protection | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:44:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg protection | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 A Table in Presence of my Foes https://anitamathias.com/2013/09/23/table-presence-foes/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/09/23/table-presence-foes/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:35:41 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=48296 I am reading the story of Jacob in Genesis.   Jacob was in a most unpromising position to make a fortune.   “Name your wages,” Laban said, and Jacob did, modest ones: the streaked and speckled sheep and goats, and dark sheep (Gen 31-32). (Sheep were normally pure white, and goats pitch black).   Laban […]

The post A Table in Presence of my Foes first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2013/09/23/table-presence-foes/feed/ 6 In which, oddly, there is protection for sheep among wolves https://anitamathias.com/2010/04/14/sheep-among-wolves/ Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:19:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2010/04/14/sheep-among-wolves/ I woke up today with the words of Jesus in my head (I wish that happened more often!). “I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as wise as a serpent, and as innocent as a dove.” What a vivid image! What protection might a lamb, surrounded by a herd of wolves, […]

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