Living Scripture: The Guidance of God on the Journey of LifeWhere can we find truly inspiring models of leadership, friendship, creativity, and humanity to guide and motivate us today? How can we deal constructively with human shortcomings that continually trouble our world? Reflecting on 29 well-known biblical characters "including Moses, Abraham, Bathsheba, Naomi, Pontius Pilate, and Jesus himself" Herbert Driscoll shows how their strivings to live wisely, fully, and joyfully have timeless relevance for us. In our daily struggles with faith and wilderness, self-worth and failure, courage and guilt, power and weakness, we share much with our biblical ancestors. Learning from their journeys with God can deeply enrich our own spiritual journey. |
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... . A Welcoming Community 60 12. A Lived Commitment 64 Struggling With Our Humanity 69 13. A Walk in Darkness 72 14. Realizing Self - Worth 76 15. A Grace Beyond Failure 80 Moments of Self - Discovery 85 16. A Turning for.
... the surround- ing society , listening to the many voices around him and piecing together a picture of the situation in which he and his people seemed to be trapped . A Larger God 17 We do not know the moment when Isaiah realized that.
... realized that he and his people might not actually be trapped , that in fact things were very different from what most of his compatriots presumed . But we do have a record of the first time he dropped a hint of hope . He cannot yet ...
... realize the ex- traordinary effect of this power to envision the future . The situation is one of prolonged national exile . A number of years have passed since the newly risen Babylonian empire had attacked Israel , destroyed Jerusalem ...
... realizes that he is gazing at a sea of human bones . The valley is full of death ! In his dream Ezekiel hears God asking a question , " Can these bones live ? " Ezekiel cannot dare to answer . Helplessly he stammers out , " O Lord God ...
Contents
Accepting Responsibility | 49 |
The Cost of Integrity | 52 |
A Presence Beyond Panic | 56 |
A Welcoming Community | 60 |
A Lived Commitment | 64 |
Struggling With Our Humanity | 69 |
A Walk in Darkness | 72 |
Realizing SelfWorth | 76 |
Recognizing Loyalty | 36 |
A Serious Commitment | 40 |
A Recipe for Survival | 44 |
A Grace Beyond Failure | 80 |