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A God-Sized Puzzle
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A journey to learn and discover multiple views of the Divine in hopes of adding pieces to my God-sized Puzzle.I wish to collect these puzzle pieces and take a lifetime putting them together. My journey is a search to better understand my fellow man a
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Wrestling with God and Man: Part 4- Sister Rivalry
Genesis 29:31-32 (NIV)31 When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my ...
Wrestling with God and Man: Part 3- The Deciever Becomes the Bargainer
Genesis 28:10-15 (NIV) 10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a d...
Wrestling with God and Man: Part 2- Deciever and Decieved
Genesis 25:29-34 (NIV)29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.) 31 Jacob replied, "Fir...
Wrestling with God and Man: Part 1- A Divided House
Genesis 25:21-23 (NIV) 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening...
What Are You Doing Here?
1 Kings 19:9-13 (NIV) 9 ...And the word of the LORD came to him: "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 10 He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put you...
The Kindness of Strangers
Genesis 19:24-25 (NIV) 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation ...
The Righteousness of Noah
Genesis 6:9, 22 (KJV)9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.I have been rereading Genesis and it surprises ...
Am I My Brother's Keeper?
Genesis 4:2-9 (NIV) 2...Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. 4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LOR...
