Gillian M.’s Journal
Newest Journal Entries for Gillian M.
2021
Jan 05
2 Samuel 24:24
But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing."So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.
Gillian M. from Edinburgh, United Kingdom said:
David had to pay a cost, it was not acceptable to do it without that,
2020
Nov 06
Judges 19:2
But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents' home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months,
2020
Nov 04
Judges 18:1
In those days Israel had no king.And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Gillian M. from Edinburgh, United Kingdom said:
They were waiting for their inheritance. They had everything but felt they had nothing
2020
Oct 31
Judges 10:16
Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And he could bear Israel's misery no longer.
Gillian M. from Edinburgh, United Kingdom said:
God had mercy on those who don't deserve it. He does see misery. He could bear it no longer. That is quite a phrase
2020
Oct 26
Judges 9:7
When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, "Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
Gillian M. from Edinburgh, United Kingdom said:
He spoke up but from a safe distance. It seems wise
2020
Oct 12
Psalms 6:1
Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
or discipline me in your wrath.
2020
Oct 11
Psalms 5:11
But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
2020
Oct 06
Psalms 4:1
Answer me when I call to you,
my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;
have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;
have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
Gillian M. from Edinburgh, United Kingdom said:
This at the beginning then at the end the scripture about resting at last after crying out
2020
Oct 03
Psalms 3:2
Many are saying of me,
"God will not deliver him."
"God will not deliver him."
Gillian M. from Edinburgh, United Kingdom said:
Even if my.own self cindems me i
Can lift my head high because Jesus was raised
2020
Sep 30
Psalms 30:10
Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me;
Lord, be my help."
Lord, be my help."
Gillian M. from Edinburgh, United Kingdom said:
Yes Lord hear my cry for mercy