Thirty days. I am one-third of the way through reading the Bible! Yeah! While I still love reading my Bible, I still do struggle with it: some days are just difficult to read, some days are difficult to summarize and others I just don’t really want to do, I want rest. However, I have...
By the end of 2 Kings, both Israel and Judah have been displaced. A long series of Kings of both nations have led Israel and Judah away from God. When God promised the Israelites the land of Canaan, it came with a price: walk with me in My Commandments. Both nations allowed high places...
The further I get into the Bible, it feels like there are more people who resist God than those who walk in His ways. I feel like I read over and over so and so became king and ruled some number of years and did evil in the sight of the Lord. Even the...
Solomon was given the opportunity to have anything that he asked from the Lord and Solomon chose to ask for wisdom. Wisdom is not just being smart or intelligent. It is about being able to discern what to do with the knowledge we have. God was so impressed by Solomon that in addition to...
In chapters 13-24 of 2 Samuel, David is facing the consequences of his sin. David’s sins were forgiven but he still had to face the consequences. The Lord had promised him that his child would die, that the sword would never depart from his house and evil would come from his own house and...
Even though chapters 1-12 only take up a little more than 10 pages in my Bible, it is full of details to take to heart. There is so much to take in about David becoming King of Judah and then of all of Israel. Throughout, David seeks God for guidance, pours out his thankful...
3 weeks of reading down! As the days have progressed I have grown more and more excited about getting to spend time in His Word. I love seeing all the connections that are occurring as I progress through the Bible. While reading through the Bible in 90 days is not an easy task, it...
Israel now has a home. They have expelled most of the Canaanites, and the land is being divided up among the tribes; it is a time for rest. Before his death, Joshua reminds the Israelites that they have been victorious in what they have done but only because the Lord has fought for them....
Moses’s life is coming to a close. By the end of the book, the Israelites will have a new leader and are about to enter the promised land, the land of milk and honey. He is hoping that Israel will understand that they will be blessed beyond measure if they obey His commandments and...
This passage of Numbers was comforting to read for my need to have everything in it’s proper place, and was a refreshing change of pace compared to the Law of Leviticus. Moses is called by God to take a census of all the men aged 20 years and over of each tribe, the warriors and...
