Hosea has a wife and three kids that all tell the tales of an Israel who has forsaken God and God has disowned, while still giving His longsuffering hope for the future.
...continue reading "Hosea 2 (Israel)"Category: Wisdom
Leader Day 2021
It's Leader Day for the women's ministry at my church. It's a time for the bible study leaders and other leaders in the women's ministry at both campuses to come together and build one another up so that we can go back to the ladies and shine the light back to them.
...continue reading "Leader Day 2021"II Kings 12-13; II Chronicles 24
So we finally have the house of Ahab scrubbed from Israel and Judah. Jehu meeting God's mandate and then far exceeding it in brutality to secure his authority on the throne in the north; and the Lord using the high priest and his wife to save the remaining offspring in the line of David, taking the throne at the tender age of 7.
...continue reading "II Kings 12-13; II Chronicles 24"Proverbs 30-31
This is listed next in the Blue Letter Bible Chronological listing after I Kings Chapter 11.
...continue reading "Proverbs 30-31"Goin’ Back to Go Forward
I have been on a very long journey to read the Old Testament in chronological order, which (once passed the first few books) is much more difficult than I would have guessed. Once I got passed the divided kingdom and it was going to take a few different books at once to move forward, I made a decision to go back and read more of the end of the united kingdom before it got too far away. So I read some Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon.
Now, I am heading back to the narrative; but as a refresher, I am going to read through some I Kings and II Chronicles that I've already reviewed.
...continue reading "Goin’ Back to Go Forward"Song of Solomon Adjacent
While I was waiting for a commentary to arrive, I took a detour back to Ecclesiastes and now I am going to read Song of Solomon before continuing my chronological read of the Old Testament.
The Blue Letter Bible chronological suggested order has II Chronicles chapter 1 and Psalm 72 adjacent to this book, so I am going to read those first, by way of reorienting to Solomon's timeframe.
...continue reading "Song of Solomon Adjacent"Ecclesiastes 9-12
Solomon decides that anything can happen to anyone. There is no formula for making God do what you want. And everyone is going to die.
...continue reading "Ecclesiastes 9-12"Ecclesiastes 8
Starting in verse 2, Solomon, unironically I suppose, is offering the advise to keep the command of the king because of "the oath before the Lord".
...continue reading "Ecclesiastes 8"Ecclesiastes 6
Solomon begins the topic of riches in Chapter 5; but it seems to continue here.
...continue reading "Ecclesiastes 6"Ecclesiastes 5
I'm working my way through Ecclesiastes and (in my opinion) watching Solomon flail between faith and the faithlessness that has come with all of his selfishness and worshipping other gods. He vacillates between seeing the real purpose we have in the Lord and no purpose as he walks in his own strength trying to use God's wisdom without obidience to the Lord.
...continue reading "Ecclesiastes 5"