Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him.  “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:31 NIV) After feeding the five thousand near the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and sail to the other side without him. Jesus sent the… Continue reading god’s grip

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;           he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the             apple of his eye. (Deuteronomy 32:10 NIV) In this verse, “He” refers to God and “him” refers to the Israelites who were traveling out of Egypt to the Promised Land… Continue reading apple of your eye (part 2)

                                    apple of your eye (part 1)             Keep me as the apple of your eye... (Psalm 17:8 NIV) I recently came upon this expression during a Bible study in a Sunday school class.  I thought, Why would David ask… Continue reading apple of your eye part 1