Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time
22 When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 23 They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
The Temple Tax
24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
The Brothers Become Brothers, Gen. 44, Day 54, Feb 23, Blog Through the Bible Project.
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Peter Von Cornelius |
People do grow and change. In the process of maturation is hope for our world.
Genesis 44
A Silver Cup in a Sack
1 Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack. 2 Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” And he did as Joseph said.
The Lord is my Shield. Psalm 18, Day 53, Feb 22, Blog Through the Bible Project

Psalm 18
1 I love you, LORD, my strength.
David describes the protection to be found in God in many images–God is his rock, on which he is firmly grounded, a fortress or stronghold of protection, a shield, a deliverer.
NIV.
Rock, a common poetic metaphor for God was particularly appropriate to David’s experience for the Lord was his true security.
The turning point for David, as for many of God’s people through the ages was this: In this distress, he called to the Lord. And the Lord comes to his assistance, in a fearsome theophany
God’s unexpected protection that astounds you when you experience it.
The opposite of being hemmed in by threats and dangers.
This is generally the way God deals with his people.
This eventually proves true.
God helps David’s life and undertakings to flourish.
How can we know this is true? We act with the confidence that God is with us. And if what we are doing is the right thing, in accordance with his will, then, of course, he is.
Having had a life-changing (in terms of loss of fitness) serious ankle sprain, this is something I often pray.
NIV note–What David claims in this grand conclusion, and indeed in the whole psalm has been and is being fulfilled in Jesus Christ, David’s great descendant.
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