a cup of insight from the Bible to perk up your thoughts.
בּוּשׁ
Buvush : shame
Symbolic interpretation: The house is pinned open with weapons.
What’s you’re idea of home? Ideally it’s a place of love, acceptance, and security.
When we talk of shame, the Hebrew word ‘buvush’ steeps a different view. That concept of the home (beit) is pinned open (vav) with the threat and uncertainty of weapons/harm (shin). Another way of looking at it is when the house comes before His presence/power (Shaddai). In both cases, there is shame as things are not as they should be; there is a lack of authority or order to keep the peace. God is put as an afterthought in the home instead of at the forefront. Like last week, I mentioned that when God isn’t honored, disorder follows.
Psalms 25:3-4 (NIV) 3 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause. 4 Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.
Consider the way out of shame is to set things in their right priority: to learn the ways of the Lord and following the path they set.
Happy Independence Day Weekend! Well we had a bit of a technical issue that kept us from having a live meeting. I was heart broken as I love being with you all in person and the fellowship afterwards – BUT… the message is up and life-giving/changing.
Happy Father’s Day! In this message we continue with the rest of Ephesians chapter 1 and relate both to fathers and how God loves us. Want more of God’s power in an area of your life? Watch to find out how.
Shavuot celebrates the gift of God’s Word to us – a gift that’s good all the time and useful (better than socks). Listen in for ways that you can use the God’s gift in your life.
Where’s God in my circumstances?! That what Naomi in the Book of Ruth cried out in frustration. When we deal with things in life that don’t go our way, the Bible gives us steps how we can find God and solutions.
Forgot to hit the record button tonight! Patience is something we all need help with. We talk about the two processes: Redemption or Justice in how we react in our everyday life.
In an average human life, there are 30,000 days – give or take. Doesn’t sound like a lot (especially when you think how far along you might be in that range). But when you consider that each day…every day is a second chance to be kinder, braver, better – it’s a different context. Pesach Sheni shows us the mercy of God in a second chance.
