Laura Sweet

Read: Acts 17:22-34 . . . nor is [God] served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

Read: Psalm 33:6-22 The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. (v. 11) In Disney’s animated film The Lion King, Mufasa—the great king

Read: Jeremiah 10:6-16 No one is like you, Lord; you are great, and your name is mighty in power. (v. 6 NIV) Power is one of those words that can

Read: Psalm 139:13-24 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! (v. 17) Like most Americans, I love my smart phone! I

Read: Psalm 139:1-12 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Where shall I flee from your presence? (v. 7) I was a very young Christian—sad, alone and scared in a

Read: Psalm 99 Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he! (v. 5) We often think of holiness as “the absence of sin,” but when we

Read: Psalm 90 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. (v. 2) The COVID-19

Read: Isaiah 40:18-31

To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One. (v. 25)

“That’s apples to oranges!” we say when two things that are essentially different are being compared. It’s an interesting idiom; actually, apples and oranges have lots of things in common. They are both fruit, they both grow on trees, and they are both delicious and nutritious. It’s not like comparing apples to Rottweilers—or Sherman tanks!

Read: Isaiah 40:6-17

Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel? (v. 13)

It is human nature to try and “humanize” God; we seek to understand him by bringing him down to our level. Sometimes we refer to God as “the man upstairs,” or make jokes at his expense. Sometimes we accuse him of being unfair or unkind and demand an explanation for his actions. Our minds may picture him as a kindly old grandfather or an uncaring bureaucrat. In other words, we seek to make God in our own image.