(The Rabbi’s Vault is a collection of things that I come across that I want to remember: Scripture, quotes, stories, humor, cartoons, song lyrics, videos, articles, etc. Perhaps you will find them of interest as well.)
Here is a great attitude from Calvin and Hobbes to go into 2024 with…
From my journal:
I am currently pondering my way through Isaiah. Here is an entry from today as I pondered Isaiah 6…
Reflection: Isaiah’s famous response in verse 8, “Here am I. Send me!” is a reaction to the holiness of God. How would my life be changed if I “saw the Lord” as Isaiah did and was overwhelmed, as Isaiah was, by God’s holiness.
Prayer: Lord, here is my question – How would my life need to change to have a vision like Isaiah had OR did Isaiah’s life change because he had a vision and “saw the Lord.” Would You help me, by Your Spirit, to recognize You as The Holy One and not to just intellectually Know that “God is holy.”
From my Reading:
I am currently reading Prayer by Philip Yancey and these quotes caught my attention this week:
“Why then is prayer so problematic? The British pastor Martin Lloyd Jones summed up the confusion: “Of all the activities in which the Christian engages, and which are part of the Christian life, there is surely none which causes so much perplexity, and raises so many problems, as the activity which we call prayer.” (p. 16)
“Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn’t act the way we want God to, and why I don’t act the way God wants me to. Prayer is the precise point where these themes intersect.” (p. 17)
Sunday afternoons
Most Sunday afternoons around 1:15 pm Linda and I go hiking with whoever wants to join us. We generally hike one of the great trails around the Eno River near our home. This past Sunday we did the Cabeland Trail hike at Eno State Park. If you want to get on our Hiking Group text list just let me know. Here is our hiking crew from this past Sunday…
