Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Psalm 69 (the parts in bold are what resonate with me right now)
Psalm 69
English Standard Version (ESV)
Save Me, O God
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David.
69 Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my neck.[a]
2 I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.
3 I am weary with my crying out;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.
For the waters have come up to my neck.[a]
2 I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.
3 I am weary with my crying out;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.
4 More in number than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
5 O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
are those who hate me without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
5 O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
6 Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
7 For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.
O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
7 For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.
9 For zeal for your house has consumed me,
and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and humbled[b] my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
12 I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make songs about me.
and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and humbled[b] my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
12 I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make songs about me.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14 Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14 Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
16 Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
17 Hide not your face from your servant;
for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
17 Hide not your face from your servant;
for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19 You know my reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20 Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none,
and for comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20 Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none,
and for comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
22 Let their own table before them become a snare;
and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.[c]
23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25 May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
27 Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.[d]
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.[c]
23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25 May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
27 Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.[d]
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
30 I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox
or a bull with horns and hoofs.
32 When the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33 For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox
or a bull with horns and hoofs.
32 When the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33 For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 For God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
36 the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 For God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
36 the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
Emotional Crisis
Alas, my friends. I am not feeling so good.
Have you ever been in a car and the driver slams on the brakes? You fly forward and crash into the seat in front of you, or into the windshield. That jolt, that shock, that BOOM is what I'm feeling right now.
This weekend was really busy for me. On top of that, I was kind of disconnected from the rest of the world.
So, on Friday, I was to meet an old friend from high school, and it was a nice reunion, but it was cut very short due to my friend being sick.
Then, Saturday, all I did was practice and practice--Next Sunday, I'll be playing the piano accompaniment to "Healing is in you hands" while someone sings it. Also, I went out to do a lot of errands. Saturday was super busy.
Finally, on Sunday, everything is going very well. There's church, then there's lunch, then I go back to the church to practice the before mentioned song with the singer. It was close to perfect! But soonafter, upon learning that the preacher was sick, I decided to help the Youth Pastor set up to teach that night.
So far, this weekend has been pretty good, aside from exhaustion and business. But then, at the end of the service, I finally checked my Facebook on my phone. I had a message from my Chemistry lab partner telling me not to worry about doing anything as far as our lab report went.
Then the brakes were slammed and I flew through the windshield....
ACK! WE HAD A LAB REPORT DUE AND I TOTALLY JUST LEFT MY PARTNER HANGING!!!
This morning, I received an email in which my partner explained that everything was done and that she would see me in lab today. Woe is me. I need to find a way to apologize.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Intellectual Crisis
Answer...
Which is more reactive toward water, sodium or potassium? Based on your observations, what might you predict about the relative reactivity of lithium, sodium, potassium and rubidium toward water?
Identify...
Ebionism- Docetism- kenosis- cosmology- cosmogony- Sea/ Sea Monster- Leviathan/dragon-Enuma Elish- Torah-composite narrative- Post Mosaica- Julius Wellhausen- Documentary Hypothesis- JEDP- polytheism- henotheism- monotheism
Explain...
Relationship between Truth and History
Theological significance of the Sea in Ancient Israel
Satan and the Sea as opponents of God in the Hebrew Scriptures
Evidence in the Hebrew Scriptures for belief in multiple gods
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It's been awhile. Even after the optimism and promise of the last post! A promise broken... It's a real good thing I'm not God!
So anyway, above is what I've been dealing with.... And since tomorrow's the beginning of my midterm exams on these things, I guess I should be studying rather than blogging about them. But that's ok. Just goes to show you how important you are to me.
The first question has to do with Chemistry. Should any chemically-minded reader of mine feel the desire to help me out, I welcome you!
The other two are for my Biblical Perspectives class. It's all pretty heavy. I might talk about it some other time.
Ok. Gotta go.
P.S. I added new pages to this blog here. You should check them out.
K. Bye.
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