Word Traveler
"my daily encounter with God through His Word"
Dave Scriven
- Location
- Beaverton, Oregon, USA
- Birthday
- October 06
- Title
- Principal Broker
- Company
- RE/MAX
- Bio
- This site is a two year writing experiment I call "P, B & J" (Prayer, Bible, and Journal) which follows a two year Bible reading plan. (A link to this reading plan is at My Links below.) As I read Bible, I look for an inspirational verse and write about it. These articles are my P, B & J journal entries. I hope you enjoy them.
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Bible guy, happily married, 7 kids, 1 cool grandkid, Realtor. If you want more, check out "My Story" at My Links below. Thanks!
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Credits: The black and white graphic of Moses at left of title bar is used by permission and entitled "The Spoken Law" by my friend and excellent comic book illustrator, Paul Gulacy.
MY RECENT POSTS
- To My Friends at Open Salon
April 10, 2011 10:50AM - "I Need a Placebo for My
Hypochondria"
March 24, 2011 12:39PM - "Pro-Life versus Pro-Death"
March 22, 2011 11:42AM - "Assurance"
March 21, 2011 12:03PM - "Don't Muzzle the Ox"
March 21, 2011 09:43AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I am honored by your
very loving words, Chris.
Please feel
welcome to visit
my o…”
April 11, 2011 11:13PM - “Thank you Suresh. Your
are very kind. And, thank you
too
Suzie. I have
always…”
April 10, 2011 10:54PM - “Thank you Kathy and
Bonnie.”
April 10, 2011 03:17PM - “so did I, IJ.
Thanks.”
March 26, 2011 12:46PM - “Thanks IJ.”
March 26, 2011 12:43PM
Dave Scriven's Links
APRIL 10, 2011 11:42AM
To My Friends at Open Salon
Dear Friends,
I have come to the end of my regular posts on Open Salon. This was a writing experiment corresponding to a two year Bible Reading Plan. I call it PB & J (Prayer, Bible, and Journaling). OS posts are my journal entries (the "J" part of PB & J).… Read full post »
MARCH 24, 2011 12:39PM
"I Need a Placebo for My Hypochondria"
Deuteronomy32.8-9 NIV
“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
For the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.”
When my son was in 2nd…
MARCH 22, 2011 11:42AM
"Pro-Life versus Pro-Death"
Deuteronomy 30.19 “The Message”
I call Heaven and Earth to witness against you today: I place before you Life and Death, Blessing and Curse. Choose life so that you and your children will live.”
Moses gave the people choices. Every good leader does that.
School teachers, poli…
I call Heaven and Earth to witness against you today: I place before you Life and Death, Blessing and Curse. Choose life so that you and your children will live.”
Moses gave the people choices. Every good leader does that.
School teachers, poli…
MARCH 21, 2011 12:03PM
"Assurance"
Deuteronomy 28.66 Amplified Bible
“Your life shall hang in doubt before you; day and night you shall be worried, and have no assurance of your life.”
“Your life shall hang in doubt before you; day and night you shall be worried, and have no assurance of your life.”
This text describes the man or woman without Christ. Every man must eventually stand before his Maker. On her deathbed, the unrepenta… Read full post »
MARCH 21, 2011 9:43AM
"Don't Muzzle the Ox"
Deuteronomy 25.4 NASB
“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.”
The
literal meaning and original purpose of this Mosaic law was to
allow a certain level of freedom to a working beast. It should not
be muzzled when harnessed to a threshing wheel. Further restriction
of the…
“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.”
The
literal meaning and original purpose of this Mosaic law was to
allow a certain level of freedom to a working beast. It should not
be muzzled when harnessed to a threshing wheel. Further restriction
of the…
MARCH 20, 2011 2:48PM
"Never Be Afraid to Cry Out"
Deuteronomy 22.25-26a, 27 The NET Bible
“But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die. You must not do anything to the young woman - she has done nothing deserving of death.
…for the man met her in… Read full post »
“But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die. You must not do anything to the young woman - she has done nothing deserving of death.
…for the man met her in… Read full post »
MARCH 19, 2011 10:38AM
"Logging in Scribe Time"
Deuteronomy 17.18-20 The NET Bible
“When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests. It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives,… Then he will not exalt himself… Read full post »
“When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests. It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives,… Then he will not exalt himself… Read full post »
MARCH 18, 2011 10:31AM
"The Sticky Beast Within"
Deuteronomy 13.17 NASU
“Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the Lord may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,…”
God… Read full post »
“Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the Lord may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,…”
God… Read full post »
MARCH 17, 2011 10:32PM
"Brick Wall"
Deuteronomy 7.17-18 NLT
“Perhaps you will think to yourselves, ‘How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?’ But don’t be afraid of them! Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt.”
Have yo…
“Perhaps you will think to yourselves, ‘How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?’ But don’t be afraid of them! Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt.”
Have yo…
MARCH 16, 2011 9:44AM
"Assembly Required"
Deuteronomy 4.10 NASU“Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they… Read full post »
MARCH 15, 2011 9:18AM
"A Time to Be Carried and a Time to Carry"
Deuteronomy 1.31 NKJV
“…and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.”
There is a time to be carried and a time to carry.
In the wilderness, the Lord…
“…and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.”
There is a time to be carried and a time to carry.
In the wilderness, the Lord…
MARCH 9, 2011 12:33PM
"Start Small and Finish Strong"
MARCH 8, 2011 10:53PM
"You Can't Go Home Yet"
Numbers 32.18-19 NIV
“We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has received his inheritance. For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”
“We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has received his inheritance. For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”
Th… Read full post »
MARCH 7, 2011 12:16PM
"Exampleship"
Numbers 27.15-17New English Translation
“Then Moses spoke to the Lord: ‘Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community, who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring… Read full post »
MARCH 4, 2011 11:06AM
"Drive a Spear"
Num 25:7-8, 10-12 New Century Version
“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the
priest,… got his spear. He followed the Israelite into his
tent and drove his spear through both the Israelite man and the
Midianite woman. Then the terrible sickness among the Israelites
stopped.… Read full post »
“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the
priest,… got his spear. He followed the Israelite into his
tent and drove his spear through both the Israelite man and the
Midianite woman. Then the terrible sickness among the Israelites
stopped.… Read full post »
MARCH 3, 2011 11:14AM
"Don't Blame the Donkey"
Numbers 22.26-27 NIV
“Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and… Read full post »
“Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and… Read full post »
MARCH 2, 2011 12:18PM
"Angry Men Don't Get Where They Want to Go"
Numbers 20.10-11 NIV
“He and Aaron gathered the assembly together
in front of the rock and Moses said to them, ‘Listen,
you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?’ Then
Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his
staff. Water gushed out, and the communi… Read full post »
“He and Aaron gathered the assembly together
in front of the rock and Moses said to them, ‘Listen,
you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?’ Then
Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his
staff. Water gushed out, and the communi… Read full post »
MARCH 2, 2011 11:00AM
"How Do You Know God is on Your Side?"
Numbers 16.28-30 World English
Bible
“Moses said, ‘Hereby you shall
know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for I have not
done them of my own mind.
“Moses said, ‘Hereby you shall
know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for I have not
done them of my own mind.‘If these
men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after
the visitation of all men;… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 28, 2011 11:48AM
"Others Believe What You Believe About Yourself"
Numbers 13.33 NASU“There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
The spies who were sent into the Promised Land misunderstood the limits of their responsibilities. They we…
FEBRUARY 27, 2011 1:57PM
"The Place of Pain"
Numbers 11.11a, 14-15 “The
Message”
“Moses said to God,
‘Why are you treating me this way? What did I ever do
to you to deserve this?’
‘I can’t do this by myself — it’s too much, all these people. If this is how you intend to treat me, do me… Read full post »
“Moses said to God,
‘Why are you treating me this way? What did I ever do
to you to deserve this?’‘I can’t do this by myself — it’s too much, all these people. If this is how you intend to treat me, do me… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 24, 2011 10:51AM
"Pass it On"
Numbers 8:24-26 NIV
“This
applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall
come to take part in the work at the Tent of Meeting, but
at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular
service and work no longer. They may assist their
brothers in performing… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 23, 2011 11:24AM
"Put on..."
Numbers 6.24-27 NKJV“‘The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.’
“So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”
This morn…
FEBRUARY 22, 2011 11:12AM
"Do All that Needs to be Done"
Numbers 4.26c NIV
“The Gershonites are to do all that needs to be done with these things.”
My wife and I have a little communication issue. She expects me to know certain things. I wish she would more clearly inform me of the things I should know.
Recently she pointed out that there…
“The Gershonites are to do all that needs to be done with these things.”
My wife and I have a little communication issue. She expects me to know certain things. I wish she would more clearly inform me of the things I should know.
Recently she pointed out that there…
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 10:31AM
"Jesus Mentions You by Name"
Numbers 1.17 NKJV“Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name,…”
It is always proper to mention a person by name in casual, group conversation if that person is there and participating in the discussion. To refer to a present party as “him”…
FEBRUARY 20, 2011 11:59AM
"Jesus is Not Pharaoh"
Leviticus 26.13
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves…
“I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.” NKJV
“I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.” NASU
“I… Read full post »
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves…
“I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.” NKJV
“I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.” NASU
“I… Read full post »
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