Joshua 3-5
After the spies returned to Joshua with the news about the land they were entering, God spoke to Joshua and told him it was time to be on the move.
There was a plan.
The priests would be in the front, holding the Ark. The people would walk behind (not too closely).
That was it. That was the plan. Well, there may have been more of a plan but that is the one that God shared with the people.
So the next day, they did exactly what God said.
The priests started walking with the Ark, and the people followed.
When the priests arrived at the banks of the Jordan, they stepped into the flowing water. And the water stopped.
Just like their ancestors before them (with the Red Sea), the people walked across the river on dry ground.
To always remember that day, a member of each tribe was asked to pick up a rock to carry to remind the people about God's provision. Yet again.
The day the people crossed, God made Joshua respected in their eyes. For the rest of his life. Just like Moses had been respected. I had to giggle a little about that...it seemed like the people were always complaining about and to Moses.
Anyway, once the people crossed the river, they camped out at Gilgal.
Then God gave one more command while the people camped.
Circumcision.
All of the men.
I won't speak further on that.
I will just say that the people continued to camp out until healing was complete.
Wonder what will happen tomorrow?
Joshua 6-7 (I think)
Reba
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Week 14 Day 6 Spies Like Us
Joshua 2
I know, I know. I am doing a terrible job reading and reporting. Not that I have many readers but that isn't who my true audience should be anyway. And I can feel it. I feel it in my heart, in my thoughts, in my mind. I could give a list of excuses (like the fact I fall asleep each night sitting in the chair in the living room, warm dog curled up on my lap) but there isn't a true excuse other than I need to prioritize better.
Anyway, Joshua 2. A well known story.
Joshua sent spies into Jericho to check it out.
While there, the spies happen upon a prostitute...yes, a prostitute...named Rahab.
Rahab lets the spies hide out in her home, on the roof to be exact. It is a good thing the typical roof at that time was flat.
Meanwhile, all the King's Men and all the King's Horses were on the search for these spies.
Rahab does lie. She tells the king's men that the spies headed on out of town, sending them on a wild goose chase. Or rather wild spy chase.
And I struggle a bit with the whole lying thing. Does the means justify the end? Is lying okay if it is for the good of the people?
I don't know.
God doesn't say one way or another in this particular passage.
I do believe that even if Rahab had told the truth, God was bigger than those king's men. And He would have protected them regardless. Or is it irregardless?
I do like what Rahab tells the spies. She lets them know her people are afraid of their people. They know that God is on their (the Israelites) side. What is even more interesting is why her people know that. It is the things God has done, like drying up the Red Sea when the people left Egypt.
What I find ironic about that is that Rahab's people, unbelievers, could tell that God was God by what He had done while the Israelites seemed to forget. Yet those things had happened TO them and FOR them.
What is even more ironic is that it is easy for me to sit here in disgust that the people have forgotten over and over what God did for them, yet I do the same thing.
Anyway, the spies finally escape with a promise to Rahab that since she saved their lives, they will save hers (and that of her family).
Which leads to tomorrow's reading.
Joshua 3-5.
And I really do hope to make it TOMORROW.
Reba
I know, I know. I am doing a terrible job reading and reporting. Not that I have many readers but that isn't who my true audience should be anyway. And I can feel it. I feel it in my heart, in my thoughts, in my mind. I could give a list of excuses (like the fact I fall asleep each night sitting in the chair in the living room, warm dog curled up on my lap) but there isn't a true excuse other than I need to prioritize better.
Anyway, Joshua 2. A well known story.
Joshua sent spies into Jericho to check it out.
While there, the spies happen upon a prostitute...yes, a prostitute...named Rahab.
Rahab lets the spies hide out in her home, on the roof to be exact. It is a good thing the typical roof at that time was flat.
Meanwhile, all the King's Men and all the King's Horses were on the search for these spies.
Rahab does lie. She tells the king's men that the spies headed on out of town, sending them on a wild goose chase. Or rather wild spy chase.
And I struggle a bit with the whole lying thing. Does the means justify the end? Is lying okay if it is for the good of the people?
I don't know.
God doesn't say one way or another in this particular passage.
I do believe that even if Rahab had told the truth, God was bigger than those king's men. And He would have protected them regardless. Or is it irregardless?
I do like what Rahab tells the spies. She lets them know her people are afraid of their people. They know that God is on their (the Israelites) side. What is even more interesting is why her people know that. It is the things God has done, like drying up the Red Sea when the people left Egypt.
What I find ironic about that is that Rahab's people, unbelievers, could tell that God was God by what He had done while the Israelites seemed to forget. Yet those things had happened TO them and FOR them.
What is even more ironic is that it is easy for me to sit here in disgust that the people have forgotten over and over what God did for them, yet I do the same thing.
Anyway, the spies finally escape with a promise to Rahab that since she saved their lives, they will save hers (and that of her family).
Which leads to tomorrow's reading.
Joshua 3-5.
And I really do hope to make it TOMORROW.
Reba
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Week 14 Day 5 and 6 Are We There Yet?
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
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
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
Monday, August 15, 2011
Apologies, Apologies
You would think in the summer time, I would post more with all of the "free time" I have on hand. But alas, it doesn't happen. Life gets crazy. I am going several different directions at once. Etc. Etc.
All that to say, I hope to return regularly...tomorrow.
Reba
All that to say, I hope to return regularly...tomorrow.
Reba
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