Deuteronomy 13:1-15:23 Luke 8:40-9:6 Psalm 71:1-24 Proverbs 12:5-7 Easter is in two days...today is Good Friday. And for most of this week I felt a little frustrated that I wasn't preparing myself, meditating, anticipating for Easter more. I'm thinking about practicing Lent next year, or something. I feel like Christmas has all this build up. But Easter is a forgotten holiday. Part of it has to be because we actually celebrate Easter year round. Easter is the very foundation

Deuteronomy 11:1-12:32 Luke 8:22-39 Psalm 70:1-5 Proverbs 12:4 Deuteronomy 11:22-15 If you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul--then I will send rain on your land in is season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. Rain, provisions, fait

Deuteronomy 9:1-10:22 Luke 8:4-21 Psalm 69:19-36 Proverbs 12:2-3 Shame, shame. Another chunk of time away from blogging. And this time with no excuse except that like always I've been saving reading for the last thing before I go to bed and the real problem is that I've been staying up way too late watching TV and I'm plain exhausted. If you are reading the Bible in a year or are thinking about doing it, I would recommend having a exercise to do alongside it. Because even tho

Deuteronomy 2:1-3:29 Luke 6:12-38 Psalm 67:1-7 Proverbs 11:27 Thank God Numbers is over. But darn it, Deuteronomy isn't much better. Today I am working the evening shift so I am taking this opportunity to sleep in, sit in a coffee shop and get caffeine into my brain. Deuteronomy isn't so bad, but I'm sure that my dissatisfaction in it has got to just be a reflection on my own dissatisfaction in life right now. But as the caffeine enters my bloodstream, remembrances of what Go

Numbers 33:40-35:34 Luke 5:12-28 Psalm 65:1-13 Proverbs 11:23 Today's story in Luke makes me beg one question that is difficult to put into words. I see that Jesus healed the paralyzed man and forgave him his sins when He sees the faith of his friends. I wonder to myself about all the good things I want to see happen and have faith that Jesus is willing...how can I do something with that faith? I think of particularly my desire to see people I know come to know Jesus for t

Numbers 32:1-33:39 Luke 4:31-5:11 Psalm 64:1-10 Proverbs 11:22 The water the boats the fishing gear the biggest catch of fish they will ever see Home family familiarity routine security "They pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed Jesus." The disciples left everything. I don't know how many times I've actually been asked to do this. I know there have been times in my life when I was asked to let go of something big, something that hurt to lose. Something

Hi little blog, long time no see. Wow, I had an awesome weekend. Road trip with my sister, so much fun spending time with my best friend, an incredibly productive 3 whole days working on June wedding plans. I got a bridesmaid dress, we drove to San Fransisco, we did big wedding decoration crafts. A great weekend... with not a lot of Bible reading. There have been a couple moments like that in this year of reading the Bible but this time was unlike the others. This was the thi

Numbers 22:21-23:30 Luke 1:57-80 Psalm 58:1-11 Proverbs 11:12-13 Why don't more Sunday School teachers talk about Balaam? This is such a good and crazy Bible story. I mean, besides the confusing part...does God want Balaam to go talk to Balak or not? It's a good story. Balak wants Balaam to come curse the Israelites because he's afraid of them but God says, "nope, they are blessed, not cursed." Balaam goes to Balak and God says, "say what I tell you to say." Balaam's donkey i

Numbers 19:1-20:29 Luke 1:1-25 Psalm 56:1-13 Proverbs 11:8 Am I the only one who feels like this time change is kicking their butt?? I feel really distracted and out of it...I'm having a hard time adjusting and even though I feel like it's only 11pm it is almost midnight and I have work tomorrow...so I have to keep this brief. Moses and Zechariah. Two men who served the Lord faithfully, honored God, lived righteous lives. Two men who were leaders in their faith, who prayed on

Numbers 16:41-18:32 Mark 16:1-20 Psalm 55:1-23 Proverbs 11:7 Growing up in Christian Education, going to church, listening to faith stories, conference speakers, and fellow Christians there was a lot of talk about loving Jesus and seeking Jesus and focusing on Jesus. I heard a lot of talk like, "Jesus changes your life," "if you are a believer you won't be able to help talking about Him," etc. And I think that was something I already knew, it was already something I was exper