Author Archives: ha256

“That’s a nice dress!” “All dressed up! Where’s the party?” I don’t give many complements. But by far, they are about someone’s outfit. If not that, then some sort of technological gadget. If we only notice when someone is well … Continue reading →

When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD. Then he went up and lay on … Continue reading →

When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite. Run at once to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? … Continue reading →

When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers. And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” And when … Continue reading →

“One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there. And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him. And he said to him, “Say now … Continue reading →

   One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. And she said to her husband, … Continue reading →

Under three things the earth trembles,    under four it cannot bear up:a servant who becomes king,   a fool who is full of food,an unloved woman who is married,   and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold,   my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him;    he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,   or make it heard … Continue reading →