Week 15 Day 7 Home Sweet Home

Joshua 18 and 19

Seven tribes of Israel still had not selected their land. So Joshua sent representatives out to scope out the cities and take notes. They then brought their notes back and then cast lots for the land, Each tribe received land based upon the lots.

Most of the chapters consisted of city names I cannot pronounce.

One thing I did think about was how exciting this must have been. After wandering for so long, I bet the people were beyond thrilled to find out which "land" was their land. Finally, the people had a home.

Home sweet home.

Tomorrow's reading: Joshua 20-21

Reba

Week 15 Day 6 A Land Divided

Joshua 13-17

I really didn't abandon this blog last night. I had every intention of writing in here. But I fell asleep early. Didn't update one of the blogs. Ask my school 'team"...it has been a really busy week!

Okay, these were not the most exciting chapters. It basically talked about how God (through Joshua) divided the Promised Land among the tribes. So it used a LOT of words and places and names that I cannot pronounce and really have NO idea where or who they are.

But my favorite part was actually in Joshua 13.

If you ever have a chance, read Joshua 13:21.

See if you can figure out why I like it so much. :)

The other part I loved was in Joshua 14. The last verse.

"After this there was peace in the land."

You know how I feel about war and conflict. What a complete dream it would be to have peace.

That is all I want for Christmas.

Peace.

Peace among my children. Among my students. In my town. In my state. In our country. In our world.

One day.

One day the Prince of Peace will bring that to us.

I can hardly wait!

Tomorrow's reading: Joshua 18 and 19.

Reba

Week 15 Day 5 Grains of Sand

Joshua 11 and 12

I don't know why I am having such a hard time staying with this. I started off so well. Then life got busy. (I am not sure why this would make a difference but I have noticed that since bringing the puppy home, I am more sporadic than ever!)

I want to.

I really do.

I want to dig into the Word every single day. I want to find a nugget of what God is sharing with me. I want to be committed.

I am not sure if it is where I am.

Wars.

That is what these chapters are about.

God's kingdom was being established through the Israelites.

But that involved a whole lot of wars. And killing. And other things that truly do turn my stomach over.

I am not a war person.

I am more of a peace person.

I don't like conflict.

One of my favorite things in Washington DC were the rocks at the FDR Memorial that had the words "I Hate War" on them.

Not that I don't support our troops and soldiers.

I do.

I know that war has been a part of human history for years.

And sometimes (like the Civil War), it is a necessity.

But it still makes my stomach turn.

Today's reading was no exception because guess what both chapters were about?

War.

Several kings and nations started getting nervous about the Israelites.

So they gathered together.

When they did, they numbered "more than the grains of sand on the seashore".

I LOVE going to the beach. I love stepping into the warm sand with my bare feet.

Though I have only been to a few beaches in my life, I have to say, there is a LOT of sand on the beach.

So to have that many people gathered together to defeat the Israelites...that just hurts my head thinking about it.

Yet again, God proves victorious.

All those people, all those "grains of sand", were defeated.

That is about all I have to say about that.

I do plan on coming back. Hopefully tomorrow night. :)

Reba