This week we’re reading the shortest book in the Bible, Jonah. The book of Jonah opens like an Indiana Jones movie.
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In this beautiful moment of restoration, we witness the unfolding of God’s perfect plan. Ruth, who once faced a future filled with uncertainty, is now blessed with a husband and a son.
Naomi, in her wisdom and love for Ruth, sought to provide her with security.
1 Kings 17:17–24 tells the story of a widow who had already experienced a miracle—her family was eating daily because of her obedience to God’s instructions through Elijah.
The story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath is a powerful reminder that God can use even our smallest resources to accomplish great things.
In 1 Kings 17:1-6, Elijah, a prophet of God, declares a severe drought, and immediately afterward, God instructs him to retreat to the Wadi Cherith.
John’s vision of a new heaven and a new earth is a promise of restoration.
The Hebrew elders, scribes, and religious leaders of the 5th century and beyond who chose to begin the collection of the 150 psalms with this psalm as the first clearly saw the importance of connecting the blessings of life with living according to God’s law.
Here we are: a full year into ongoing unspeakable violence and death in retaliation for an unspeakable act of violence on Oct 7 in the Middle East, and deeply entrenched in anxiety and anger around a divisive presidential election with no bridge in sight here at home (or in the Middle East).