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Isaiah 2

Isaiah 2 reminds me of my sweet wife and her total lack of skepticism. I grew up with four older brothers, and quickly learned that

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Lamentations 2

Lamentations 2 reminds me of the reaction and pain in marriage when one spouse is unfaithful.  The faithful one can no longer stand to see

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Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel 2 reminds me of a brief conversation I had this week with a young man exhausted from the birth of his first child. His

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Daniel 2

Daniel 2 reminds me of the high diving board at Casino Pool as a young kid.  I had 5 older siblings and they all seemed

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Jeremiah 2

Jeremiah 2 reminds me how young teens will try something taboo once, with no apparent harm, and then conclude it makes them cool.  Too often,

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Hosea 2

Hosea chapter 2 reminds me of a song from my youth. Like many songs about an unfaithful ex-spouse, the writer sings with taunting, “It your

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Joel 2

Joel 2 reminds me of the defeated in life. They have been crushed in spirit and they have given up hope. They have accepted that

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Amos 2

Amos 2 continues the assessments of the competing nations from the previous chapter. I picture the prophet Amos as the experienced evaluator of talent in

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Jonah 2

Jonah chapter 2 reminds me of those times in life when we are completely overwhelmed by circumstances that seem out of our control. We know

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Micah 2

Micah 2 reminds me of Robin Hood. It is ironic that this figure that stood against a corrupt king and his ruthless sheriff has been

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