Today’s Reading: Genesis 11:1-26, 1 Chronicles 1:24-27, Genesis 11:27-14:24 It’s not too late to jump in our read through the Bible in 2010 if you are just now catching today’s post. The pdf printable file for reading through is linked on the January 1st post. Thoughts from today’s reading: Gen.11 – The Tower of Babel […]
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Category Archives: One Year Bible Study Today’s reading – Genesis 7:1-Genesis 10:31-32 and 1 Chronicles 1:5-1:23 Just some thoughts on today’s reading… v.7:2 – I honestly never knew that Noah was asked to bring 7 of every clean animal and 2 of every unclean animal. Did you know that? All this 2 by 2 stuff—I had it all wrong. It says […] I am really impressed you are getting up so early and then getting to your blog! Oh,I remember in East Asia when you were petrified by hiking up that mountain, I think you held onto me the whole time! And I remember when you made that magnetic board for parker, I am impressed that the kids still really like it! It really is a great idea! I think when I finish all my paper work for the adoption, maybe getting to make this would be a reward! I love creating things! You truly are blessed with such great in-laws! Have a great Sunday! I do remember that Melissa!!! Still as just afraid of heights! And don’t let the post time fool you;)…I wrote that the night before and put it on a scheduled post time:) I am NOT a morning person either!!! But I know some people do their reading in the morning so with our scripture reading I wanted to post early. My brain actually doesn’t begin functioning normally until at least 11am;) My husband and I are reading the bible readings at night when the kids are in bed, so my comments might be a bit delayed in relation to the reading for the day. I love what you did with the magnet board…so cute. The pics of Frank in the chair are so cute. Ryann thinks she is as big as her siblings too. Guess that’s what happens when you are the baby. It won’t be long though and she will be trying to love on Elijah like Taylor and Cade love on her 🙂 Hey! I’m not doing the exact same reading plan, but Scott and I are doing our own together. But, like most reading plans it started out just the same as yours. 🙂 Something that stuck out to me (us) is that when Eve ate the apple from the tree…she wasn’t alone. Adam was right there beside her. So many times women get the bad rap about “causing sin in the world” – but we really can’t take all the credit. 🙂 I’m enjoying reading your blog, and even though we’re not doing the same reading plan, I still feel some accountability. Oh, my fantasy is to go in a hot air balloon ride. If I ever get to, I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures for you! The readings were good this morning. Everyday will be though! That would stink to live on the boat for 6 months! There are a couple of questions I thought of. Do you think the animals while on the boat had offspring because it says when Noah got off the boat, he immediately made an animal sacrifice/offering to God. I guess there were 7 of the clean animals, so they may not have had offspring. It would have gotten a little crowded. Also, do you guys think that fish and sea creatures died as well? They were already in water, so……? Just a thought. There may be something I missed in the reading. Thanks for your thoughts! I never would have put the Nimrod name together! That’s cute! Hey gal…kids are making a movie (rather loudly I might add) and hubby is watching a game on the tv..and I’m sitting here drinking tea and doing Bible Study with ladies who I really don’t even know where they are…kinda sweet! (Also..I am going to post the readings on my blog too and link back to yours if that’s okay) Kinda neat to see how many people God can move through this! Alrighty, Here are my thoughts! I love thinking of all those animals walking up into the ark! I am an animal lover and that just excites me so! Can you imagine..all those animals–BIG ones at that too with the tiny ones…I would have LOVED to have been there for that part..(the everyone dying..not so much) Neat thing to do is measure that out for your kids..(ark size) I did that for children’s church one time and they were blown away..it so hard to just imagine a size..but seeing it is so more real. I would love to see that one in the Netherlands. ch. 8 vs 1 . I did a bible study once on the God ‘remembering’. From what I ‘remember’–it’s not that God forgets. But it is when He acts. Like when we do something in remembrance of someone. We never forgot that them but we acted and did something because we have them on our minds. I kinda like that thought of God ‘remembering’ me. Ch 8 vs.10 Noah waiting 7 days to let the dove back out…I think I would have tried every morning and been frustrated! God is still working on my patience! Chapter 9 re-iterates to me how precious life is to God. I can’t fathom how bad it must have really been that Noah and his family were the only ones that were able to be in the ark. That ALL the people were that corrupt. I can’t imagine how that must have grieved God and even Noah. Ch 10 vs. 8–Nimrod, mighty warrior and hunter..I loved that too! Made my heart smile when I read it. I always wonder how God would describe me in His Word. Humbling thought! Also..for question whether fish/sea creatures died. I always understand that they didn’t. Re-reading it, it says the ‘face of the earth’ so I am taking that to mean land. But I haven’t researched it for the root meaning. Thanks Andrea for starting this! Oh, Heather, that’s a good thought on the animal sacrifice. My husband is in semianry, and I love to pepper him with questions! On an adoption note, some of you have sent me the most ENCOURAGING notes over the past week….. I have printed them all off and am saving them in my “adoption journal”. I received a lot of orders this week, and am so thankful! Also, a fundraising opportunity just “fell out of the sky” (hum, wonder who made it fall?:) I am kindof a coupon nut, and have spent months learning how to regularly walk out the grocery store with $200 or so worth of food for under $50. I love getting “paid” to take things from CVS. I mentioned this on face book a couple weeks ago, and there are masses of ladies wanting a couponing class!!!! I am setting a few up and am going to charge a $10 donation to our fund! I am THRILLED about this! I think we could come up with about half the agencies fees through these classes…a church is even thinking about hosting it with a nursey for a “ladis retreat” type thing!!! Yea!!! Praising the Lord…and so ready to sign that AGCI contract and start with the process! 3 for 3 so far… whew! Thanks so much for your insight… I, too, was surprised to read about the numbers of “clean” animals brought aboard the ark, and I’ve read Genesis how many times in my life? 🙂 These first few readings especially brought to mind the book “Many Waters” by Madeline L’Engle. So many unanswered questions re the Nephilim, the “Sons of God” intermarrying with humankind, etc. I’ll just add those questions to the long list I already have, all of which I hope will be answered in Eternity… when we will see not just in part but in the whole. One thing I noticed for the first time was that the waters gushed from underground as well as from the sky. I suppose I just always pictured it as a heavy rainfall. But God is more creative than I am! =) After all…He created my creativeness! But how depressing to see nothing but rain for 40 days!!! Yuck! And I thought Seattle was bad! I am just in awe of how much water it took to cover the earth…and twenty-something feet above even the highest mountain…and for 150 days! 10 and a half months is a LOOONG time to be cooped up on a boat – talk about cabin fever!!! This story really is just incredible. I came across your blog from another blogger friend. I recognized Rebecca in your photo and showed my mom who recognized all the girls! Such a small world…my mom and Rebecca were best childhood friends. We adopted our son from Ethiopia in April and came upon your blog looking through adoption blogs, which i still love to follow! Love your blog! SUCH great thougths and insights!!! Loving reading these comments throughout the day. It’s so great to read different perspective! Yes—I’m with Charisa–I always understood it as the sea creatures didn’t die. Good stuff girls:) This is going to be a great year! I always enjoy reading your blog Andrea. I need just an ounce of your creativity. 🙂 So I’m in love with your small chairs that Frank is sitting on in the pictures. Can you share where you found those treasures? I’m searching for some play chairs and nothing has made me happy so far. Way to go on the auction by the way. I can’t get on ebay because I get so determined to win if someone else is bidding. I go nuts! Today’s Reading January 2nd – Genesis 4:1-5:32, 1 Chronicles 1:1-4, Genesis 6:1-22 – It didn’t take man very long to fall into even deeper sin did it? Sin is sin I know…but gosh–you have Adam and Eve…and they have 2 kids—and before you know it one murdered the other. WOW. Over what? Jealousy. This is […] Okay, seriously your family is too cute 🙂 Also, I honestly think you will have a referral by the end of March but maybe I am just being to optimistic about things moving quickly. I am still hoping we have our referral by the end of February but am prepared for it to take longer. We shall see! I am so excited to start seeing referrals again!!! Love the pictures! I will get back yo you on the readings. Happy New Year Andrea. Love the pictures, love the reading. I prayed this morning I would find my Bible as I stuck it somewhere in the mad dash to “clean up” for our Home Study interview. Found it! So very excited about 2010! Hi Andrea, first of all, your pictures are amazing…and your kids are so cute!! On to commentary…I love to read lineage passages. Weird, maybe,but I have a good reason. I’m not the type of person who is really going to remember who was born to whom at what age, but I am always fascinated by the verses that are slightly different than the rest. In this case, vs. 21-24 – Enoch. Everyone else lived, had kids, and died. Enoch lived, walked with God, had kids, and then was taken to be with God. I hope my life stands out as one who “walked with God”. As I’m reading chapter 4, Cain is talking about when “they” see me they will kill me, and he gets married…where are all these people suddenly coming from, I wonder? Did God create more people but Genesis just focused on the FIRST people he created? Did Eve give birth many times over and Cain married his sister? I don’t think I ever really thought about this before, because it’s hard to imagine the world before it was populated. Or like I said yesterday, nothingness before the world was created! Then it says that Cain founded a city? Was it populated, what defines a city at that time? These are GREAT thoughts!!! I had many of the same thoughts—I, too, thought it was interesting how Enoch died…said the Lord took him…I wonder what that looked like. If it was an Elijah thing or what. Very thought provoking questions too Megan…hmmm…a city. I totally didn’t even think of that one. I guess it just looked different than how we would think. Great thoughts. Munching on these thoughts for the rest of the day. This is going to be a great year digging in the word with you all!!! And on a side note—Amy (babydash) I would love to think of a referral coming by March…but they said to think May…so I like to “plan for the worst and hope for the best”…and for me…May is the best–that way, if it’s earlier I will be super excited instead of a wee bit disappointed:). But I could see it being earlier too when things really start moving again:) I was wondering the same as you this morning when I read the verses. Did Cain & the others marry their sisters or nieces? It does seem strange in our culture today, but I didn’t know what you said about the race still being “genetically pure.” That makes sense I guess! I also noticed (even though we haven’t gotten there yet) that people before the flood lived a lot longer than people after. Since God regretted making man, I wonder if that’s is a consequence…a shorter lifespan? I was also amazed that Enoch walked with God. He’s the only one that He really talks about having a relationship with Him, except Noah having favor in His eyes. God took Enoch to be with Him, he didn’t really die a death like we would think. Can you imagine? Well, it’s all good stuff & I’m so excited to be able to share with all of you & learn from you! Looking forward to lots more! Oh, & your family is precious! Where did you find the dolls? I have been doing some online searching for a nice one. (: Betsy—sadly, brown baby dolls are harder to find! I had the same problem finding a brown Santa. The doll Frank got and the one they are playing with in these pictures is a Molly P. Original. I bought mine on Overstock for $35. They are out now, but check back. I found the same one online for $70. I am not an American Girl fan–but I bought the Bitty Baby from a friend who bought one not knowing her mom had also bought one for her little girl. It is really cute and her eyes open and close. I think the bitty baby is probably a much better size for your little ones to play with. Just my 2 cents Betsy:) -Andrea love the pics…ok, so where did you get those car things…I’ve never seen them before…too fun..my kids would love them…Our mini vacation is so nice…it’s good to get away..oh, i forgot one more weird thing that happened this week…i can’t believe i haven’t told you this one yet..i’ll call ya on my way home tomorrow while in the car…happy new year, kj Oh, and I got my son a black cabbage patch doll off of amazon.com for $17 this last summer…I haven’t checked to see if they are still available though! Wow! I got so excited commenting on yesterday’s blog that I just realized that I didn’t even comment on the reading, per se. As mentioned in yesterday’s comments, I am just joining in. Today is the 9th and I just started reading last night. Thankfully I stopped on Jan 3rd reading because I didn’t want to breeze through it. I let it marinate for a while 🙂 Yes, Andrea, I also thought to myself, “wow, it didn’t take long for all this drama to occur!” The sin, jealousy, murder. Wow, and I’m just in the first few chapters. This reading is shaping up to redefine my definition of action, drama, comedy & mystery. I’m sooo excited! But back to the reading commentary 🙂 I immediately wondered what the mark was that God put on Cain. Was this a physical mark or a spiritual mark. Does that make sense? Then as you mentioned, where did Cain’s wife come from? Thanks for the “genetically pure” note, as I never even thought about that. Wow, this is WAY better than trying to understand it on my own. It really IS a Bible “study”. I felt worn out by the time I finished with the men and their sons and their sons, whew! I did remember that Enoch walked with God and lived 365 years until God took him. I wondered why but couldn’t help but notice that Enoch’s son was Methuselah. Might I mention that I smiled when I read that he lived 969 yrs?!?!? Now I know where the term “old as Methuselah” comes from 🙂 So I thought…maybe God took years from Enoch to give to Methuselah who in return gave him Noah. I know it wasn’t THAT many years, since Enoch only lived somewhere between 1/2 to 1/3 less than the others. Is this a stretch? I tried to just read and not try to over-think it but I just couldn’t help but wonder about Enoch. What made God TAKE him? I long to be “taken” by Him as opposed to just “dying”. Shouldn’t we all? HAPPY NEW YEAR! On a really fun and must have note—I have a friend making dresses and bows to help fund their adoption! If you have a girly, have a niece, or you just want to help a family with their adoption–will you pretty please with ice cream on top…and a cheery—head over right now […] Thank you. thank you Andrea 🙂 Oh, and tomorrow I am adding new patterns and some boys designs 🙂 Really excited about today’s reading! Yes! I am in with you! What a great idea to use your blog to spur others on in this area! Thank you for your insight! You are an inspiration! Here’s to a word-filled 2010!!! Julie–I’ve heard from some friends that they have already purchased some this morning! YAY! Can’t wait to see the boy designs too:). So excited to walk through the Bible in 2010 with you all!!!! I love reading your blog and I LOVE the idea of reading the Bible in a year. I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile, and this is just the little push (and accountability!) I needed! Thanks for doing this, Andrea! Day 1: Done! 🙂 First, thank you for the dresses link…I will check it out. You know how I love to help adoptive families. Secondly, the kids and I read this first reading together. It is amazing absolutely amazing to think of total nothingness…then God begins his creations. Not only does he start creating…the earth, but every single detail about it too…not only does he create each animal, but he gives them complex systems of digestion, circulation, reproduction…THEN he creates man. Do you know how complex we are, yet to God so simple. I LOVE IT! I also love that he knew all along our need for Jesus…Oh how I need Jesus. Blessings, That is so good Amy! SO AMAZING! And wow…tomorrow’s reading—even more eye-opening how I need Jesus! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts about tomorrow’s reading!!! Hi Andrea! Thanks for starting this…I’m totally in! It has been so fun to “get to know you” and a few other adopting moms through your wonderful blogs. I feel like we’re friends…though you don’t know me! The Lord is finally giving me the confirmation on getting back into blogging. Our adoption story is going to be an interesting one…and a long one. But God is so good and has been so faithful. I look forward to documenting just how GREAT He is through this process. These passages were filled with so much! I caught the “Us” in Genesis 1:26 too! They have always been. Another thing (out of so many) that I found very interesting is that Adam & Eve had a very personal relationship with God. Because it says that after they sinned they hid themselves, and God came to walk with them in the Garden of Eden. He actually was there in every sense. That’s one of the things we suffer due to the sin. Anyway, there’s so much there it’s hard to pick just a couple of things! Blessings! I’m ashamed to say, it’s been a while since I’ve read about the creation! On the plus side, it made some things stand out to me in a whole new way! —-I’m blogging about it to (this is straight out of mine) and linking back to your page! You are welcome to check it out if you would like, but it is a private sight so you would have to sign up with your email and create a password. http://www.rossientertainment.net Thanks again for doing this! Hi everyone. I have made the commitment with you guys to do the reading, I just joined a little late. I used to would shamefully admit this but my life has changed lately and now I’m letting Him lead me. I have never even read a whole chapter in the Bible but I won’t let that keep me afraid, nor will I be ashamed as I join your group. In the last couple of days as I prayed for understanding as I opened my Bible, I also couldn’t help but feel bad for not doing it sooner. I kept singing the song I learned as a kid…”in His time. In His time. He makes all things beautiful, in His time”! Wow! You can imagine the weight taken off my heart as I read the first sentences. He really DID make all the things beautiful, and it WAS “in His time”. Oh, guys, I’m soooo excited for what the future holds for me and I can’t wait to share my daily thoughts on the reading. Since I just started last night and only got through Genesis 10 (just through Jan 3rd’s reading), I have a lot of catching up to do. I had planned to do all of that last night. I mean, how HARD could it be? I had no idea. I found my self re-reading and soaking up every word!! I am hopeful. Hopeful for many AMAZING things to happen in 2010. Hopeful that in 2010 I can pour more passionately into my children…that they will feel more loved in the year ahead…that they will thrive in that love…and that I will know them more–and they will know me more. Isn’t that what we really […] I’m in. Was thinking about it anyway (just wrapping up my last “Bible in… ahem… 3 years”) and was going to restart chronologically! This will keep me accountable as well… so thank you! 🙂 Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family. I am in! Yay! Bring on the accountability!!!! I need it!!! I’m not sure if I have ever actually commented before…eek sorry about that, I hate lurkers, but I have been reading your blog for a month or so, my husband and I are also adopting from ET through AGCI, we are doing our homestudy and dossier right now. ANYWAYS I am SOOOO in! My husband and I are doing it together but I need more accountability then just him, he’s too easy to sweet talk :). really excited! Yay! I’m in! Are you going to post the whole years reading at the beginning, and then post each night the next days reading? I’d like to have it ahead of time in case I can’t check into your blog. Thanks for this challenge. I hope that I can accomplish it! That is crazy….I have already been thinking about this….did it this last year in well- not 90 days more like 120, but wanted to do it again- for the year. I am IN! I NEED SOME HOPE RIGHT NOW!!! Haha! I love that picture! Frank is so awesome, and Parker & Laney have the exact same smile here. I got to talk to Parker earlier – he is great to talk to. I felt like I was chatting with an old pal. I love you, Andrea. I think about you a lot. Come see me. xoxo Your sis, I wanna join! I am scared that I will forget or get lazy, but I promise to try! Hold me accountable Andrea!!!! =) Okay Andrea…I’m guilty of reading and not commenting! I love your blog and look forward to reading each day. You are such a beautiful writer and your words so sweetly speak to my heart! Now that you’ve offered up this challenge I must speak up and say “yes” I’m in! A little scared about a little problem I have called procrastination but I’m looking forward to joining in! Thanks for the invite to all! […] (even though it took forever!), and this year — starting tomorrow — I’m joining my new bloggy friend Andrea and reading through the Bible again, in ONE year this time, chronologically. She will be posting […] |
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Andrea, It makes me laugh when we have the same thoughts on stuff..such as Sarai’s thinking during all that!
And I love the t-shirts! Also, I sent you an email on the zambia t-shirts…did you get it?
Genesis 11-14:24 and 1 Chronicles 1:24-27
Wow, lots of different things going on today. I love to place myself in the Word and pretend that I am there and imagine all that’s going on. It’s a way that I keep God’s Word alive…It is so easy to just read it to get it done—a legalistic kind of thing. But God’s Word is here to change your life and to change your heart…Let it do both.
Gen 11. Tower of Babel
vs.4 “Make a name for ourselves” What towers am I building in my life to make a name for myself? What am I doing just to be higher so that other can see? A tower of self-righteousness? A tower of good works? A tower of seemingly to know it all? May God destroy all the towers that I build publicly and in my heart that only I see.
vs. 5 “But the Lord came down” Okay..imagine that! The Lord coming down. What did that look like? Could they even see him? It says “Let us go down” which speaks to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Did they all stand upon a mountain and watch and talk? I just love that reference. One thing that I like is that They did come down. Didn’t have to. Could see just fine from Heaven but God chose to come down and be among. Remind you of anything ? The cross. Didn’t have to. Chose to. I am so thankful that He did.
Gen 12..vs. 13. Okay Abram, only half lied, right? Sarai was his half-sister! It’s interesting to me that Abram made a decision there without ever consulting the Lord. He imagined what could happen (and it very well could have) and came up with a scheme. I’d like some more details to all of this…How in the world did Sarai feel about all this? She was taken to his palace…I’m assuming having perform certain duties…I would have been ticked off a bit. I know there is a different culture and such, but that would have been a hard thing to submit to! God being God, intervened. It doesn’t say though how Pharaoh came to know Sarai was his wife…hmmm.
Gen 14…Abram and Lot… Vs 8 –some of the men falling into tar pits…doesn’t that paint quite a picture? vs. 22 Abram accepted nothing from the king of Sodom so that he couldn’t say that he made him rich…It would have made him richer…but here he chose the high rode and accepted nothing.
Everyone have a great Monday!
Great pics Parker. Looks like you might have another photographer in the family 🙂
Blessings,
Amy
I was thinking the same thing as far as the “airport t-shirt”…but just hadn’t ordered it yet! Thanks for the prompting…I just got one for my hubby and me! I am starting to feel like our case is moving and excited with anticipation! We need the judge in India to pass us through 4 court hearings b/f we can travel!!! AND…we don’t hear anything until they are all done! Praying for a March Miracle!
Excited that the kids are in the new HH and for the referral list to start crack’in:-)
Blessings,
Jenny
haven’t read today’s reading yet but looking forward to it:)
Where did you get your shirt you are wearing in the pics? I’ve seen it before on a site but I don’t remember where??:)
Jenny
I can’t believe that I haven’t noticed before how when God speaks, he keeps using the words “lets” and “us” referring to the trinity! I’m also noticing that since the flood, when God gave them shorter life spans…men are having children (or their wives, whatever) at a younger age and dying younger. Still much older than us, but quite a difference!
Reading the story of Abram, I was really struck by his comment to the king that he won’t take any reward because he doesn’t want people to say the king made him rich. He wants to give the glory to God, where it belongs! Not everyone put in that situation would make the same choice.
Oh, and what size did you get in your ordinary hero tshirt? I thought I heard from Kristi that they ran small, but I can’t remember….
I noticed the shortened life span too. Before the flood they lived 800-900 years old. Then after it was around the 400’s then it went down again to the 200’s! I also noticed how Abram did have faith to immediately drop everything & go where God told him, but when it got tough, he lost his faith. Do I do that when the going gets tough? I hope to fully rely on God & remember that He is in ultimate control. However, even though Abram messed up, God still used him. Abram lied about Sarai being his sister, but then several verses later God blessed him tremendously! God uses us reguardless of ourselves. He can still accomplish His will & it’s not contingent on our faith.
I loved this t-shirt too. It is the first Orphan Advocate shirt that I have bought! I get lots of comments too from other people! I can’t wait to wear it to the airport when you bring your 4th baby home!