Tag: Restoration
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Parables of Priorities on the Way to Jerusalem (Luke 15)
In Luke 15, Jesus tells three parables about lost things—a sheep, a coin, and a son. Each story ends the same way: with rejoicing when what was lost is found. But the most famous of these stories, often called the Prodigal Son, reveals something even deeper about God’s priorities. The younger son is lost in…
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Day 319: The Sweet Aroma of Redemption (John 21:9-12)
When Peter smelled the charcoal fire on the shore of Galilee, he was pulled back to the night of his greatest failure. But Jesus didn’t build that fire to shame him—He built it to restore him. Jesus didn’t need the fish that morning. He wanted the fisherman.
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Day 272: The Last Psalm (Psalm 126)
Psalm 126 celebrates God’s power to restore His people, turning tears of sorrow into songs of joy. This post reflects on the joy of the exiles returning to Zion, and the promise that those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
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Day 268: Did God Command Divorce in Ezra? (Ezra 7-10)
Ezra responds to Israel’s sin of foreign marriages with deep repentance, but did God actually command the divorces in Ezra 10—or was it Shecaniah’s idea? This reflection wrestles with the tension between law and grace, the wounds left for children, and the hope of restoration pointing forward to Christ.
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Day 213: From Devastation to Restoration (Comparing Isaiah 3 and 61)
Read the Bible Through: Isaiah 59-63
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Day 293: Why Does Jesus Call Peter Simon Bar-Jonah in Matthew 16?
In Matthew 16, Jesus calls Peter “Simon Bar-Jonah”—Simon, son of Jonah. Just a coincidence after mentioning the “sign of Jonah”? Not likely. Both Peter and Jonah ran from their calling, and both were swallowed by failure before being restored. Grace still finds us on the beach, frying fish over the coals, and saying, “Come and…