6+ day, 20+ hour ago (318+ words) I am not a content creator. If anything, I'm a discontent creator. I don't mean that I create discontent. Although sometimes I do, and I'm very much capable of doing so. But what I mean is that in order to create, one has to have a vision of "something better," and that in and of itself carries with it a discontentment with the present. If everything were truly perfect, nothing need be created, nor anything destroyed, so everything would come to a halt, a standstill. But nothing alive is ever completely still. Hence, perfection is death. Yet, artists still strive for it, as it is an ingrained impulse, driving us not towards death per se'at least not explicitly and consciously'but towards giving oneself away, sacrificing the Self and merging with the Infinite. We strive to mimic the great Father, our…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (167+ words) One more day of reading the Bible (all 66 books) in under one year: " Today's reading: 2 Samuel 22, 23 Psalm 93 Previously: https://stacker.news/items/1283722 Day 1 (August 25, 2025):https://stacker.news/items/1193991 Call to Arms: https://stacker.news/items/1222712 13 / 66 " The LORD Reigns Psalm 93:1-5 ESV [1] The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. [2] Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. [3] The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. [4] Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty! [5] Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O Lord, forevermore. https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.93.1-5.ESV pull down to refresh...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago (310+ words) One more day of reading the Bible (all 66 books) in under one year: " Today's reading: Psalm 92 Previously: https://stacker.news/items/1282964 Day 1 (August 25, 2025):https://stacker.news/items/1193991 Call to Arms: https://stacker.news/items/1222712 13 / 66 " Psalm 92:1-15 ESV [1] It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; [2] to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, [3] to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. [4] For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. [5] How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep! [6] The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: [7] that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; [8] but you, O Lord, are on high…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago (292+ words) Every year since 2021 we have had a thanksgiving potluck at PlebLab tonight was our 5th one. Here is the prayer I said to bless the food before eating. " Lord, Thank you for your amazing power and work in our lives, O God, Father of all goodness, who through your Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit pours out every grace upon us. Thank you for your boundless mercy and for the blessings you have showered upon us this year. Thank you for your great love and tender care, and for the sacrifice of your Son on the Cross, that we might have true freedom and eternal life. Thank you for the gift of friends and the joy they bring into our lives. Thank you for the opportunities to work and create, for the skills and talents you have blessed us with,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (279+ words) One more day of reading the Bible (all 66 books) in under one year: " Today's reading: 1 Samuel 3, 4, 5, 6 Psalm 76 Previously: https://stacker.news/items/1272762 Day 1 (August 25, 2025): https://stacker.news/items/1193991 Call to Arms: https://stacker.news/items/1222712 Who Can Stand Before You? Psalm 76:1-12 ESV [1] In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel. [2] His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. [3] There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah [4] Glorious are you, more majestic than the mountains full of prey. [5] The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands. [6] At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned. [7] But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused? [8] From the heavens you…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (338+ words) One more day of reading the Bible (all 66 books) in under one year: " Today's reading: 1 Samuel 1, 2 Psalm 75 Previously: https://stacker.news/items/1271988 Day 1 (August 25, 2025): https://stacker.news/items/1193991 Call to Arms: https://stacker.news/items/1222712 Hannah's Prayer 1 Samuel 2:1-10 ESV [1] And Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. [2] "There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. [3] Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. [4] The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength. [5] Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (254+ words) One more day of reading the Bible (all 66 books) in under one year: " Today's reading: 1 Samuel 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Psalm 78 Previously: https://stacker.news/items/1274622 Day 1 (August 25, 2025): https://stacker.news/items/1193991 Call to Arms: https://stacker.news/items/1222712 Tell the Coming Generation A Maskil of Asaph Psalm 78:1-8 ESV [1] Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! [2] I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, [3] things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. [4] We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. [5] He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, [6] that the next generation might know…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (292+ words) One more day of reading the Bible (all 66 books) in under one year: " Today's reading: 1 Kings 4, 5, 6 Psalm 95 Previously: https://stacker.news/items/1285181 Day 1 (August 25, 2025):https://stacker.news/items/1193991 Call to Arms: https://stacker.news/items/1222712 14 / 66 " Let Us Sing Songs of Praise Psalm 95:1-11 ESV [1] Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! [2] Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! [3] For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. [4] In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. [5] The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. [6] Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! [7] For he is our…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (33+ words) "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power and love and self-discipline." 2 Timothy 1:7 God bless you all " [2 comments] pull down to refresh...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (356+ words) One more day of reading the Bible (all 66 books) in under one year: " Today's reading: 2 Samuel 19, 20, 21 Psalm 91 Previously: https://stacker.news/items/1282014 Day 1 (August 25, 2025): https://stacker.news/items/1193991 Call to Arms: https://stacker.news/items/1222712 13 / 66 " Psalm 91:1-16 ESV [1] He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. [2] I will say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." [3] For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. [4] He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. [5] You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, [6] nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. [7] A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand…...