Job 29
As I’m reading through Job I’m noting that he’s getting borderline prideful defending himself. I have the NLT Life Application Bible, and similarly in the footnotes it states, “Job was walking a fine line between bragging about past accomplishments an recalling good deeds in order to answer the charges against him…”

I wonder how often I do the same thing… Sobering fact! I think I’m very borderline prideful at times. I always feel I have to share my [similar] story – instead of letting others bask in the lime light for a bit. Sometimes I “brag” on Facebook or Twitter too much over certain things. I must be mindful of what comes out of my mouth.

Ecclesiastes 10:14 (MSG)

Job
As I’m reading through the beginning of Job I’m thinking – man, here is a guy who had it all! Loads of money, a great family a great career, and a man of God. And then – just like that, its all been taken away. Undoubtedly he was greif stricken, but he did not loose faith in God.

Later on after a series of more unfortunate events take place his friends turn their backs on Job telling him that he brought it on upon himself. This made me so sad. I imagined if I were ever in a place of misery, and through a series of events that truly were no fault of my own, I couldn’t imagine the thought of my friends, and others turning their back on me thinking I caused my own trouble.

I love though that through it all Job stays true to God! Job shows us how during a time of epic misery and devastation how people WANT to be treated.  No “pat” answers, don’t turn your back, and don’t act all high and mighty. Just be a friend, and listen!

I’ve been listening to the Bible in my car via the YouVersion App for my android phone, and then once I get home I look through the application in my bible.   Some translations – such as the NLT [in the App] offers audio – so now I absolutely have no excuse to say “I don’t have time”. Even after just a week I treasure my time (which is right after work before I pick up my daughter).

Until next time….

Chasing Christ!

Genesis 1
I won’t dialog on every single chapter, but I do hope to write a bit on each book I do go through – so that I can look back and see at least 66 entries for the 66 books of the bible.  I’m reading through this, and I am simply amazed and awestruck! When I can – I’m trying to read Crazy Love, and in the book the author Francis Chan has us go to the website to view this video which as you can see for yourself brings true the Awe Factor Of God. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.  We read that, but do we as humans really understand what that means? I know I re-read Genesis chapter 1 a few times, and I went back and watched the Awe Factor Of God a few times to really pull together the creation of the whole world. 


Enjoy this video!

Thank you Lord for creating this beautiful, majestic and mysterious world, and universe. There are no words in the human language I can think of to explain it. To know that God cares about each and every one of us individually is MIND BENDING! I’m so excited to get to know God over this next year in a new and deeper way and understand how much he loves me in the midst of His creation. I’m severely humbled by that video above.  I hope and really believe this [reading through the bible] will take my relationship with Christ to a whole new level, and help me be in a deeper understanding of who God is, and how much he loves us!

Happy Reading!

This evening I began a journey. One I’m not sure of… the outcome, what I will discover, and who I will become because of it. I’ve always been interested in reading through the entire bible, but never allowed myself the time.

A co-workers daughter who I think is 8 years old is currently reading through the ENTIRE bible (and not a kids version either) – so really I thought I can do this… There are  myriad bible reading plans – and I decided I’m going to follow a chronological one.

So – instead of the bible taking you straight through – cover to cover, this actually takes you on the journey of how the bible evolutionalized, or brings you through in the order they actually happend! (Surprise – the bible is NOT in order – cover to cover of the way it actually went down!).

Over the years I’ve noticed I’m in between that hot, and lukewarm temperature for Christ. The temperature he warns us about in Revelation 3:16. God wants us to be HOT for him, and to not simply let scripture fall into our laps, but to chase after it. Persue it with all our mights.

So – that is what I’ll be doing…. Reading and Blogging my way through the bible.

This should take me about a year – give or take if I miss a day or so – but here’s to the chase!

Tonight with MOTR and my small group we packed meals for Feed My Starving Children. We helped package enough food for 17,000 meals! We learned that over in the Horn of Africa where widespread famine is happening as I type 18,000 children are dying every single day because they do not have enough food to eat! Its not a resource problem,its a distribution problem! That’s like filling up the Excel Energy Center every single day with children and then wiping it out, only to fill it up again the next day! It honestly breaks my heart. It is my hope that I can go to FMSC at least 1x per month to help package food. Its so easy and they have sign ups all the time! FMSC has an unprecedented success rate of their food getting to where it needs to go which is completely amazing! If you have never volunteered with them what are you waiting for?