Anybody wants to post a Bible verse ?

[Duck]

Song of Solomon 1:12
While the king is at his table,
My spikenard sends forth its fragrance.

John 12:3
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

[MrBear]

Judges 16:5
And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

She would ask him 3 times and I thought to myself despite what we were shown in Sunday school comic books if Samson was this huge steroid  pumped up Arnold  Schwarzenegger looking man like we picture…. Delilah wouldn’t have to ask “ how are you so strong?”

I think he looked no different than you or me, God all through the Bible used the least expected to carry out his will :: Barren women, Moses, even the disciples were a group of misfits picked out so people wouldn’t say ‘ oh that’s just talented people’ , he clearly wanted people to know “ this is Gods work at hand”

So I think Samson would actually look just like us,. And like Samson God can use us to do great things to imbue us with the strength when we need it

People sometimes are afraid to ask God for things “ it’s too big” , “ I don’t want to bother him with this huge burden”

IS ANYTHING TOO BIG FOR GOD?

Its true that Samson did more in his last 5 minutes than he did his whole life , But when he needed it God gave him that strength he asked for?

and he will do that for us also 

Here is a poem about the little boy that held Samson’s hand it touched me ?

They gouged his eyes,
At first I could not bear to look,
Empty and raw and cruel,
I would not look,
The shock of emptiness knowing he would not see.

I watched the shaven head bowed low,
Rocking with the rhythm of the grindstone,
Round, round, round.

I watched the needless shackles,
Heavy and hard,
Biting the flesh,
That needs no binding.
 

Now,
It does not matter,
That his eyes are gone,
I am his eyes,
He sees through me,
He has to see through me,
There is no other way.
I have wept the tears he cannot weep,
For all those careless years
And I have learned to love this broken man
While he has learned, at last,
To fear his God.

So,
I am not afraid to die,
Happy to be his eyes,
This one last time,
Taking his hand,
Leading with practised care,
Step by guided step,
Into the place where he can pray:
‘Oh Lord, oh sovereign Lord’,
And as the pillars fall,
I cry,
Amen.

Ask him for strength and he will give it 

SHALOM❤️

Edited November 22, 2021 by MrBear

[Mama Etna]

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

[Walter and Deborah]

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[MomBearTo4]

Exodus 33:17-20
And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

 

2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

[MrBear]

Judges 1:6

Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

weird way to treat a king? , Joshua was dead, there won’t be another ruler for 400 years until Saul.. there will be 13 judges ,but until then they are making decisions from 2 stones the high priest uses to communicate with God. (the Urim and the Thummim), and God has made the decision that Judah will lead the battle against the cannanites so they mutilate this king because now he can never hold a sword or run away.

But the king says

” “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back”

man reaps what he sows.

I like the verse of the king Bezek because he knows, he knows this is his ‘justice’, And this verse about reaping and sowing is often used in a negative way,. Let’s not forget Brothers and Sisters the verse after 

Galatians 6:8

Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life

Some people forget that last part, we can sow for good and reap rewards instead of punishment

( im sure the king would have preferred that to losing his thumbs and toes he had done that to he says 70 people I don’t think he got what he deserved.)

So let’s sow some love ❤️ let’s sow some forgiveness ? and reap our rewards!

SHALOM❤️

 

Edited November 23, 2021 by MrBear

[wingnut-]

Psalm 100  Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2     Serve the Lord with gladness!
    Come into his presence with singing!

3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
    It is he who made us, and we are his;
    we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
    and his courts with praise!
    Give thanks to him; bless his name!

5 For the Lord is good;
    his steadfast love endures forever,
    and his faithfulness to all generations.

[Blue Lulu]

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity; I the Lord do all these things.

 

(The Lord is in control)

[Mama Etna]

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

1 Timothy 6:17-18

[Duck]

Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?

SOS 3:6

Edited November 24, 2021 by Duck