Develope a Palate

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Daily intake of the Word nourishes the Spirit. Jeremiah's Menu is an exercise in recognizing God's Word made flesh in and around me. Eating the Word in a way that supplies the spiritual nutrients needed to grow. The Menu is offered with the hope of inspiring you to taste and see that the Lord is good. Bon Appetite!

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Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. ---Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Psalm 119: Tsade

So... here we are... the eighteenth letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet... Tsade (tsah-dee)... the eighteenth stanza of Psalm 119...

Read Psalm 119: 137-144

Tsade is for "righteous"...

Righteous are you, O Lord, and your laws are right.
The statutes you have laid down are righteous;
they are fully right.
Psalm 119:137-138

God and His Word are never wrong...
He is always right... His Word... always... right...

Test it... the psalmist assures us they have been proved...

Your promises have been thoroughly tested...

found trustworthy...

...and Your servant loves them.

But in a broken world... a world bent on rebellion... it's hard to find righteousness... it's hard to find those who appreciate righteousness... there are plenty who want to be right... but to be told what is righteous... leaves us wrong...

My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore Your words...

Our Hebrew friend... worn out... consumed by his passion to see God's righteous Word upheld... what he loves... the world dismisses... disregards... rejects...

It's hard to be righteous... to stand for right... when everyone else ignores...

You are left feeling weird... an outsider... or... maybe... despised... ridiculed...

Trouble and distress have come upon me...

Loving what's right... in a wrong world... exhausts... however... I was reminded by a friend this week... that I am not where I belong... neither are you...


"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world."
---Jesus
John 16:33


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