One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple. Psalm 27:4 One hundred days would not be enough to behold You. One year would...
“And let the whole earth be filled with His glory.” Psalm 72:19 Is it that big, Your glory? Big enough to fill the whole earth? The prayer prayed — the request, made — was initiated by You. Your ways are higher, God. I adore You for vision...
“They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.” Psalm 34:5 Everything about You is light. Can I even grasp this kind of light, sent by the One whose very existence eradicates darkness? I look at You and my face gains color, anew....
“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:2 Though I can sink into feeling severed from Your family line, ashamed and bearing heavy burdens — same old burdens that wear my skin thin in the same old...
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4 Your life is my light. When darkness threatens me, Your light – in the form of Your life – steadies me. When death seeks to write its name over my life and my children’s lives, big and small, Your life...
“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord. ” Hosea 2:19-20 Your words to Israel are for me, too. I, too, hold...
