Tag Archives: Surrender

Where’s The Book That Explains Old Age

Posted on October 26, 2012 by richrockwood

EXPERIENCE AS A FLASHLIGHT:  In 1994 I experienced what I thought was a heart attack.  It wasn’t, but I really thought I was near the end of my life.  It was just (did I say just) an anxiety attack.  I … Continue reading →

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I Will Awake the Dawn

Posted on September 24, 2012 by richrockwood

As I read Psalm 57 today, I recognized this line from a song we sing at church:   “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.  Let your glory be over all the earth.” (Psalm 57:5 NRSV).  It’s a song that gets … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Compassion Is Over All that He Has Made

Posted on September 17, 2012 by richrockwood

In these days of violence in the Middle East over spiritual insults and rancorous, negative political campaigning in the U.S., I invite the reader to contemplate this biblical statement about God 8   The Lord is gracious and merciful,           slow to anger … Continue reading →

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Removing a Sexual Sin

Posted on September 14, 2012 by richrockwood

The following words written by the great King David after he had abused his authority over Bathsheba, another man’s wife, by having sexual relations with her.  When he found out she was pregnant, he arranged to have her husband killed … Continue reading →

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The gods of the peoples are idols

Posted on September 5, 2012 by richrockwood

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.  (Psalm 96:5 NRSV) What a world of truth this little verse contains.  In the first reference to higher power, the writer uses the word elohim, … Continue reading →

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The God of Silence

Posted on September 2, 2012 by richrockwood

“Do not be silent, O God of my praise.”  (Psalm 109:1 NRSV) A difficulty arises for believers when God seems to have nothing to say.  It contradicts everything we know about God from the Bible.  There we read of God’s … Continue reading →

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The Vastness of Creation

Posted on August 23, 2012 by richrockwood

“Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens,           your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,           your judgments are like the great deep;           you save humans and animals alike, O LORD.”  Psalm 36: 5-6 NRSV) … Continue reading →

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Peer Pressure Made Me Do It

Posted on August 9, 2012 by richrockwood

As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites relapsed and prostituted themselves with the Baals, making Baal-berith their god. The Israelites did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Compassion is Over All He Has Made

Posted on July 30, 2012 by richrockwood

“The Lord is good to all,  and his compassion is over all that he has made.”  (Psalm 145:9 NRSV) What a tender picture these words convey.   The Creator extends his arms of  compassion over all: men, women, children, pets, … Continue reading →

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God is Praised to the Ends of the Earth

Posted on July 25, 2012 by richrockwood

As I read the verse below I was struck by the idea that God is known and praised all over the earth. “Your name, O God, like your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth.”  (Psalm 48:10 NRSV) That … Continue reading →

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