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Month: May 2020

  • To be somebody is not a matter of right or wrong

    To be somebody
    is not a matter of right or wrong
    it is not a matter of having the political correct opinions
    or the classical orthodox doctrine

    To be somebody
    is a matter of being kind
    – of caring for others
    – of loving in words and deeds
    To be somebody
    is all about forgiving
    – those who persecute you
    and being generous
    – towards those who are different

    To be somebody
    is not a matter of theology
    it is all about living a good life
    – trusting the Son of man
    who set aside the privileges of deity
    and became one of us to bring us to God
    ministering life to us by dying our death

    When you do a favour
    to those who don't deserve it
    then you are really somebody

  • Vår verste fiende

    Salme 119,85 Dei frekke grev fallgraver for meg i strid med di lov (Strong 8451).

    Dei fiendane som jaga David var frekke og hovmodige folk. Dei grov fallgraver for han. Han bruker ein jaktmetode som bilete på det han matte gå gjennom og kjempa mot. Ei fallgrav er ei djup grav som er dekkja til med eit tynt dekke som dyret ein jaktar på fell gjennom og blir fanga i. Slik prøver dei frekke fiendane hans å lura han i ei felle. Kanskje prøver dei å ta han fysisk til fange eller å få han til å gjera nokre feilsteg slik at dei kan bruka lova til å fella han. Dei prøver å lura han til å gjera noko som er i strid med Guds lov. Sjølve har dei inga respekt for Guds lov, men vil bruka alt dei kan for å fella David.

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  • Drowned in tears of pain

    Psalm 119.28 My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word! 

    Again, David tells how he is. Life is difficult. He cries with sorrow. He uses strong expressions to put words into the situation he is in. "It's as if my soul is melting away in those running tears." In fact, he says that the sorrow was about to kill him. In one version he says he has drowned in tears of pain (SPCL). He carries in his heart a painful grief that is heavy to bear. Grief overwhelms him. Sorrow eats him up. He is suffocated by the painful grief.

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