Week Thirty Three:Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46
enjoy reading stories with a beginning, middle, and end. When a book ends in a cliff hanger, I often feel cheated because I want that sense of conclusion.... Read More
Month: July 2022
Hast thou an arm like God?
Week Thirty Two:Job 1–3; 12–14; 19; 21–24; 38–40; 42
When I broke my arm in a bicycle accident, I realized how much I needed my arm. To make things worse, it was my right arm and I am right-handed. I had trouble dressing myself, feeding myself, and writing with a pen or typing on a computer.... Read More
The Feast of Purim – Sorrow being turned into Joy
Week Thirty One: Esther
After Esther saved her people, the Israelites were told to commemorate the time “when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into…celebration.”... Read More
Enemies from Without and Within
Week Thirty:Ezra 1; 3–7; Nehemiah 2; 4–6; 8
Nehemiah was a Jewish leader who helped rebuild Jerusalem in the mid-5th century BC. He had been the cupbearer to the Persian King Artaxerxes I, which was a coveted and influential governmental position.... Read More
What record will we leave for future generations?
Week Twenty Nine:2 Kings 17–25
King Hezekiah and his son King Manasseh were two kings who were opposites in their desires and their reliance on the Lord. The choices they made had consequences for generations after them. Read More