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wisdom

  • Counting What Truly Counts

    Scripture Focus: Psalm 90:12 “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90 is written against the vast backdrop of God’s eternity. Mountains rise and fall, generations come and go, yet God remains. In that setting, Psalm 90:12 emerges not as a lament, but as a prayer…

  • Borrowed Wisdom, Eternal Source

    Scripture Focus: Daniel 2:20 “Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his.” Daniel 2:20 is spoken in a moment when answers mattered—urgently. Lives were at stake. The most powerful ruler on earth demanded insight that none of his experts could produce. Yet when…

  • Rooms Too Small for Your Sky

    There are gatheringswhere your presence registerslike a dropped pin in a hurricane—there, but swallowed,a soft sound beneath louder storms. You speak,and your syllables driftlike paper boats on concrete,searching for water that isn’t there,for eyes that aren’t looking. You laugh on cue,fold your brightness into polite corners,trim your sentences to fittheir small attention spans,as if your…

  • Joseph

    Joseph’s story begins with a coat and a calling. As a teenager in his father’s house, he wore a garment that said, without words, “You are favored.” “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children… and he made him a coat of many colours” (Genesis 37:3). That visible favoritism, combined with God-given dreams of…

  • Gog and Magog and the Final Rebellion

    “Gog and Magog” are names that stir a lot of curiosity—and sometimes a lot of speculation. Some connect them to modern nations; others to particular political events. Scripture itself, however, anchors them in two main passages, and keeping those passages clear in our minds removes much of the confusion and fear. The first is Ezekiel…