Exodus 4:1-5:21 Matthew 18:1-20 Psalm 22:19-31 Proverbs 5:15-21 Imagine if someone who had deeply affected your life...someone who had been so influential that they changed your life drastically...someone who made you who you are today...someone you looked up to, someone you respected...imagine if this person told you that whatever it was that they did for you was actually the last thing on earth they wanted to do at the time. Imagine if they told you they resisted to the poi

Exodus 2:11-3:22 Matthew 17:10-27 Psalm 22:1-18 Proverbs 5:7-14 It's late, I'm tired...but just like yesterday, I'm reminded in today's reading that nothing is impossible. "Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20 And Moses is called from the burning bush, what seems impossible, to ask Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery,

Genesis 50:1-Exodus 2:10 Matthew 16:13-17:9 Psalm 21:1-13 Proverbs 5:1-6 Today I did half the reading on my lunch break at work...on the dirty table at the back of the kitchen with a cup of coffee feeding my headache...and I was encouraged. Then I did the other half of my reading when I got home...sitting in the hot jacuzzi recovering from the aches and pains of standing all day and from whatever faith in humanity was lost in a day of customer service. Reading the Bible every

Genesis 48:1-49:33 Matthew 15:29-16:12 Psalm 20:1-9 Proverbs 4:20-27 Sometimes as I've been doing this project I find it frustrating that I leave reading the Bible and blogging till the end of the day. I leave it to the last of my energies...when I don't have much strength to focus and I don't have much motivation to truly reflect. I love it when I read and blog during the day, in the morning, when I'm full of energy and want for inspiration. When I read and blog changes ever

Genesis 46:1-47:31 Matthew 15:1-28 Psalm 19:1-14 Proverbs 4:14-19 So, Moses is writing Genesis ...while he is wandering the desert ...with the Israelites ...who have just been saved by the hand of God ...from slavery to the Egyptians. And he is writing about how God provided for Joseph and gave his life meaning by entering into the house of Pharaoh ...advising and assisting Pharaoh ...to make him so powerful in all the land ....to the point that Pharaoh starts to collect slav

Genesis 44:1-45:28 Matthew 14:13-36 Psalm 18:37-50 Proverbs 4:11-13 For some reason I have always connected with the story of Peter walking on water. Water is my go-to analogy in most things, song writing in particular. I'm working on locating a video of one of my original songs that particularly pulls from this story as an analogy. I don't know why I connect with the analogy...I don't have an amazing testimonial about when this story clicked with me...I think it just always

Genesis 42:18-43:34 Matthew 13:47-14:12 Psalm 18:16-36 Proverbs 4:7-10 I feel like this story about Joseph seeing his brothers again after so long is an uncharacteristically emotional story for the Bible. Certainly, the Bible has many heart wrenching, sorrowful, moving, sad, emotional stories...but I can't think of another story that is so vividly described as emotional. "Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into

Genesis 41:17-42:17 Matthew 13:24-46 Psalm 18:1-15 Proverbs 4:1-6 "The kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." Matthew 13:44 The other day I realized something about this fear I have that if I shared the gospel people would choose not to believe in God still. The fear that I would be seen as weird or silly or stupid to believe in God. The fear that sharing

Genesis 39:1-41:16 Matthew 12:46-13:23 Psalm 17:1-15 Proverbs 3:33-35 It's been a while since I've had a morning to myself in this house. A morning to myself: not working, not too many errands, time to sit and paint while I listen to the audio reading. And God has given me a lot of thoughts this morning that feel a little all over the place...but here is my attempt to connect it all in one blog post. While reading the story of Joseph I painted the image of a little sprout try

Genesis 37:1-38:30 Matthew 12:22-45 Psalm 16:1-11 Proverbs 3:27-32 "You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing." "Lord, You alone are my portion and my cup; You make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord." "I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Life is unfair, it's hard, it's exhausting, it's full of sufferings...but we hav