Tag: Hope
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Day 030: “God Saw, and God Knew” (Exodus 2:25)
Exodus 2:25 offers a quiet turning point in Israel’s story. After generations of suffering and silence, Scripture says simply: “God saw, and God knew.” This is not distant awareness, but intimate, covenantal knowledge—the assurance that God is present even when deliverance has not yet come.
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Day 005: The Weight of Grief, the Weight of Glory (Job 6:2–3)
ob compares his grief to the sands of the sea, unbearable and unmeasurable. C.S. Lewis calls our future hope in Christ a “weight of glory.” This post contrasts Job’s crushing sorrow with Paul’s promise of glory beyond all comparison (2 Corinthians 4:17–18), showing how the gospel transforms grief into hope.
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Day 344: Wake, Not Woke (Romans 13:11
In a world where “woke” has become a political lightning rod, Romans 13:11 calls believers to something far deeper and far older: waking up from spiritual slumber. Paul urges us to rise, not because the darkness is frightening, but because the dawn is breaking and Jesus is near.
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Day 342: Counting Stars With Aging Eyes (Romans 4:18-21; Genesis 15:5)
Abraham was an old man with tired eyes when God told him to count the stars. Thousands of years later, even with telescopes that peer to the edge of the universe, we’re no closer to numbering them. And maybe that’s the point: God calls us to trust promises we cannot yet see.
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Day 338: Comfort Food (2 Corinthians 1:3-7)
On a gray, comfort-food kind of day, Paul reminds us that God is the One who comes alongside us in our affliction—and His comfort is meant to be shared.
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Day 302: The Other Time Jesus Got Mad (John 11)
Most people remember Jesus cleansing the temple as the one time He got angry. But in John 11, Jesus’ anger burns again—this time, not against people, but against death itself. When He stood at Lazarus’s tomb, He “snorted with anger,” confronting the Great Interrupter that had marred His Father’s perfect design.
