Dusteater

And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers. He will crush your head and you will strike his heel. Genesis 3:15

ROOTED

You shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Psalm 1:3

Amnesty

He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the written code with it’s regulation, that was against us and stood opposed to us. He took it away and nailed it to the cross. Colossians 2:13-14

natural cross

The whole world is cruciform

Shalom

Shalom means peace, wholeness, and integration

Lifted Up

Then the Lord said to Moses, "make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look on it and live Numbers 21:8 The son of man must be lifted up John 12:34

Closed Door

...the springs of the great deep burst forth and the floodgates of heaven opened up....Then the Lord shut him in. Gen. 7:11; 16

Fiery Furnace

Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.”25 He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” Daniel 3:24-25

Plank-Eye

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ... Matt. 7:4

Don't Look Back

As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”..... But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Gen 19

Cravings

All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.[a] Then they spread them out all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague. 34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food. Numbers 11:32

Eden Flower

Burning Bush

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” ... Exodus 3

Adam

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Gen. 2:7

Five Smooth Stones

Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. 39 David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off. 40 Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine 1 Sam 17

Sanctuary

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. Psalm 92:12-13

Wounded Side

34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. John 19:34

Bitter Dregs

39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Matt. 26:39 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?” John 18:11

Trinity

Except We Fall In the Ground and Die

“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you’ll have it forever, real and eternal. John 12:24-25

Lifter

He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a place to stand. Psa. 40:2

Abiding: Communion Chalice

I am the vine and you are the branches. If a person remains in me and I in them, they will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5

Amnesty

He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the written code with it’s regulation, that was against us and stood opposed to us. He took it away and nailed it to the cross. Colossians 2:13-14

Broken

I will build an altar to you O God, of the broken pieces of my heart.   Author unknown

Christ in garden

Unbind him: Lazarus

Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. “take away the stone” he said. “But Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been in there four days.” Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. ….Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Shadow

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves…..The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. Gen. 3:8, 21   …without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness Heb. 9:22

Yesterday's Graces

When the Israelites saw it they said to each other, “What is it”. ….Moses said, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.”…No one is to keep any of it until morning. However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. Ex. 16: 15..20

death tree

6 When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she’d know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate. Gen 3:6

heart chalice

6-7 My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving. Col 2:7 The Message

Transplant

I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:25-26

Momento Mori: be mindful of dying

Muriel Spark’s novel “Memento Mori,” a character says, “It’s difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young.”

Treasure

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Luke 12:34

Hidden

.....For the Lord searches every heart, and understands every motive behind the thoughts. Psalms 139:23

Heart-Speech

The good man brings out the good stored in his heart, and the evil man brings out of the evil stored in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45

Wellspring

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23

Hard Heart

Blessed is the man who always fears the Lord, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble. Psalms 25:14

Internalize

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalms 119:11

Pour Out

Trust Him at all times, O people. Pour out you hearts to him. Psalms 62:8

FLOW

Strike the rock and water will come out of it for the people to drink. Exodus 17:6

Elijah Under the Broom Tree

He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die

Nurture

All at once the angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat". He looked around , and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals I Kings 19:5

Wind

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart, ....but the Lord was not in the earthquake I Kings 19:11

Earthquake

After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake 1 Kings 19:12

Fire

After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire I Kings 19:12

Whisper

And after the fire came a gentle whisper 1 Kings 19:12

SIGNET

But Zion Said, “The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me”. I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands Isa. 49:14-16

INNOCENCE

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world

Parched

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you. My soul thirsts for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1

Celtic Cross

FEAST

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. Psalm 119:103