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To whom it may concern—don’t judge my Nicolas Sparks book…my grandma asked me to read it 😅

“What? What? What?” —Cousin Archibald

“We should never forget that the shepherd we belong to is the Lord of the burning bush, whose undimming strength comes from his self-existence and the extent of his unending care from his self-sufficiency.” (140)

“His welcome is vast and free; it is sealed in blood and it is offered in bread and wine. It is an ocean of generosity in a world of stymied and miserly quid-pro-quo reciprocity.” (118)

“As the faithful, true Son of God, as the second Adam, as the greater Moses, as great David’s greater son, he carries out the true exodus in his life-giving death, with the judgment and wrath of God falling on him as the Passover Lamb instead of his sinful people, and in so doing he leads us out of our slave slavery to sin to new life and him.”

“It is one thing to have a shepherd, but it is an utterly staggering thing to have as a shepherd the one who is strength itself, who never tires, never slumbers, and who never needs protection himself.”

Listening this time. Jonny reads it.

The section in chapter 4 on the incarnation being rooted in the OT is excellent!

“The severe trial of Hannah proved to be the salvation of a whole people. Without Peninnah that may not have been the case. Do we owe it all to Peninnah? Certainly not. We owe it to the God who takes even the smirks and digs and venom of Peninnahs and uses them to fill a cradle with another kingdom servant. Can we not see The wonder of Israel’s God? Can we not see the comfort of his people?” (26)