by Amy | Dec 8, 2023 | Advent Readings
“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin…” Exodus 34:6-7a The forgiveness of the Almighty God. Is there any more resounding mark... by Amy | Dec 8, 2023 | Advent Readings
“Be still and know that I am God…” Psalm 46:10a One beautiful translation of that verse puts it this way, rather: “Cease your striving and know that I am God.” How often we continue pressing harder and harder, still feeling inadequate, though, and so trying even... by Amy | Dec 8, 2023 | Advent Readings
“But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cried aloud to the Lord, and He answered me from His holy hill.” Psalm 3:3-4 If we haven’t already, we will all eventually find a struggle that seems “beyond us.” Sometimes, the odds seem... by Amy | Dec 8, 2023 | Advent Readings
“Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29b Before Jesus’ coming, God had carefully set a redemptive balance wherein sin was carefully atoned by repentant sacrifice. Even the first sin in the Garden of Eden immediately found a blood... by Amy | Dec 8, 2023 | Advent Readings
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” 1 John 3:1 When God made us, it was from the overflow of a profoundly loving heart. He did not create us out of some sense of incompleteness or need. No, He...