Tag: the character of God
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Rest
Part 1 Genesis 2:2: And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. Not long before the holidays, I was in a teacher training meeting via Zoom. Our instructor asked everyone what they were most looking…
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A Book as Yet Unwritten
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years” (Genesis 1:14). As I sat at the end of 2023, the new year rolled out in front of me like a…
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Hope.
Week One of Advent I think we tend to overuse the word hope like we overuse the word love. That kind of hope is built on possibility and uncertainty. That kind of hope can just as easily disappoint as delight. As I was thinking about the Christmas story—of stables and angels and wise men,…