Quotes from Angela Elwell Hunt

but a man in love is as restless as a lion and as impatient as a puppy.

Adonai, for looking on me with such mercy. May the earth and everyone on it praise your name for your goodness and love.

El Ro'i, the God who keeps watch. The God who sees.

He never made a statement unless he was certain of its truth

The widow seemed to consider everything, good and bad, as part of Adonai's will.

He called you, He fashioned you, and He will use you. Obey the nudging of His Spirit

Without lifting a finger, Yeshua of Nazareth, son of Joseph the carpenter, had turned dirty, stagnant rainwater into wine . . . of an extremely fine vintage.

The Torah has set limits for every stage of grief: three days for weeping, seven

If Adonai means for you to gain victory over the man who wronged you, He will arrange it . . . when the time is

for lamentation, and thirty for abstaining from laundered garments and from cutting the hair. The sages say that one should not grieve too much for the dead, and whoever grieves excessively is really grieving for someone else.

In the Christian Bible, one turns the page after Malachi and finds Matthew as if only a few days fell between the activities of the prophet and the arrival of Jesus Christ. In reality, however, four hundred "silent years" lie between the Old Testament and New, a time when God did not speak to Israel through His prophets. Yet despite the prophets' silence

Remember that the Lord God said, 'It is not good for man to be alone.' So a man should love his wife as himself and honor her more than himself.

continued to work in His people, other nations, and the supernatural realm. He led Israel through a time of testing that developed a sense of hope and a yearning for the promised Messiah. He brought the four nations prophesied in Daniel's vision to international prominence: the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, and the Romans. These powerful kingdoms spread their cultures throughout civilization and united the world by means

of paved highways and international sailing routes. God also prepared to fulfill His promise to the serpent in Eden: "I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel" (Gen. 3:15). For God never sleeps, and though He may not communicate as we expect Him to, He can always speak to a receptive heart.

Our sages commanded that one should not teach one's daughter Torah because the minds of most women are incapable of concentrating on learning, and thus, because of their intellectual poverty, they turn the words of Torah into words of nonsense. Moses Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, "Laws of Torah Study," 1:13

will lift up my eyes to the mountains— from where does my help come? My help comes from Adonai, Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip. Your Keeper will not slumber. Behold, the Keeper of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps

Adonai never wounds His people without also making preparation for their healing.

keep me comfortable." "He must have been a kind man too." Margie's round face melted into a buttery

You may not see the end of the occupation, but you can trust that freedom for Israel is part of the Lord's plan.

Adonai does not whisper obscurities, Samson. He would not have told the people of Israel to seek Him if he could not be found. What He said, He will do, both for you and for the

prophet in Shiloh." The reminder that other men also shared the burden of leadership alleviated some of my distress. For years I had imagined myself alone in my task, but if Adonai was also using another man with long plaited hair, maybe the responsibility wasn't as heavy as I feared.

Because love suffers long. Love is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not dishonor. Love does not seek its own way. Love is not easily angered. Love does not delight in evil. Love rejoices in truth. Love protects, trusts, hopes, and endures all things.

But do you remember when the army of Israel tried to throw off the Philistine yoke in the latter days of Eli the high priest?" "I'd hardly count that a victory. Our people were slaughtered and the Ark of the Covenant stolen.

Going to church does not equal living for Jesus. Church is part of the Christian life, but it's certainly not all of it. It can't be all of it.