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Current Reading  ·  9 August 2026

Kept Anyway

1 Chronicles 4:9–10

A reflection on Jabez, the nine chapters of genealogy nobody reads, and what it means to be remembered before anyone writes it down.

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Psalms  ·  8 August 2026

God Alone

Psalm 62

A small word runs through this psalm six times — ak, a fence, admitting nothing else inside. David commands his own soul to be still, is battered, and has to command it again.

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