... our situation. Why Should I Trust God Anymore? Has god been good to you previously? Who do you think is the better person to trust than God? Psalms 118:8 says "It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans." What do you think about that? Do you think ... comfort so that he could hear praise out of the mouths of Israel's mourners. - Lamentations 1-5 Lamentations is a collection of five poems lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem and its aftermath of ruin and exile. In spite of this mournful nature of the book there is a note of trust in God and hope for the future ... ....

• Word Count: 2167
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: High School

... for God can only be used to describe a woman writhing in labour pains. It has no other meaning in Hebrew. It's interesting to note what the Jerusalem Bible translators did with this verse. It reads, "You were unmindful of the rock, who gave birth; you forgot the God who fathered you ( emphasis ... "man- is not the generic "mankind- or "human- but one that means-male-. Perhaps after all it might be more accurate to call God "She- Psalms 91:4 uses the image of a mothering bird- "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be ... 23...

• Word Count: 3877
• Approx Pages: 16
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• Grade Level: High School

... ownership of the land was permanent, and that they were immune to any foreign captivity as long as God was in their midst because of the temple in Jerusalem. However, their utter shock, Jerusalem was captured, and the nation was exiled from the land to live in captivity. How could this happen? Is our God impotent before the Babylonian gods? Has He ... formed from the dust, as it was said to Adam, "for dust you are and to dust you will return" (Genesis 3:19). Several other places, especially in the Book of Psalms, the fact of man being created from dust is presented to bring out the cont...

• Word Count: 1024
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School