My second child recently turned seven months old. Though I experienced these same developmental milestones with my first, something about this second time around has left me even more in awe of how quickly babies grow and change. In his first few days, my son could only hold up his head for seconds at a time. When he came home from the hospital, he could only see about fifteen inches away, just far enough to make out my face as I held him and stared at his tiny features. He can now see me clearly from across the room and crawl toward me as fast as his not-so-tiny legs can move.
I sometimes wonder if that’s one of the reasons he cries on occasion, even when every need I can think of is met. Because today, his world looks totally different than it did yesterday. The whole world is open for discovery, but that growth meant a sharp change in perspective.
I imagined that sort of cry at the end of our reading today. The author of Ecclesiastes has been writing at length about life “under the sun.” A life where delight fades, strong men stoop, songs grow faint, and dust returns. A life where so much is “absolute futility.” Then, in the last few verses, there are these words:
Be warned: there is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this:
fear God and keep his commands, because this is for all humanity.
For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing,
whether good or evil (Ecclesiastes 12:12–14).
For almost the entirety of my professional career I have worked in publishing, and I always want to voice a hearty “Amen!” at verse 12. There is no end to the making of books, to writers and philosophers and poets and politicians and artists and parishioners trying to make sense of our place as humans in this world. But the path to seeing our days differently is made clear here, because there is more to see than we once thought. For every single one of us, the key to meaning is the same: fear God, and keep His commands.
This is for all of us, because God is for all of us. He is our Creator, whose eyes saw us while we were still being formed (Psalm 139). He is our Sustainer, who knows when a single sparrow falls, clothes the flowers of the field, and anticipates our needs and worries (Matthew 6:25–34;10:29–31; 1Peter 5:7). He is our Savior, who invites us to follow Him and be part of His kingdom work here and now. His Word equips us to see our world through His perspective, and recast all our days in light of eternity.
So remember your Creator, find your confidence in the Lord. He is the resurrection, He is the life. This is for all of us, if we’ll just take hold and believe it.
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Love this perspective thank you!
So glad I did this study!
I am a CNA in a long term care facility, and Ecclesiastes 12 makes me think of my residents. I can see in them exactly what is being talked about here. The ones who built a relationship with God before their bodies failed them and their minds started to fade are still able to hold on to that. They may not be able to tell you what day it is or remember that they just had dinner 30 minutes ago, but they can always remember that Jesus loves them. They can remember every word of their favorite hymns. They have peace and comfort. Even on days when they’re “fiesty”, they know God. On the other hand, the ones who never built that relationship with God tend to be more bitter and have more of a “poor me” attitude. Build your relationship with God now, while you can. Someday it will be all you have left.
Today was an especially hard day for me. My unborn child past away 3 years ago today, by my own hand, I was 18 and foolish. this is the worst thing that has ever happened in my life. I struggle with it daily. Yet so many good things have come from it. The father and have had a rocky relationship for several years. When I was younger I prayed that God would only let me love my husband. I begged him to keep other men away from me. I prayed all day and night and asked the lord to please show me if this was to be my person or not. I felt the lord say yes to me one night so i went ahead with it. Needless to sati has not been easy. we dated for 7and a half years, had a child together, and lived a minimum of 300 miles apart.Not to mention we were very young and our parents disapproved of our relationship. After we lost the baby things just got worse and we broke up but still continued to fight. We couldn’t let each other go.Talking to my close friend and his cousin a christian man getting married to my friend, they both told me it would do us both good to take time apart. After about six months i just couldn’t take it anymore and i blocked him on everything and recorded myself taking a shot. Meanwhile Covid hit riots broke out. Last night i prayed and did my devotional and felt as tho i should reach out given what day it was.It did not start well. He basically told me he didn’t care and wanted nothing to do with me. It broke my heart so me and my friend went out to have some fun and try to get through the day. Well after getting a little tipsy we convinced our selves to prank call him from her phone which led him to txt her. They talked and she basically told him how horrible he was. That led to us talking again and we fought. But for the first time we were both honest with each other. and we both apologized and he offered to spend a day with me this week in which we will celebrate the short weeks our baby was alive and grew in my belly. It is not time for us to start something as we are still both healing. However this is a small flicker of hope in our future. I believe i stopped looking at God and started looking at the father of my child as my rock. and he couldn’t handle it bc it wasn’t his job. I see now the lord Blesses you when you follow him. So I will continue to give my whole heart to the lord and fear and love him and enjoy my days one at a time. and if the lord chooses to bless me with the gift of having my life long person be him then I will rejoice. And if not Then I will rejoice for tonight bc through all that heartache came love and i will praise God for every good moment I have with this man until the lord decides it is enough
NHU PHAM, First I want to say that I understand that your desire for my healing is out of kindness. And if I had the option to speak with you in private on this issue first, I would. However, because this issue regarding suffering and healing theology lays is so close to my heart, I aim, I pray, to address it with humility and a love for truth and for my sisters in Christ.
I am very aware of Andrew Wommack and his ministry. I’ve spent many hours in prayer and studying God’s Word as well as seeking out counsel in the body of Christ in this matter. What I have discovered is that Mr. Wommack preaches and practices “Word of Faith” doctrine. In my search I found he teaches, “It’s never God’s will for us to be sick; He wants every person healed every time”. He makes an absolute declaration that Paul’s thorn in the flesh to be not a sickness, though the Greek meaning of the word could very well be an ailment. These a just a couple of the teachings that I do not see to line up with what I have encountered in God’s word over the many years of my illness.
Oh yes, I very much desire to be healed and pray for it often. I’ve asked elders to pray, friends to pray and pray for others’ healing. When I was presented with Word of Faith teaching early in my illness and was prayed over in those terms and was not healed, my faith was nearly shipwrecked. But God…he had mercy on me and began me on a trek to develop a more robust theology of suffering and healing. And I am still learning much, my faith continues to grow, I am being refined in the fire day by day. God’s grace truly is sufficient for me as I wait in my pleas for deliverance. I believe that though I “groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies,” I have hope, a “hope for what we do not see” and I aim to “wait for it with patience” (Romans 8:21-25).
I’m grateful for the opportunity to briefly share my beliefs and I hope it is received in the gracious intent of my heart. Prayers for all my sisters here at SRT.
Thank you SRT for this study. I’ve done many studies but this was my first time commenting regularly. Thank you ladies of this community for your faithfulness in showing up daily. Thank you writers for taking the words of Ecclesiastes and making them relatable. I appreciate you all.
Everything matters. Help me live my life purposefully preparing for eternity and earnestly seeking to honor You and You alone. Save me from the vanity of this world and keep my heart and gaze firmly fixed on You. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Amen! I love that last bit, “save me from the vanity of this world and keep my heart and gaze firmly fixed on You.” This is my prayer also.
I am thankful for Ecclesiastes. It’s a somber read, but I find that helps me to put “all the things” that can keep me busy and distracted into perspective and refocus on what truly matters. Fear God and keep in obedience. That is the path to a life lived out of freedom and joy! I was reading my Bible’s commentary on the last few verses of Ecclesiastes and it noted “How strange that people spend their lives striving for the joy that God gives freely, as a gift.” All striving is meaningless, even if well-intentioned. Today I choose joy!
Amen!
Fear God, reverence Him by keeping his commandments.
Angie, hallelujah and praise God for the negative test results! My friend also had asked me to pray after she got tested and hers was also negative.
Ash, praying for you and your husband.
Dorothy, praying for your sister and your upcoming move.
Diana, thank you for sharing the story about you and your friend. Praying for you two.
Mari V., congratulations to your daughter! Exciting to hear she loves Jesus – it blesses my heart to hear about youth who believe and walk with the Lord.
Taylor, thank you for always sharing your thoughts and a call to action or a question we can reflect on. I love the verse from Esther, it’s my phone’s home screen.
Praying for you and your husband, Lisa.
Michelle, what a beautiful prayer. Thank you for sharing!
Great summary, Tina! Thanks for sharing.
I am glad this study opened my eyes to Ecclesiastes, although it’s a tough book to read sometimes.
Have a great weekend ladies.
Fear God and keep His commands…amen and amen again.
ANGIE, I am fighting with my Kindle right now! PRAISING GOD for your negative test results!!!
I hope you see this correction and offer my sincerest apologies. Probably multiple posts, ladies, since my Kindle is acting weird. So sorry!
ANGIE – WHAT I TYPED WAS : PRAISING GOD FOR YOUR NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS!!! My sincerest apologies for the changes Kindle made to my comment!
ANGIE – PessimistIc for your negative test results and that you get to spend time with your precious family tonight!
Blessed by all the comments from you godly ladies!
Amen…powerful
Dear Diana Fleenor, I pray for your complete healing. I feel so prompted many times though until now i figure how to leave comment, I want to share with you the testimony of healing from Fibromyalgia of Niki Ochenski, you can search for this on youtube, under Andrew Wommack Ministries. They have done so many in-depth teachings on Healing series with testimonies of incurable diseases from real struggles, and through all God has faithfully healed and walked with the people. Please do not give up. God bless you. May you fight back any sickness that has kept you bound strongly like a warrior and renounce it in the name of Jesus.
Angie, in response to your post yesterday about what you can do this summer, I have been thinking about and will start after my move, sending out either Bible verses, sayings or even, in your case some of what you have posted, to different friends, family and church members. I was thinking of adding either a magnet or some cute or beautiful sticker or both so they can put it somewhere where they can read it daily. I have done this with multiple sayings from books I have read. I have one on my TV I read every morning and night and I have two on my fridge. I have written mine on colored index cards (which you can buy in large packages cheap).
Ash, might I suggest you and your husband go on Facebook to Life 88.5, it’s a Kansas City based Christian radio, and check out #togetherkc. They helped area churches with a protest in a main area of Kansas City.
Pam K., I worked several years with dementia patients and it’s a devastating disease. I am praying for your family and you but know you will meet again one day.
The last two verses of Ecclesiastes 12 “13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” is how I need to start to live. Father, help me to keep your commandments and remember You and Your Son are the Ones to obey, You are the Ones to bow down to, the Ones who are there when I need some one. You are there in the good times and the bad times. Amen.
Gosh. Just so much perspective, phrased so simply.
Michelle reading, no praying your pray I felt as if God gave you those words for me. That was my life! Thank you for putting how I lived and felt into words. God Bless!
I don’t have a lot of energy to write this morning, but I wanted to thank you for your prayers. And to share one quick praise. A friend with a similar illness has been struggling in the pit of suicidal thoughts and the other night we cried out to the Lord together in a deeper way than before. Last night, two days later, she told me that though her pain still haunts her, she has come to truly believe she is a child of God! Her expressed confidence in this truth is greater than I’ve ever heard and I am just so grateful to the Lord. So even as I feel my own pain and difficulty, I see the Lord working through what might seem like “vanity”. Though we have trouble in this world, we can take heart because Jesus has overcome the world (of vanity)!
After this reading, I’m going to reflect today and enjoy the life god has given me! I’m going to be thankful for this day, his faithfulness, provision, forgiveness, and eternal love.
Last night my daughter graduated from eighth grade. Virtually. Even though everything looked different for the class of 2020 our students will never forget this! We made it extra special for them with beautiful yard signs acknowledging our graduates! I’m sure that all over the US you saw all those 2020 yard signs. My verse for my daughter is 1Timothy 4:12. Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young…
She is blossoming into a beautiful young lady who loves Jesus! My heart is filled with joy! Even though she can be a little stinker at times, life has been hard for her but she fixes her eyes on Jesus and encourages others to do the same. Last night we made some noise! To keep the social distance in order our family and friends came in their vehicles with the balloons honking in her honor. SO BLESSED!
This has been widely shared on the internet and I wanted to share with you ladies today:
“What if 2020 isn’t cancelled?
What if 2020 is the year we’ve been waiting for?
A year so uncomfortable, so painful, so scary, so raw – that it finally forces us to grow.
A year that screams so loud, finally awakening us from our ignorant slumber.
A year we finally accept the need for change. Declare change. Work for change. Become the change.
A year we finally band together, instead of pushing each other further apart.
2020 isn’t cancelled, but rather than most important year of them all. – Leslie Dwight”
What Bailey said in her devotion “… that growth meant a sharp change in perspective.” drew me to this statement. A church leader replied to this post on my Facebook and quoted Esther 4:14 “For such a time as this”
When we are followers of Christ, God gives us a Kingdom mindset or a Kingdom perspective. My prayer is that as I walk this journey through these uncharted times, I would always be viewing the world the way God sees it. That I would follow His will and His call to action, whatever that action may be. We are all living in this tumultuous time FOR A REASON. I firmly believe that. How is the Lord calling you in this season? Love you all SRT sisters have a great weekend <3
Amen, what a great end to what has not been an easy study for me. Can’t say I will rush to read Ecclesiastes again anytime soon, but today’s concluding chapter and Jessica’s essay do make the point of why this book is there, where we need to be, what we need to remember, and it’s so incredibly relevant to our current world, as it always has been under the sun.
Asking SRT sisters for prayers today. My heart is breaking. One of our pastors delivered a message with a politically biased example that offended my husband and me. We brought it to her attention. She apologized for our feelings but maintained it was just an example and showed no bias. Claimed she does not preach politics. We took it to the head pastor. He didnt even respond to us, even though we asked. We were told he was aware and was copied on the reply. The conversation was all through email. We are so devastated. We do not want to attend a church that preaches politics. We have been there for years and this is the first time we have heard anything political. We love our church. We now feel unwelcome. The church only seems to welcome those of like political mind. We are so broken by this. We do not feel we can continue to attend, albeit virtually. We are going to discuss our concerns with our small group but expect no support. We are befuddled and so sad. Thank you for listening.
Perhaps it needs to be just Jesus and us as we look for a new place to worship. I am so scattered about this, thoughts racing, confused.
Lisa, I feel your heart. This time is so hard. We live in a place where it would be impossible to find a church that agrees with us politically. Everything being said is being scrutinized so critically. My hope is that we can all extend grace to each other while the landscape is changing so quickly and we are all learning how to be more sensitive. I feel for you and your pastor, and pray for reconciliation.
Ash H., praying for your husband as he opens the prayer station Sunday at the BLM protest. That is so wonderful.
Pam K., praying for you and your family as your dad prepares to go Home. Celebrating with you his many years of love and service to the Lord. Unlike the Ecclesiastes reading of today…he didn’t get to the end of his life in a negative way…he used his days for the Lord. He lived a wise life, feared God, and kept his commands. While our salvation is not tied to our works, I believe when He sees the love, face to face in Jesus’s eyes your dad will be glad for his diligence and the honor it brought to His Savior. His race is almost finished and while he won…way back when he first made Jesus his Lord and Savior, he ran well and will cross the finish line to his eternal Home. I know you will miss him. I miss my dad, although I know he is Home with Jesus. We miss my mother-in-law (this week it is a year she has been Home). But, instead of wanting them back here, we look forward to the day we can all worship before the King together!
Diana, as I pray for you to have wisdom in the judgement of what you are able, and should or should not do, I must pray it for myself as well. That is a lesson God is still working on me with…but I will pray for both of us.
Maura, this morning when I listened and sang along with the song by Stars Grow Dim, “You know me better,” I prayed for your time with your daughter and grandchildren. I’m excited for you.
Sarah D., I admire your love for your sister and trying to help her know Jesus as Lord and Savior. I have two sisters. While we were taught the Truth when we were young, only two of us are serving the Lord. I pray for my youngest sister who is not where she should be. She lives very far away and I have not done a good job of reaching out to her. I loved your garden analogy too. This year when I planted our garden it was different. Normally I am trying to get the ground tilled, those seeds thrown in, just because I need to get it done so we have the produce…no joy. This year, as I prepared the ground I thanked God for the strength to run the tiller. As I put each seed in I spent time in awe over the wonder of God and how these seeds burst open, becomes a plant, and provides fruit as well as the seeds for future life. When I took the time, it became sacred.
Erin Ford, Kaitlyn, and other young moms – With my children now grown, and a few grandchildren even…I think back to my years with little ones. It can be exhausting at stages, it can be loud, it can be messy, it can be organized chaos, or even unorganized chaos, and it is the time of the most beautiful memories and wonder. Godly young moms, you are beautiful – yes, even sticky from nursing, walking around sleep deprived, sweaty from chasing kids all day, and hair that maybe, was brushed yesterday? On the day where everything seems to not be going right. On the day when, hey…wow, this has been an easy day. And, the days in between – you are radiant. You are a blessing. You are beautiful!
And, Nancy, I love the reminder that while Solomon saw nothing new under the son, we rest in the promise and truth that All Things Are New Under the Son-Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our Savior, our Lord!
My test results came back yesterday that I am negative for Covid. So many prayed that I would be. My husband was so sick, and I had a couple days that I felt just plain awful. Either that was stress induced, exhaustion showing itself, or a touch of a flu or a result of trying to do too much – but it wasn’t Covid. Praise God for answered prayer. I give Him all the glory. And…, after so long of not getting to spend time with my grandchildren that live locally, after missing my granddaughters 1st birthday party…I get to see them tonight. I am super excited.
Fear God, Keep His commands, rest in His love and give Him all the praise. Amen.
Michelle, what a beautiful prayer. So thankful for you and all of you ladies who are committed to seeking Truth day after day. God is faithful, and He’s called us into the world “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14). Blessings to all.
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“May we ask that our souls be set on fire every day, even in some small way, recalling with fondness when the kindling was first struck.”
YES and AMEN!
Thank you Churchmouse for capturing so concisely what I am feeling today.
Ladies: thank you all for sharing your hearts once again through our lessons.
SRT: thank you for another wonderful devotion! I’m looking forward to “Women & Men in the Word.
Praying God’s peace and hope for you all today.
I don’t write anything often. Most times I believe I don’t have the right words. But, I do enjoy learning from SRT and the opinions and words of all SRT sisters that write often. Your words keep challenging me to look deeper into exactly what I’m reading. But today, through this study I am more than grateful for the nudge to write my piece. I wrote this prayer
Father,
Thank you for rescuing me. I grew up in Church, but I was too blind to see what was in front of me. I decided I was going out into the world to do my thing. Not knowing that you were with me all the way in my journey. Even when I wasn’t looking you were always with me, holding my right hand, showing grace and patience in abundance … until that day that I finally saw everything! Your patience with me is all overwhelming as you knew I’d return. I am blessed to have such a Father who never gave up, waited for me, watched over me, and guided me back home to you when the time was right. I missed many years of really getting to know you, but I am making up for it now. Your son Jesus saved me, and I truly thank all my family and friends who allowed me to come closer to you. As Tina said (thank you Tina and Churchmouse): it doesn’t matter when you found me, you are here now, we are together now … this, is our journey. I love you with All my heart, All my soul, and All my mind. AMEN.
Michelle you have described me. I was raised in church, but became rebellious. I’m not proud of it at all. I want deep roots in Jesus. SRT and all you lovely ladies are helping me to get that. Thank you! Have a blessed weekend ❤️.
Tina thank you for sharing, we are all children in His eyes.
I attended church my entire life started teaching Subday School at the age of 15, and when I was in my 20’s I knew I was missing somethings, but what missing? Then God led me to a book, The Helper, but Katherine Marshall,and that was it. The Holy Spirit took over, I have to laugh because I bought every copy I could and mailed to everyone! What a blessing, nor I am a grandmother and I see the sparkles in my grandsons eyes and am waiting for that amazing moment when they look to the Holy Spirit for direction and comfort.
I was taught/told a long time ago that Proverbs was written by Solomon during his time of closely walking with the Lord and Ecclesiastes was written after he started to fall away from his walk with the Lord. I’ve always appreciated this because though there is very obviously still some wisdom in Ecclesiastes, it is clear to me how futile everything is without the Lord and without His perspective. I fully believe He has a perfect plan and purpose for each person (whether or not we fulfill it) during their short time on the earth, and that if we are walking with Him then it is not futility at all because we are walking in the destiny and purpose He has for us.
I do love this perspective about how a baby’s world changes every day. I have four little ones, my youngest being 10 months old, and it is so true that you appreciate just how fast it goes even more after having had another one, I think. My oldest is almost 9 and I just can’t believe time has passed that quickly! I’m so thankful for the promises of the Lord that my life is not in vain and futility as I walk with Him. My prayer is that I fulfill my entire purpose on this earth, and that I can help others to fulfill theirs as well.
This is been a good study. Solomon said “There is nothing new under the sun”. Yet with Christ all things are new-we gain a new perspective on life! Thank you Jesus!
There is nothing new under the sun! It is in regards to the works of man! There are no new systems of doing things, no new ways to approaching things, no new music, etc. it’s all been looked at, sang about, talked about, parented, invented, etc. People have been about the same whether it’s 1920 or 2020. In context, that is what the teacher in Ecclesiastes is referring to.
When we get born again in Christ the old man dies and we become a new creature. Read the context of 2 Corinthians 5:17, for Paul is not talking about the things of this world, but the inner man is made new. It is echoing John chapter 3.
I love you, and your zeal to make them come together, but they are two separate things.
I feel like this is saying, in these final chapters of Ecclesiastes…
When ALL is said and done, when we have done ALL the earthly things we think we should do, when we have exhausted ourselves, to falling on our knees, when ALL our learning, searching and looking for, leads us everywhere, yet nowhere in particular. when our hearts are superficially filled, and just as quickly emptied, and we have no understanding why… when we have no more earthly places to go, see, look to, hold on to, or even believe in..
Read away, search away..
But..
When ALL is said and done..
But God…
What it all comes down to, what we read, learn, experience, search, seek, spend our lives looking for, is to fear God, and keep His commands.. mistakes we have made will be judged by Him, by and in Grace…, we should live in reverence of the Lord God
The beginning of chapter 12 had me panic for a micro second, as it was sounding to me like we should know God in our youth, but almost immediately, I had a word in my mind to say, ‘.. it doesn’t matter when you found me, you are here now, we are together now…this, is our journey..’
Thankful Lord God for your presence in my life, for our walk/journeying together. For your love, guidance, protection, grace…for it all, Thank you Lord God, that ALL I need is you, YOU Lord.
Happy Friday ya’ll!
Praying blessings over all…
Amen!
“So remember your Creator in the days of your youth.”
I came to a saving knowledge of Jesus in my late twenties, though I had been taken to church since birth. I’m glad I came to know Him when I was young and had a lot of living yet ahead of me. The journey of faith jostled along with sometimes great growth and other times at a near standstill. It was at those times that this verse would come to mind. It reminded me to recall the foundational Truth and passion of the early years, to remember those tender roots just forming that have gone deeper and held firm over many years. I’m grateful for those who led me to Jesus and who invested in me back then. Whatever the age we were introduced to Jesus, may we remember today the peace and hope that came with the invitation. When the journey seems to be slowing and the days are hard and long and we are simply getting older and tired, may we be energized and encouraged by the remembering. May we be grateful for the early years of enthusiasm. May we ask that our souls be set on fire for the Lord every day even in some small way, recalling with fondness when the kindling was first struck.
Love this!
I love this too! I still remember when I gave my life to Christ as a junior in high school. It was amazing! Just thinking about it brings back those wonderful feelings.
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This is worth reading again: But the path to seeing our days differently is made clear here, because there is more to see than we once thought. For every single one of us, the key to meaning is the same: fear God, and keep His commands.
This is for all of us, because God is for all of us. He is our Creator, whose eyes saw us while we were still being formed (Psalm 139). He is our Sustainer, who knows when a single sparrow falls, clothes the flowers of the field, and anticipates our needs and worries (Matthew 6:25–34;10:29–31; 1Peter 5:7). He is our Savior, who invites us to follow Him and be part of His kingdom work here and now. His Word equips us to see our world through His perspective, and recast all our days in light of eternity.
I get anxious. I have something coming up and I’m worried. The Scriptures above remind me that He knows what’s coming and I can pray and remember that He is always with me and can help
me through this. I know these Scriptures, but the timing of thinking about these truthS was perfect! Thank you, God for using this devotional.
I get weary and tired. Thank you for the reminder that He is our Sustainer and we have a Savior, How precious Jesus is! His Word is a lamp unto our feet! When I am weak, He is strong. I am thankful that I don’t have to do anything in my own strength. I know He is faithful and will help me through. I heard this song today that I don’t hear that often and that is going through my head right now. It is called: When I call on Jesus: https://youtu.be/T2huBZn4-K0
Hallelujah! Please listen and be encouraged.
A M E N!!!
Wow. Thank you so much for this study – It has been one of my favorites! So much wisdom and so many acute observations about the world around us and how we choose to live in it. These verses will stay with me as I watch my own 8-month-old explore his ever-expanding world today. Such a humbling perspective. Thanks!