When we read this in the Bible know this is a rhetorical question: Who is like the Lord?. Anton is at the age where we can do devotions together. Of course, I'd really like to find time for myself to do more in-depth study, and I haven't lately. And I really miss that. But at least I'm reading and sharing with Anton. We use D. A. Carson's modified version of M'Cheyne's Reading Plan, as seen here and we try to read 4 chapters a day and talk about it.
In today's reading, I thought of adoption when I read Psalm 113. Here is a copy/paste from ESV:
Praise the LORD!
Praise, O servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD!
Blessed be the name of the LORD
from this time forth and forevermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the LORD is to be praised!
The LORD is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens!
Who is like the LORD our God,
who is seated on high,
who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the LORD!
(Psalm 113 ESV)
But the last verses. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people. He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD! I also like the imagery of God in heaven looking down and working His sovereignty here on earth.
I explained what "barren" means just gave Anton and hug and reminded him what a blessing is to us, and that we feel more blessed than he is, but he's blessed too.
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