10 Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. 11 He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you… Read More »Numbers 11:10-15 “Kill me, I pray Thee, I am not able to bear all this alone”
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psalm 8:3-4 When… Read More »From Psalms to Poets: Pondering the Universe’s Majesty in Psalm 8:3-4 and Walt Whitman’s ‘When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer’
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. 22 This is… Read More »Job 9:21 – “Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul”
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?And he answered and… Read More »Matthew 26:22 – Lord is it I?
The Apostle Paul is in Athens, and he encounters certain philosophers from the schools of Epicureans and Stoics. The Epicureans were followers of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, who emphasized pleasure and the avoidance of pain as the ultimate goals in… Read More »Acts 17:18 – “What will (Paul) the babbler say”
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Acts 17:28 In this verse, the Apostle Paul is addressing the Athenians during his… Read More »Acts 17:28 – “As certain also of your own poets have said”
From Luke to Theophilus: Many have undertaken to record this wondrous story, Events delivered by those eyewitnesses of glory, Ministers of the Word. It seemed good that I also should endeavor, to write an ordered account, in which you have… Read More »Luke Chapter 1 Retold in Poetic Prose
After infertility and aging left Elizabeth resigned to childlessness, she miraculously conceived. But rather than announce this blessing, she withdrew for five months of seclusion. Why did she hide herself instead of sharing this good news? 24 And after those days… Read More »Luke 1:24-25 Pondering Miracles in Solitude: Elizabeth’s Five Hidden Months
There is a scripture that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints learned as youth growing up; it may have been emphasized in seminary classes: 30 But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not… Read More »Mosiah 4:30: if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts
With hesitant steps, the elder brother moved towards his father, trying to grasp it, grace. Yet, as he drew nearer, the weight of pride held him back, an invisible barrier he couldn’t breach. He wrestled the conflicting emotions, torn between… Read More »Continuation of the Parable of the Elder Son, part 3