You're welcome. They just "happened" to be on my listening queue this morning :) I like in those verses how it says that even the bird, or even the swallow building a nest, has a safe place in the House of the Lord. To me it just shows that God's love is intended for EVERYONE. It's we humans who ignore it, or don't believe it, or can't receive it.
How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!
My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God.
How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah.
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
James 1:19 NET
"Quick to listen ....." I think we could apply that to our memorization / verse meditation that we do on this site. As Symota noted recently in another post, using this website has helped him / her take each Bible verse more slowly. "Quick to listen" could also mean "to read and to hear carefully"
30 Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:30-31 (NET)
well, I was just trying to say, in my opinion it's impressive that you have verses fully learnt as both. And nothing wrong with reinforcing your memory by memorizing them on two identies! It only makes your knowledge of the verse in question deeper and stronger.
"Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?" the LORD asks. "Do you not know that I am everywhere?" the LORD asks.
Jeremiah 23:24 (New English Translation)
I'm taking that verse out of context. It's always of utmost importance to consider the context of the chapter, the book, who was writing and to whom it was written ... and even more factors.
In this case it was the Lord speaking to Jeremiah, concerning the false prophets who were active in Judah at the time.
But the verse also stands on its own. It is both a comfort to us and also a caution to us. We shouldn't ever deceive ourselves into thinking that we can hide from God. On the other hand, we can also take great comfort in the fact that God sees and knows even the tiniest details of our lives.
And Final Asgard thanks for explaining all that. It's not always easy to understand someone's thinking over the internet. It's so easy for words to get misinterpreted when there is no body language involved. But after your explanation I think I understand you better :)
The important thing here is to love the Lord our God by meditating on His Word, and to get to know Him better and better. His Word informs us as to who He is and what He is like. I heard one preacher who at the time was in his eighties describe it as a never ending life long process. (That preacher died in 2020).
I originally started using this site because I found it was difficult to concentrate when I read the Bible. Recently I've gone back to doing more listening to Bible on audio and reading as I listen. But coming here helped me to zero in on and focus on just what God is saying in each and every verse. Each word is precious.
For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.