I know I haven't been on in a while, but I haven't had much to say from the readings. Not that I haven't had many thoughts, just nothing I care to post cuz they're just questions. Anyway, what I really wanted to get on here to say is that MY HUSBAND GOT A JOB! We have been praying and praying and finally after 2 months, he was hired as a Security Guard at a museum. Thank you, God! He doesn't start until January 4th but at least it's coming. We just need to make due until then.
There has been a lot of happiness lately. My sister-in-law took me shopping as my Christmas present after I'd just been thinking to myself that I wish I had some new clothes. Then my friend gave my husband and I three candles and two gift cards to go out to eat. That was wonderful. I'm so tired of mac and cheese and hot dogs. Blah. I've also had quite a few patients at work give me either a card or a present. That is so sweet of them to think of me. Most of it is sugary foods, but at least they're thinking of me. I may go backwards on my inch-loss plan, but I will catch up. It hasn't helped that I dislocated my shoulder over the weekend so moving, let alone exercising, has been off my list of things to do. But my shoulder is much better now so I will be exercising soon. I did jog yesterday for a bit.
Anyway, I love Christmas more and more every year. I've even listened to Christmas music most of the month! That's not usually me cuz I get sick of hearing how many ways people can sing the same ol' songs. But this year I don't mind. Even my husband's getting into Christmas and he didn't get into it at all last year.
So that's the update for today! Thanks for reading!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Genesis 8: More on the flood
I'm still reading about the flood (I know, I know...still? Yes, still) and I had a deeper thought than just the questions that come from the reading. Noah and his family were on the ark for about one year. I didn't know that first of all. That's a long time to be on the ark. There are 8 of them and tons and tons of animals so... do you think their faith was tested through any of this? My first thought would be, how could they think anything less than how awesome God is when he saved them and nobody else from the flood, but sometimes my own faith is tested when I'm in a good place. I don't know why that is, but I'm sure it could happen for Noah's family too.
I love my family, don't get me wrong, but a whole year with them on a boat and no chance of going anywhere else? I hope for their sakes it was a big enough boat that they felt like they were getting away just to walk to the other end. Haha. And if you got in a fight with them, would you go to the stables and talk to the animals about it? Genesis never says what happens on the boat through that year. I hope none of the wives got pregnant at that time.
And then there could be a conflict with God. I would get so restless being on the ark for that long and never seeing ground or even mountains. Just lots and lots of water. And then the Bible says that 5 months after the rain started, the flood receded enough that the ark rested on a mountain. Now, I don't know if it stayed there and if it didn't how long it did stay there, but they didn't get off that ark until the land was completely dry and God told them to get off. I personally would want to run off the ark screaming, throw myself to the ground and kiss it over and over again when the dove brought back the olive branch...but they just waited for God's ok. Wow! That's commitment and trust. I hope I can be in that kind of relationship with God some day.
How's your relationship with Him? Could you wait an entire year for the floods to go down and the ground to dry up before you left the ark? Could you keep waiting 3 months after you see signs of a dry ground before you just walked out of there saying "Sayonara!" and praying you never see another ark again? Or could you patiently wait for God's ok? I know I have a hard time waiting for God to do something for longer than a week, let alone a year. But that may just be me.
I love my family, don't get me wrong, but a whole year with them on a boat and no chance of going anywhere else? I hope for their sakes it was a big enough boat that they felt like they were getting away just to walk to the other end. Haha. And if you got in a fight with them, would you go to the stables and talk to the animals about it? Genesis never says what happens on the boat through that year. I hope none of the wives got pregnant at that time.
And then there could be a conflict with God. I would get so restless being on the ark for that long and never seeing ground or even mountains. Just lots and lots of water. And then the Bible says that 5 months after the rain started, the flood receded enough that the ark rested on a mountain. Now, I don't know if it stayed there and if it didn't how long it did stay there, but they didn't get off that ark until the land was completely dry and God told them to get off. I personally would want to run off the ark screaming, throw myself to the ground and kiss it over and over again when the dove brought back the olive branch...but they just waited for God's ok. Wow! That's commitment and trust. I hope I can be in that kind of relationship with God some day.
How's your relationship with Him? Could you wait an entire year for the floods to go down and the ground to dry up before you left the ark? Could you keep waiting 3 months after you see signs of a dry ground before you just walked out of there saying "Sayonara!" and praying you never see another ark again? Or could you patiently wait for God's ok? I know I have a hard time waiting for God to do something for longer than a week, let alone a year. But that may just be me.
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