Beauty for Ashes

"But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. And the ma...

"Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I d...

"And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I hav...

  "And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand...

"And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: And he took away the tre...

Genesis 12 stops me in my tracks. Because when I read about Abram leaving everything familiar to go to a land God had not yet shown him , I...

As I was reading Genesis 10–11, one word kept standing out to me: rebellion . We read about a people who were united to build a tower—the T...

When I read Genesis 8 , I was struck by how Noah is described— a righteous man . That word alone can feel heavy. Righteous. It sounds like s...

I was reading Genesis 7 and 8, and what stood out to me was the quiet, steady obedience of Noah. God gave him very specific instructions—to ...

  What does it truly mean to walk with God? In Genesis 5, we encounter a simple yet deeply moving statement about Enoch: “Enoch walked with ...

Children are a gift from the Lord. Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, but in Genesis 4, two of their children are specifically menti...

  I have read Genesis 3 many times. I thought I already understood it. But this time, I felt invited to sit with it more slowly, more hones...

I read Genesis 2 and found myself asking the Lord quiet but persistent questions. What does it truly mean that He rested on the seventh day...