20 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, 21 saying: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life.[a] The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 Throughout all this Job … Read more

35 So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised. (Hebrews 10:35-36 CSB) Confidence is something that is typically readily evident in meeting people. The idea is that people either have confidence or do … Read more

7 If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands, 8 let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted. (Job 31:7-8 CSB) We have a choice, actually many choices. We can make good choices or bad choices. We … Read more

12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence,[a] and the violent have been seizing it by force. (Matthew 11:12 CSB) We witness a lot of violence in the news each day and it has been so, to a greater or lesser extent, since the dawn … Read more

3 When I observe your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, 4 what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man[a] that you look after him? (Psalm 8:3-4 CSB) When we are faced with the grandeur of God’s creation all around … Read more