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A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. Proverbs 19:5 ESV Can we see Jesus here? He was the true witness (& yet was punished). Jesus was God walking amongst us, who he was, the way he lived, point us to God. Jesus was a true witness. When he said "It is finished", to love God & love people, that he's coming again, that love is the way, that he is the way, truth, & life, I believe him. He breathed out the truth (& yet did not escape). He took on himself what I deserved, and even in his last words, they breathed out love. He is the redeemer. The one who's love we cannot be separated from, who breathed out life and created this place, who breathed his last breath to redeem it, and one day will make all things new, all that is broken will be unbroken, all that is hurt, unhurt. Yes Jesus can be seen here. #redeemed #known #chosen #childofGod #dearlyloved

Friday! Proverbs! A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. Proverbs 19:5 ESV If only this were true! That person who I know has not told the truth, they who breathe out lies (love that phrase; breathe out lies) just seem to get away with it... Where's the justice? And then, there's me. I've breathed out lies. And sometimes there's been justice, and sometimes not. Do I want more justice on me? And then there's the lies of the enemy, the father of lies, who would use anything to turn us from God. And then there's the lies of the world, our culture, which try to tell us what success looks like, how we should live. And then there's the lies that seem to have taken up residence in my mind, that pop up to tell me I'm not, and never will be good enough...maybe you have your own version of those... One day the father of lies will be punished. All that is broken in this world will be unbroken. And the ...

I love the Lord, because He hears my voice and my supplications. Psalms 116:1 NASB Yahweh. God. From outside time and space. Who is. Who created all that we see and live in with the power of His word. He hears your voice. I was visiting family a week or so ago and there was lots of talking and noise, and in all the noise I said something to my cousin,  and my Aunty who is 93 and effectively blind now,  heard my voice and knew my name. Our God hears your voice. He knows your name. It may not seem that He does, and He may not do what we want when we want it, but we're not Him. We're part of the result of his Words. (I have no idea how that works) And We're important to Him Yahweh While He is from before, from outside, He entered in, bent down, made Himself small...and knows your name. And hears your voice. #known #important #loved #thisisourGod #psalms #psalm116

...from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. James 1:17-18 NIV God is good. He is for us. He doesn't change. Yet there's evil, suffering, hurt, destruction in the world. The "anti" of who God is. So He must be allowing that for a reason (maybe lots of reasons!) One clue is found in this verse, & another in these first verses of James. He wants us to grow up. To be mature in our faith. Growing up includes fails, struggles, perservering. And then there's this verse. Chosen. And Some kind of first fruits. Do you remember the kid at school who was always the last one picked on a team because everyone knew they'd be an anchor? With our God, it's like He picks everyone first. He sees you Knows you Knows our strengths and our weaknesses and chooses us anyway. There are no favourites based ...