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Day 214 - hearts divided.
Yesterday at church, our preacher presented a conviction that, honestly, I very much struggle with. He was looking at John 12:1-11, a point in Jesus' life in which Mary anoints his feet with perfume. This is a separate story from the one in which a woman comes in and breaks an alabaster flask on Jesus' feet in front of Pharisees (Luke 7:36-50). In ( Read more... ) -
Day 200 - ugh.
I'm realizing more and more that being lazy is a lot easier than doing things that actually bring joy into our lives. We like what is quick, entertaining, and easy. Things that require effort, though they have lasting merit, are forgotten or pushed aside. We like to pretend we're the people who do those things that bring us joy just because we ( Read more... ) -
day 198 - Isaiah 40:1-42:25
My dry spell was confirmed Tuesday in my communications class. We had to write out a bunch of sentences. She gave us the phrase "I am..." and we had to complete the rest of the statement 20 times. After I wrote my first 10, she said "You will notice that what you hold most dear will automatically be what you write first and so on down the list ( Read more... ) -
Day 177 - The Raggamuffin Gospel
I happened to get caught up with my daily reading, only to fall three days behind. But I'm refusing to let that get me down, because it's not a bad thing. Thinking I must read everyday in order to be a good Christian is a legalistic thing. I'm not planning on continually falling behind, neither am I giving up. I'm just going at an uneven pace this ( Read more... ) -
Day 188 - Michigan
I'm in Michigan for the week. It's been a blast, but I'm behind on my readings. I'm just finishing up the passages from the 5th. Anyway, right now I'm laying on a towel looking at the lake. The lake that was so much a part of my childhood. It's comforting. It reminds me that although I haven't seen it for six or more years, it's still here. We can ( Read more... ) -
day 184 - 2 Kings 17:3-23; 18:19-12; 17:24-41 - Isaiah 5:1-30 - 2 Kings 16:19-20; 18:1-2
I am trying to get back into a better grove with this blogging thing. To clarify before I get into the meat of this post, I am going to use honesty - not to be confused with self-pity. Today was a day that I got honest with myself, and honesty was not the dose of medicine that I needed. For the past few days I have been spending the night with ( Read more... ) -
day 181 - everything
I am here & bogging. It has been a while, but do know that during that while I have been doing my readings and learning Many MANY many God things. This post will be a cute little life summary of the past 2 weeks.
My Sunday School teacher shared this quote with me & it is the theme to what God has been doing to me. "God has to first soften you to ( Read more... ) -
Day 179 - Hosea 4-5; 2 Kings 14 & 15; Jonah 1-4;
Minor prophets! Minor prophets! Yay! Yay!
This is going to be short. I'm not even done with today's readings. I've been playing catch up over the past few days, so I'm just sort of reading without processing. Plus, Kings and Chronicles are taking their mental toll.
I love the book of Hosea. It is one of my favorites. It could even be my favorite Old ( Read more... ) -
day 173 - 2 Kings 11:4-21; 2 Chronicles 23:1-21; 2 Kings 12:1-16; 2 Chronicles 24:1-16
& 2 Kings 10:28-36; 2 Kings 13:1-3; 2 Kings 13:22-23 ( Read more... )
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