Dispair

May 2025

“Listen to my voice; THEN I will be your God and you shall be my people.” (Jeremiah 7:23) Dear Friends – When you read The Bible daily, year after year, you acquire a familiarity with His words that often has you knowing the story’s ending before you get there.  However, every now and then, God will shake up that familiarity by making a word or phrase jump out at you …

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September 2020

“A Canaanite woman came and called out, ‘Have pity on me, Lord.  My daughter is tormented by a demon.’ But He did not say a word in answer to her.” (Matthew 15:22-23) Dear Friends – The idea that Jesus ignored this begging mother, and didn’t even reply to her request immediately, seems very rude and ungodly to us at first glance. To make matters worse, the disciples came up and …

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