Joshua 1
Just to get caught up...
Moses had died.
The people are just hanging out.
And there is a new leader in charge.
Joshua.
God comes to Joshua and tells him it is time.
Time to enter the land.
The promised land.
After years of wandering. Years of heartache. Years of rules and laws.
They get to enter.
Amazing.
Absolutely amazing.
More soon!
Reba
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Week 14 Day 4 A Glimpse at the Future
Deuteronomy 33-34
I have started this and stopped it several times. Maybe I didn't really want Deuteronomy to end. I don't know. But I have had trouble ending it.
In these last two chapters of Deuteronomy, Moses gives a final blessing to the tribes of Israel.
Then he dies.
He was 120 years old.
His eyes were weak but his body was strong.
Something I never realized...God buried Moses. People still don' t know exactly where he was buried.
I have a feeling God had a reason for that.
If people knew, they would have made Moses' grave a shrine.
Even though the people didn't always like what Moses had to say (a downfall of being a prophet), they knew he was different.
He saw God face to face. He knew God. He performed signs and miracles. There was never another prophet just like him.
And now an era has ended.
Tomorrow's reading: Joshua 1
Reba
I have started this and stopped it several times. Maybe I didn't really want Deuteronomy to end. I don't know. But I have had trouble ending it.
In these last two chapters of Deuteronomy, Moses gives a final blessing to the tribes of Israel.
Then he dies.
He was 120 years old.
His eyes were weak but his body was strong.
Something I never realized...God buried Moses. People still don' t know exactly where he was buried.
I have a feeling God had a reason for that.
If people knew, they would have made Moses' grave a shrine.
Even though the people didn't always like what Moses had to say (a downfall of being a prophet), they knew he was different.
He saw God face to face. He knew God. He performed signs and miracles. There was never another prophet just like him.
And now an era has ended.
Tomorrow's reading: Joshua 1
Reba
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Week 14 Day 3 Rock Solid
Deuteronomy 32
I am fighting to stay awake (long day) but am DETERMINED to get back on track with this.
As I am reading, I am thinking to myself, "This looks like a song." And sure enough, several verses into it, I realize it is a song.
It is a song that Moses and Joshua spoke to the people.
And the song itself is just a wrap up of the history the Israelites had had.
So nothing new, even for those of us who have been away for a while.
But one thing I did enjoy in this passage is how many times God referred to himself as "the Rock".
Several.
And the part that really made me think...
At the end of the chapter, Moses is told he can go look down over the Promised Land that he will not enter because of his sin against "the rock".
Kind of ironic, huh?
Tomorrow's reading
Deuteronomy 33 and 34
I am fighting to stay awake (long day) but am DETERMINED to get back on track with this.
As I am reading, I am thinking to myself, "This looks like a song." And sure enough, several verses into it, I realize it is a song.
It is a song that Moses and Joshua spoke to the people.
And the song itself is just a wrap up of the history the Israelites had had.
So nothing new, even for those of us who have been away for a while.
But one thing I did enjoy in this passage is how many times God referred to himself as "the Rock".
Several.
And the part that really made me think...
At the end of the chapter, Moses is told he can go look down over the Promised Land that he will not enter because of his sin against "the rock".
Kind of ironic, huh?
Tomorrow's reading
Deuteronomy 33 and 34
Monday, September 5, 2011
Tomorrow, Tomorrow...
There's always tomorrow.
Well, not always.
That isn't promised in the Bible.
Even though I have done a poor job reading and writing, I do remember a few things.
But God-willing, if there is a tomorrow, I will be blogging on here again.
Really.
The hiatus is over.
Life is just as crazy, but maybe I need it more than ever.
See ya then!
Reba
Well, not always.
That isn't promised in the Bible.
Even though I have done a poor job reading and writing, I do remember a few things.
But God-willing, if there is a tomorrow, I will be blogging on here again.
Really.
The hiatus is over.
Life is just as crazy, but maybe I need it more than ever.
See ya then!
Reba
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