“At his direction they swirl around

over the face of the whole earth

to do whatever he commands them.

He brings the clouds to punish people,

or to water his earth and show his love.”

(Job 37:12-13)

We’re more fragile than we like to think…

“But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.” (Acts 9:25)

“If the defiling mold reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered, the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mold has spread in the house, it is a persistent defiling mold; the house is unclean“ (Lev. 14:43-44)

“The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” (Rom. 15:3b)

“We will travel along the King’s Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.” (Num. 20:17b)

“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.” (Amos 8:11)

“how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—

a human being, who is only a worm!” (Job 25:6)

“I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.” (Isa. 50:6)

“See how the siege ramps are built up to take the city…” (Jer. 32:24)

“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” (Matt. 16:18)

“The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.” (Acts 19:32)

“When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.” (Acts 8:39-40)

“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted a by the devil.” (Lk 4:1-2a)

“There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death” (Prov. 16:25)

“It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.” (Deut. 32:35)

“A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.” (Prov. 13:17)

“In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use.” (2 Tim. 2:20)

“Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.“ (Jer. 32:7)

“Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.” (Lk. 16:1)