She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me.” — Genesis 16:13 Hagar was a slave woman who belonged to Abraham and Sarah, a childless couple who wanted a son. According to the laws of the day, if Abraham had a child with Hagar, it would be legally Abraham and Sarah’s…
A New Way to Think
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress… I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery. — Psalm 31:9, Psalm 31:12 Ever feel like everything is against you? Or like you are stuck in negative thought patterns? One pattern to watch out for is overgeneralization. This usually…
Yahweh-Shalom: The Lord Is Peace
So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. — Judges 6:24 One of God’s names in the Bible is Yahweh-Shalom, which means the Lord is Peace. The Hebrew word for peace, shalom, means wholeness in all of life, completeness, welfare, safety. God is our source of all…