Genesis 1-50, 10/22-10/25

the beginning of this book may have some of the most beautiful language in the entire bible. its so imaginative and mysterious... phrases like "darkness was over the face of the deep" and "the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." however genesis 19 is by far my favorite chapter in the book. i love abraham's persistence and boldness in asking God to spare people out of Sodom, from 50 down to 10. Gods kindness here is incredible...the conversation is left with God saying he will spare the whole city if 10 are found. and yet there are not even ten found in the city who are righteous, there are only lot his wife and two daughters. and what does God do? he didn't promise abraham that he would spare any in the city if less than 10 are found, and yet even though only four are found he doesn't destroy them with sulfur and fire from heaven with the city. lot and his family even stall in the city and the God is patient with them and bring them out of the mob still. and when lot asks the angels to spare the little city of zoar that they might go there, and angels respond telling them to hurry because they "can do nothing till [they} arrive there." its interesting because in the past when i've looked at this passage my focus has been on lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt because of her disobedience towards god...this time though the gods gentleness, kindness, and patience with humanity was so evident. actually its evident all throughout genesis...how many times did abraham sort of kind of lie about sarah being his sister (even though she was his half-sister) and yet, god's favor is still upon him?

through the bible in 90 days

wow i havent been on here in forever. i was reading back over all the years that i have semi-documented...and its kind of crazy how so many things have changed from then until now. i still have my camera, but i am not using it...unfortunately. however i have decided to document life a little bit differently for the next few months, by way of the bible. yesterday while driving back from roseburg, oregon (yes i'm on the west coast now, weird...) i was thinking about my life, about how its completely based around this one book, the bible, and the man for whom, by whom and through whom all things exist...

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." 1 John

and I was realizing that if this book is my life as I claim it to be, then darn it i should have it read by now! (yes i have never read through the entire bible). so today is day one...13-20 chapters a day for 90 days. and then when i'm finished i'm going to read it again, and again, and again, and again, and again until i know it. if i position my heart to receive in this way, and i concentrate my mind to mediate upon the word day in and day out, how can i not be forever changed? and man, i need a transformation...