After the River Esk, Angus, Scotland.
Photography courtesy of Ben Bremner, https://www.facebook.com/ben.bremner3

James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.
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“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head.”

Psalm 22:7 (KJV)

Mockery was a great ingredient in our Lord’s woe. Judas mocked him in the garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed him to scorn; Herod set him at nought; the servants and the soldiers jeered at him, and bru...

Elie Lighthouse, Elie, Fife, Scotland.
Photography courtesy of Ben and Donna Bremner, https://www.facebook.com/ben.donna.grand.day.out

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!

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“A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me.”

Songs 1:13 (KJV)

Myrrh may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connection with sacrifice. But why is he compared to “a bundle of myrrh”? First, for...

Ben Mor Goicath, North West Highlands, Scotland.
Photography courtesy of Neil McDade, https://www.facebook.com/share/18MiJZqyEK/

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nea...