Scripture: Exodus 20:24 “Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you.” Observation: The difference between the altar to God and the the temple for God are strikingly different. Initially [...]
Scripture: Luke 11:36 “If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight is shining on you.” Observation: My notes on this passage say “The lamp is Christ; the eye represents spiritual understanding and insight. Evil desires make the eye less sensitive and blot [...]
Sometimes I feel like I don’t know how to read the Bible. I often talk with people who express their amazement at how dad keeps up with the plan and how they get stuck on a particular verse or passage and just can’t manage to finish. I read these same passages (like today’s reading, Matthew [...]
I’m not really sure what’s going on right now, but I’m having a really hard time connecting with what God is saying (though it’s certainly plausible that he’s not saying anything…). This morning I read the parable of the seeds – I feel like the hard ground – nothing is taking root. Maybe I’m asking [...]
Scripture: Ezekiel 3:10-11 “Let all my words sink deep into your own heart. Listen to them carefully for yourself. Then go to your people in exile and say to them ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ Do this whether they listen or not.” Observation: Occasionally Nicole asks me to relay a message to someone. [...]
Scripture: 1 John 3:2 “We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.” Observation: I really struggled with what was the “right” passage to journal about this morning. The reading included Jeremiah 29 – filled with encouragement to trust and seek God. 1 John [...]
Scripture: Isaiah 50:4 “Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will.” Observation: The way Isaiah frames the path to understanding God’s will is so frustrating! And yet I love it. I want to know God’s will for my life right now – all of it. I want to see the [...]