Yearly archives: 2024

The Earth

October 26, 2024 testadmin

See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it;
he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants—
it will be the same for priest as for people,
for master as for servant,
for mistress as for maid,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.

The earth will be completely laid waste and
totally plundered.
The Lord has spoken this word.

The earth dries up and withers,
the world languishes and withers,
the exalted of the earth languish.
The earth is defiled by its people,
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes and broken the
everlasting covenant.

Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.

Isaiah 24:1-6

Next Generation

October 25, 2024 testadmin

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God,
till I declare your power to the next generation, your might
to all who are to come.

Psalm 71:18

I will sing of the love of the Lord forever; with my
mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all
generations.

Psalm 89:1

It Is not Enough

October 24, 2024 testadmin

 

It is not enough to be right; one must know how to be right.

Machado de Assis (1839-1908)

The Functionaries

October 23, 2024 testadmin

 

“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be
truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men,
the functionaries ready to believe and to act without
asking questions.” ―

Primo Levi (1919-1987)

All You Who Light Fires

October 22, 2024 testadmin

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word
of his servant?

Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light,
trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

But now, all you who light fires and provide
yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the
light of your fires and of the torches you have
set ablaze.
This is what you shall receive from my hand:
You will lie down in torment.

Isaiah 50: 10,11

The Plan

October 1, 2024 testadmin

The Lord Almighty has sworn,
“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as
I have purposed, so it will stand.

Isaiah 14:24

This is the plan determined for the whole world;
this is the hand stretched out over all nations.

For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can
thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

Isaiah 14:26, 27

 

The Appointed Time

September 30, 2024 testadmin

You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge uprightly.

When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.

To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up
your horns. Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with
outstretched neck.’ “

No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man. But it
is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

In the hand of the Lord is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices;
he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very
dregs.

Psalm 75:2-8

Give Us Aid

September 21, 2024 testadmin

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.

Psalm 108:12,13

Come To Nothing

September 17, 2024 testadmin

 

The wicked man will see and be vexed,
he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the
longings of the wicked will come to nothing.

Psalm 112:10

Peoples Of The Earth

September 4, 2024 testadmin

All the peoples of the earth
are regarded as nothing.
He does as he pleases
with the powers of heaven
and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back His hand
or say to him: “What have you
done?”

Daniel 4:35