jephthah is one […]
Read moreGenesis 16:13 She answered God by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, “You’re the God who sees me! “Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!” People’s faith, my own included, can so quickly take a dive. Well, “quickly” is probably relative, since poor Sarai was already almost 75, and by […]
Read moreI got a lot of insight from Jaco’s description: I am a technical draftsman and programmer at a profile cutting business. My work is to make the sketch and then program it to be cut in metal sheets of a specific thickness. After making the sketch, I have to make as many of it fit […]
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