How is your reading coming along? We have made it through the first week of 2012 -- can you believe it? If you miss a day, forgive yourself and pick up with the next day. Really knowing the Bible is a lifetime adventure so lets stay at it, tiny steps at a time.
Genesis today is so rich that we could spend a week just on these chapters. Here are a few highlights...
1. God reveals his character to us through His names. We discover two of them in today's reading.
2. God enters a deeper covenant with Abram and changes his name to Abraham. Then God gives Sarai a new name.
3. God's requirement of Abraham in this covenant is circumcision and Abe responds obediently.
4. Sarai tries to help God along and get a family through her own manipulations. Thousands of years later, the world still reels from the conflict that started there.
Matthew today includes more instructions about how to truly follow God. Which one of these means the most to you?
In Psalms today, David (the man after God's own heart) wonders if his problems are all his own fault. If not, he asks God for justice. Surely you have been there!
Proverbs contains the words of a parent longing for his child to know and follow God's ways. Some of you are praying that for your little ones. God bless you for it!
Questions and comments are welcome. Yours may help someone else on this journey.
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