glory in knowing Him

Thus says the Lord: 

“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, 

let not the mighty man glory in his might, 

let not the rich man glory in his riches; 

but let him who glories glory in this, 

that he understands and knows me, 

that I am the Lord 

who practice steadfast love,

justice, and righteousness in the earth; 

for in these things I delight, 

says the Lord.”

  Jeremiah 9:23-24 RSV

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we are glad

Then our mouth was filled with laughter,

    and our tongue with shouts of joy;

then they said among the nations,

    “The Lord has done great things for them.”

The Lord has done great things for us;

    we are glad.

Psalm 126:2-3 RSV

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as surely as

For as [surely as] the earth 

brings forth its shoots, 

and as a garden causes what is sown in it 

to spring forth, 

so [surely] the Lord God 

will cause rightness and justice and praise 

to spring forth before all the nations 

[through the self-fulfilling power of His word].

Isaiah 61:11 Amplified

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Enlarging

“Clear lots of ground for your tents!

    Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big!

Use plenty of rope,

    drive the tent pegs deep.

You’re going to need lots of elbow room

    for your growing family.

You’re going to take over whole nations;

    you’re going to resettle abandoned cities

Isaiah 54:2-3 The Message

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raise the roof

Heavens, raise the roof! Earth, wake the dead!

    Mountains, send up cheers!

God has comforted his people.

    He has tenderly nursed his beaten-up, beaten-down people.

Isaiah 49:13 The Message

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no other rock

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel

    and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:

“I am the first and I am the last;

    besides me there is no god.

Who is like me? Let him proclaim it,

    let him declare and set it forth before me.

Who has announced from of old the things to come?

    Let them tell us what is yet to be.

Fear not, nor be afraid;

    have I not told you from of old and declared it?

    And you are my witnesses!

Is there a God besides me?

    There is no Rock; I know not any.”

Isaiah 446-8 RSV

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ice

Who is the mother of the ice?

    Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?

For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,

    and the surface of the water freezes.

Job 38:29-30 NLT

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are you standing firm?

The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.

    They plot crooked schemes.

They lie to convict the poor,

    even when the cause of the poor is just.

But generous people plan to do what is generous,

    and they stand firm in their generosity.

Isaiah 32:7-8 NL

I am choosing to stand firm.

In what ways is the Lord asking you to do the same?

Have you followed the Compassion Bloggers?

The World Help Bloggers?

Do you feel called to go?

Or perhaps you're called to send?

Do you want to know more about the work Rick & I plan to do in Malawi?

Ask me!

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government of love

A new government of love will be established

    in the venerable David tradition.

A Ruler you can depend upon

    will head this government,

A Ruler passionate for justice,

    a Ruler quick to set things right.

Isaiah 16:5 The Message

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pure and genuine

Pure and genuine religion 

in the sight of God the Father 

means caring for orphans and widows in their distress 

and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

James 1:27 NLT

I'm following the WorldHelp bloggers in Africa

come along here

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all His

The day is yours, and yours also the night;

    you established the sun and moon.

It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;

    you made both summer and winter.

Psalm 74:16-17 NIV

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everything beautiful

He has made everything beautiful in its time. 

He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds 

[a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages 

which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy],

yet so that men cannot find out what God has done 

from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 Amplified

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Mary's song

And Mary said:

“My soul glorifies the Lord

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

for he has been mindful

of the humble state of his servant.

From now on all generations will call me blessed,

for the Mighty One has done great things for me—

holy is his name.

Luke 1:46-49 NIV

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God spoke "Light"

First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—

all you see, all you don’t see. 

Earth was a soup of nothingness, 

a bottomless emptiness, 

an inky blackness. 

God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss. 

God spoke: “Light!” 

And light appeared.  

Genesis 1:1-3

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Deep waiting begins

Those who live at the ends of the earth

    stand in awe of your wonders.

From where the sun rises to where it sets,

    you inspire shouts of joy.

Psalm 65:8 NLT

as a time of waiting begins deep
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light source

The sun shall no more be your light by day, 

nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you, 

but the Lord shall be to you an everlasting light, 

and your God your glory and your beauty. 

Isaiah 60:19 Amplified

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Send me

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 

“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” 

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Isaiah 6:8 RSV

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