Losing hope… not a very uplifting or encouraging topic, but it happens to all of us…and I think losing hope is one of the worst things ever! Recently I wrote about being sick again, and this morning I woke up with the rumblings of another chest cold. Blurry eyed form a rough night with little […]
“But this I call to mind,” says the author of Lamentations right in the middle of a serious struggle. Acutely aware of the sorrow, pain, and destruction – actually named out loud- his final words are, “but this I call to mind.” I read these words and imagine the writer sinking into despair as one by one he names and reflects […]
Steadfast Love is the English translation for the Hebrew word “hesed” God’s hesed is one of my favorite concepts in the Old Testament that requires multiple words and ideas to understand. Hesed is rich Hebrew word for which there is no exact English equivalent. It is too big a concept for a single word to […]