November 13, 2015. Daily Reading: Nahum 1-3. Background: Nineveh, the capitol city of Assyria, was a particularly cruel enemy to the children of Israel. Nahum is given an oracle from God against Nineveh here that foretells of their destruction and devastation, which would be at the hands of the Medes and Babylonians in 612 B.C….
Tag: long-suffering
At your mercy.
March 1, 2014. O Lord, we are at your mercy, forego our missteps, for we fall constantly. What is it of man, that you deal so kindly? O wretched creatures we are! Prone to wander, Lord I feel it! Who can save? Who can save? O Lord, we are at your mercy, forego our missteps,…