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Monday, May 11, 2015

Answers?

But Gideon replied to the angel, “With all due respect, my Lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? ~ Judges 6:13a (CEB)

Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face. We don’t know everything, but then we will, just as God completely understands us. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:12 (CEV)
Sometimes, Lord, I wish that I could better understand what you are doing. I get confused by the pain, the violence, and the trouble of the world. Forgive me for choosing to be anxious about such things. I know that I have a choice regarding how I respond. And I know that you have your reasons for revealing only a small part of your operation. I am going to be satisfied knowing that you have things under control and that it will all be revealed in due time. Please grow my confidence so that I might become a mature, convinced, and convincing follower of Christ Jesus -- even though I live in a troubled world. Amen.

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ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon

CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)

CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

EXB = The Expanded Bible (©2011, Thomas Nelson Publishing)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)

NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)

NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)

NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)

TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)

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