April 28

Today's Reading

Judges. The history in this book often baffles me. One thing it shows is that, when the people turned away from good, they were corrupted in all sorts of ways. What do you learn from the story of
Abimelech?

Luke. It was the "duty" of the women to prepare Jesus' body for burial. They couldn't complete it on Friday night because sundown marked the beginning of the Sabbath and the law forbade them from working on that day. Their trip to the tomb Sunday morning began as a completion of that duty. It ended differently than they could have imagined!

The picture Psalms paints of God "seated" on the throne is very comforting to me. He isn't biting His nails. He isn't pacing. He isn't wondering how we can get through this. He is seated. At rest. Working skillfully. Loving tenderly. Judging righteously.

Proverbs includes this verse, which speaks to me in a whole new way today: "Fools make fun of guilt,
but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation." We live in the culture of "not guilty." Prisons are overcrowded with people who are "innocent"; it's not their fault that they did what they did. How refreshing when someone says, "Here's what I did. I was wrong. I deserve judgment. I am deeply sorry for causing so much pain."

Hey, Climbing Companion, what do you see today? Do you have questions?