Showing posts with label Hebrew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hebrew. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Ego Eimi

 

ἐγώ εἰμι

Jesus says: 

"I AM the world's Light             (John 8:12)
Who outshines eternal night."

"I AM the Good Shepherd        (John 10:14)
And the door for the sheep:      (John 10:7, 9)
The sheep hear My word
And within may safely sleep."

"I AM the Bread of Life;          (John 6)
The Way, the Truth and the Life;    (John 14:6)
The Resurrection and the Life."   (John 11:25)

"I AM the True Vine
And you are the branches--        (John 15: 1,5)
Without what is Mine,
You do only what man does."

εἰμι ἐγώ

Paul answers for all of us:
"Christ Jesus came into the world for sinners,
First of whom am I."      (I Timothy 1:15)

ἐγώ εἰμι

Jesus says:
"Before Abraham was, I AM."  (John 8:58)

"I AM" in Hebrew

Friday, October 31, 2008

KEE L'Oh-LAHM CHas-DOE


...For His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. (Psalm 136:10). 

As I went for a walk 
On legs that are able, 
I praise You, 
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 
I revel in leaves 
And a family picnic table. 
Your works are wonderful, 
How rightly I realize this! (Ps. 139:14) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity.

High above arches the pale blue dome 
On which billowy white clouds have been hung; 
He causes the clouds to rise 
From the ends of the earth... 
I breath in autumn 
With clear, healthy lungs. 
And brings out the wind 
From within His storehouses. (Ps. 135:7) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity.

albrecht dürer eichhörnchen two squirrels hazelnuts
Eichhörnchen, Albrecht Dürer (1492)
(Two Squirrels [eating hazelnut])
Fuzzy brown squirrels 
Are storing up food... 
The eyes of all look unto You, 
For You give them their food in the right season. 
And I munch an apple~ 
Sensing all that is good. 
You open up Your Hand 
And satisfy the wants of all living things. (Ps. 145:15-16) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 

My health is restored 
As only He could; 
Who forgives all my sins 
And heals my diseases; 
My strength is as birds' wings 
Going south as they should. 
He satisfies my desires with good things 
So that my strength is renewed like the eagle's. (Ps. 103: 3, 5) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 

Tiny purple asters and once-lush green grass 
Now ready for fall are dying away. 
Man ~ his days are as grass, 
He flourishes as a flower of the field; 
Autumn reminds me that I, too, shall die 
To live again in a glorious new day. 
The wind blows over it and it is not, 
And its own place remembers it no more. (Ps. 103:15-16) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 

The cold nips my nose 
As I kick about leaves... 
He spreads His snow as soft wool 
And scatters the frost as if ashes; 
Thinking about winter 
With drifts to my knees. 
He hurls down His ice like pebbles~ 
Who can stand before His cold? (Ps. 147:16-17) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 

autumn fall foliage meditation hill windfield kansas
I trust in my Father 
Who looks out for me; 
Create in me a clean heart, O, God 
And renew an upright spirit within me. 
He takes away my sins, 
And I'll praise Him eternally. 
O, my Lord, open up my lips 
So that my mouth might declare Your praise. (Ps. 51:10,15) 

Deep inside, I let out a sigh, 
For You, O, Jesus, are always close by. 
Because I know You, 
I sense You all around me 
And on a day like today, 
I'm just "happy to be." 

Praise Yahweh! Give thanks unto Yahweh, For He is good; For His lovingkindness Lasts to eternity. (Ps. 136:1) ---(c) C. Marie Byars, 1984; Winfield, KS




Sunday, May 11, 2008

Vapory Mists

[HEH-vell heh-vah-LEEM]
Vapor of Vapors*:
 [Hah-KOHL HAH-vell.]
 All is (vanishing) vapor
[Mah--yith-ROHK lah-ah-DAHM**]
What profit is it for a man
[B'kohl--eh-mah-LOH sh-yah'-ah-MOHL]
In all his labor which he does
[TACH-ath ha-SHEMM-esh.]
Under the sun? (Ecclesiastes 1: 2a-3)

sun, sun in pines, Camp ALOMA, Marie Byars photo

     Kind of "bleak" taken on its own! But the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes reminds us we get all of our meaning by remembering our Creator in the days of our youth. And we know that in Jesus, we shall have begun and shall more perfectly live that life in heaven which knows of no vanity or uselessness or futility.

*Often translated as "vanity of vanities"; the Hebrew really says "vapor" because, no matter how much you clutch at vapor, you cannot hold it; in Hebrew, this is the same as the name "Abel"
**"Adam", a man