Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Our Aylesbury ducks, Buttercup and Daisy who HAVE given up all ambition How strange to think of giving up all ambition! Suddenly I see with such clear eyes The white flake of snow That has just fallen … [Continue reading]
Eleven lines, but so much balm. I have heard the Psalms all my life (a cradle Catholic) and have been reading them myself for 4 decades, since my teens.This is one of those Psalms which instantly calms me, the words themselves, even before the … [Continue reading]
Eleven lines, but so much balm. I have heard the Psalms all my life (a cradle Catholic) and have been reading them myself for 4 decades, since my teens. This is one of those Psalms which instantly calms me, the words themselves, even before the … [Continue reading]
NIV Notes--Jacob represented Israel--as a people who struggled with both God and human beings and overcame, and as a source of blessing to the nations.Genesis 37Joseph’s Dreams 1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had … [Continue reading]
The Pharisees Question Jesus, Tissot Matthew 12Jesus and Beelzebul 22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were … [Continue reading]
El Shaddai, Genesis 35, Day 35, Feb 4th, Read Through the Bible ProjectGenesis 35ESV notes--Transformed by the experiences at Bethel and Peniel, Jacob now begins to assume the mantle of his father as the one through whom the divine promises to … [Continue reading]
19 By wisdom the LORD laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;20 by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. 21 My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your … [Continue reading]
El Shaddai, Genesis 35, Day 35, Feb 4th, Read Through the Bible Project Genesis 35 ESV notes--Transformed by the experiences at Bethel and Peniel, Jacob now begins to assume the mantle of his father as the one through whom the divine promises to … [Continue reading]