Day 1, Jan 1

Today's reading is:

Genesis 1:1-2:25
Matthew 1:1-2:12
Psalms 1:1-6
Proverbs 1:1-6

These are just my random thoughts I wrote down while I was reading....

Gen 1:1
God created the heavens and the earth...That really made me think...Even God had to start somewhere and when I feel overwhelmed I should remember that the beginning is where I should start and do things ONE day at a time.  I have read this passage many times in my life and saw it simply as a timeline for how God created everything but he is showing us that even He, who could have commanded it all to be done in a instant, took His time and it was GOOD.  I too, should take my time and not rush things and it will be GOOD.

Not sure why but the word GOOD really stuck out to me in Genesis...maybe because it has been used 10 times already but it makes me curious about what God would consider GOOD...I am going to look it up and read other places in the Bible that use the word GOOD.  I believe the Word is telling me something I should further investigate.

Gen 1:14-17
He knew man (US) would want to keep time and dates, so he created ways to distinguish day from night and season to season...though we weren't made yet...More proof that he really does know each and every one of us and our needs before we speak them.  He knew me before I was in my Mothers womb...He knows ALL of us...from the first, Adam, to the child that entered the world this very second.

Gen 2:2
...he rested...
Wonder what God does to rest?  Seriously...What would that consist of?  Think he watches a game of football with the angels?  MAYBE hooks up with Jesus and has lunch to talk about how things are going...I don't mean this to be funny exactly but what would you think God does on his day of rest?  I just don't know...

Gen 2:24
Therefore a man should leave his mother and father and be joined with his wife and become one flesh
Reading this makes me more convinced that we as people of God are confused about our roles given to us from the beginning. 

I read Matthew twice and some things stuck out to me but it was history questions not so much "how does this apply to my life" questions.  I found it interesting that they quoted the Old Testament.  I like when the Bible reconfirms for me that the WHOLE Bible is connected and not just a bunch of random stories.  What was told to be true of the future in the OT is confirmed it the NT.

Psalms 1:1-6
Summarizing...It is clear you have two options
1. The way of the righteous
2. The way of a sinner

Righteous GOOD,  sinner not!

Proverbs
Just a good start and explanation to what Proverbs will be...That's the way I see it.


I realized something when I was going back in forth in the Bible.  Though it is all one piece of the Word, it is not in order per say...not like a regular book I read from cover to cover and it all flows...the Bible is a manual of sorts...Each book containing different lessons and ways of teaching...some books are history, some are for teaching lessons with analogies, some are very specific in what is expected of us, some just to praise God...I think God did this because he knows that we all learn differently and understand things that relate to us. 

I am sure this is not the most interesting blog in the world...I'm not doing it to be entertaining but to keep me accountable in my studies.

Love you all!

Heather