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We too have strength. My help comes from the Lord who made the heavens, and earth. We too can be discouraged when others betray us. We must never give up. Our strength is anchored in the Lord. Not by how we look physically,or by the way that we dress. Only by God.

When you read about Samson’s life in Judges, it doesn’t take long to come to the conclusion that he was a very imperfect person. I think for a lot of us, it’s easy to read about people in the Bible and imagine that they are this model-of-a-human that is better than everyone else, however, when you study more about the people in the Bible, you realize how imperfect they are. For me, it’s easier to relate my life to people in the bible when I remove that idea of them being “bet

I recently traveled to Scotland where we were surrounded by a kind of ancient tradition and influence that we just don’t have the same connection to as Americans. As I walked through the ancient castle ruins at Dunnottar, I could not help but think about what living there would have been like during its prosperity. From what we read, it was occupied by the second most important citizen to the King and would have been a place of immense wealth and status…six hundred years af