by Lynne Marie | Sep 26, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Guilt and Consequences: In Ezekiel 18: 25-28 God assures us that he will not hold children responsible for the sins of their parents or vice-versa: “The person who sins shall die. A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent…” (18:20). But we still say, “The...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 26, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Ecclesiastes 11:9 to 12-8 tells us that if we look ahead, restricting our view just to the plane of human time, everything is ultimately worthless. Nothing lasts, including our lives on this earth. But youth are not inclined to look ahead. So Ecclesiastes begins by...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 25, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11 reflects on the human experience of change and of time. We experience one thing after another. One period of time is unlike another, and what is appropriate or possible at one time of life is not when we move into another. “There is a season for...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 24, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Ecclesiastes 1: 2-11 bears witness to a common perception of life on this earth: “There is nothing new under the sun.” The Sumerian religion that preceded Judaism thought human life here below mirrored the unchanging cycle of the stars, which revealed the divine life...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 23, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Proverbs 30: 5-9 asks for preservation from false thinking—and from the kind of situation that would lead to it: “Give me neither poverty nor riches… for fear that… I should fall away….” Notice that the real fear here is of not being aware of and acknowledging God....
