Bloom where you are
1 These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. • • • • • • • 4 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God […]
Florece
1 Esta es la carta que el profeta Jeremías envió desde Jerusalén al resto de los ancianos que estaban en el exilio, a los sacerdotes y los profetas, y a todo el pueblo que Nabucodonosor había desterrado de Jerusalén a Babilonia. 2 Esto sucedió después de que el rey Jeconías había salido de Jerusalén, junto con la […]
Wait for the Lord
Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices. Photo by Yoal Desurmont on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Guarda silencio ante el Señor
Guarda silencio ante el Señor, y espera en él con paciencia. Fotografía de Yoal Desurmont en Unsplash. Diseño gráfico por Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Pursuits of eternal value
9 Those who long for more and more posessions stumble into temptation and are trapped by many foolish desires that drag them down and take them to a bad end. 10 For the love of possessions is the root of many evil, thorny branches. Some who have made posessions their aim in life, have walked […]
God’s healing balm
The Prophet Mourns for the People 18 My joy is gone; grief is upon me; my heart is sick.19 Listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from far and wide in the land:"Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?"("Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their foreign idols?")20 "The harvest is past, the […]
Teach me Lord
You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
God knows us
1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me.2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.4 Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely.5 You hem me in, behind and before, and […]
The upside down way
7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. 8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host, 9 and the host who invited both of you may […]
The Lord refreshes us
9 If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,10 if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.11 The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong,and […]
Surrounded by support
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us. Candle part of photo by Jaclyn Moy on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Faith
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Photo by Remi Skatulski on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.