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Blessing, Cursing and the Irish

Anyone who knows an impressionistic bit about Irish/Celtic culture and history might readily think of various poetical Irish Blessings such as, “May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.” I was able to type the above from memory not because I necessarily...

Contrasts and Wise Counsel

I’ve been heavily in the Psalms and Proverbs this week. It began last weekend with a series of seemingly God-prompted thoughts and some snippets of a certain Psalm that entered my mind. Continuing in prayerful thoughts and contemplations, one Psalm seemed to lead into another that somehow came to my attention through various means. By Tuesday evening, I began listening on Audible to the entire collection of Psalms from the beginning, on into Proverbs. Then, starting it again. And again....