God is so good! In the last few weeks, I think that I’ve gotten to know His voice so much better. I’m really excited to see what He’s going to do in my life in the next few weeks! There have been several verses that have really encouraged me over the last few weeks.

“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”
- Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)

“These all [Creation] look to You to give them their food at the proper time. When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.”
- Psalm 104:27-28 (NIV)

“The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.”
- Proverbs 11:23 (NIV)

“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”
- Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)

Praise God for His goodness! I pray that I will continue to pursue Him with a pure and holy passion. He is, and always will be, all that I will ever need. To Him be all the glory!

“Sanguines and Germans and Brits, oh my!”

- Me

In the wake of all of these new “modern” translations of the Bible, I pose this question. What if the Bible was “paraphrased” with the Star Wars fan in mind? Perhaps there would be quotes like this (some of these ideas courtesy of Danny):

• Jesus’ reply to Peter’s confession of Christ (Matthew 16:13-20): “Great, kid. Don’t get cocky!”


• Jesus to Peter after Peter cuts off the servant’s ear (Mark 6:1-6): “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”


• About Zacchaeus the Tax Collector (Luke 19:1-10): “Aren’t you a little short for a tax collector?”


• When Jesus healed a blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26): “I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big dark blur, I see a big light blur.”


• What Herod might have said to the Magi when they were looking for the baby Jesus (Matthew 2:1-12): “Looking? Found someone I would say, hmmm??? Hehehehehehehehe!!!”


• Jesus’ claim to be God (John 10:30, in context v. 22-42): “I am your Father.”


• A description of Christ (Colossians 1:17): “He surrounds us and penetrates us, and binds the universe together.”


• Paul talks about our new spiritual state in Christ (Romans 8:10, 1 Corinthians 6:19): “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.”

And now for some hypothetical situations:

• Jacob’s reaction to hearing about Joseph in Egypt: “A ranking official in Egypt? Gee, I’m out of it for a while and everyone gets delusions of grandeur!”


• Satan to Jesus in the wilderness: “If you will not be turned, then you will be destroyed!”


• Possible exchange between Jonathan and David: “Together again.” “Wouldn’t miss it.” “How we doin’?” “Same as always.” “That bad, huh?”


• God to Elijah in the desert after the incident at Mt. Carmel: “You cannot hide forever.”


• The priests on Mt. Carmel: “We’re doomed.”


• Ackbar at Kidron: “It’s a trap!”


• When Paul preached to the Bereans, he might have said something like this - “Search the Scriptures; you know it to be true.”

“May I live a thousand years and never hunt again.”

- The Princess Bride