Thanks, I think sometimes over-familiarity with an account can make me forget to really consider what it would have been like at the time and to miss the wonder of it all
I had to look up Isaiah 43:1-7 and 1 Samuel 12:20. They're both such beautiful reminders of God's merciful and gracious character and of the command for us to be obedient rather than wallow in despair at past sins.
I had to look up Isaiah 43:1-7 and 1 Samuel 12:20. They're both such beautiful reminders of God's merciful and gracious character and of the command for us to be obedient rather than wallow in despair at past sins.
I have many favorite verses, but I was just reviewing here on this website, Luke 7:13. I love this passage (11-17) because of the compassion that Jesus shows, how he says in this verse, Do not weep, and because of the woman's situation. She was a widow, and her son had died, and it was her only son, and how he raised that son from the dead, and the fact that this story is only found in Luke, and so it's just not a Bible story that's talked about as much, at least not in my own experience.
Anyway, I love this passage from Luke that tells the story of the young man from the city of Nain who was raised from the dead.
I’ve just been reviewing Luke 7 too. I like the understated drama in Luke’s simple sentences: ‘He reached out and touched the bier. And the bearers stood still.’ You can feel the dramatic pause, everyone hushed by this unexpected action. (Because no one else would touch a dead body.) And then he said, so simply, but so powerfully, ‘Young man, I say to you, arise.’ Wow!!!
Thanks, I think sometimes over-familiarity with an account can make me forget to really consider what it would have been like at the time and to miss the wonder of it all