Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 32:1-2 (New Living Translation) 1 Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him. 2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land. The […]

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Psalm 99:9 (New Living Translation) Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem, for the Lord our God is holy! Consider the last words: Jehovah our God is holy. Holy means separated, different. The Creator, Jehovah, the God of the chosen people is different from all other gods. And there […]

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Job 37:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us. 24 No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence.” People everywhere fear God. Those select few who are wise revere God. Why do […]

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Job 36:26 (New Living Translation) Look, God is greater than we can understand. We find this statement in one of the more contemplative (hi)stories in the Bible. God is great. God is so great, we cannot understand God. We cannot truly know God, because God is just…well, God. There are days when I wonder in […]

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1 Peter 3:3-4 (New Living Translation) 3 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. 4 You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. Women should not wear fill-in-the-blank-with-your-favorites. […]

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Isaiah 35: 5-7 (New Living Translation) 5 And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. 6 The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy! Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the […]

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Isaiah 1:5 (New Living Translation) Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick. God is sending a question to the people through the prophet Isaiah. Simple question: What are you doin’? Their lives were bringing pain and suffering. Their minds were sick; their […]

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—The Declaration of Independence The “founding fathers” of the United States of America declared their independence from the King of England […]

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