Genesis 46-50 “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again.”- Genesis 46:3-4 A gentle reminder for my heart as…
Genesis 42-45 “for God SENT me before you to preserve life” “For God SENT me before you to preserve a remnant…” “So it was not you who SENT me here but God.” (Genesis 45: 5, 7 & 8) Oh Sent One.. Does God ever allow and yes, even SEND us to a place of darkness…
“…and so get me out of this house.” – Genesis 40:14 Has that been you? Do you look at your life and wish you could just get to where you’re going and not be so detoured by the darkness that has encroached upon you? I think about that often. When will this season be over?…
Genesis 39 When the Lord is WITH you in the darkness, His strength gives you courage, His life gives you hope, and His love soothes the ache of a lonely heart. Joseph was enslaved, and then wrongfully accused and thrown in prison and still three times we see in this passage a declaration that the…
Genesis 37 & 38 I didn’t make it to posting anything yesterday because I had the sudden and rare urge to vacuum and mop all the floors of our house. And once I discovered all the hidden corners and crevices where our golden retrievers’ hair likes to congregate, let’s just say it took a lot…
Genesis 29 & 30 The Old Testament is full of stories that rival any soap opera, or shocking news story, or even our own stories when the consequences of sin (ours or others) run deeper then we even think possible. The story of Laban, Jacob, Rachel & Leah is no different. And while as I…
Genesis 22 “Here am I”, it is the response of Abraham when God calls out to him, about to ask Abraham to do the impossible… sacrifice his only son, the one God himself had promised him and had declared would be a part of God’s blessing to the nations. It is the response that…
Though we are created to be in community there are times and seasons of our lives where though we are surrounded by many who love and care for us an immense loneliness in our souls still exists. It exists in the times when you are brutally aware of what you alone are walking through and…
Thoughts on yesterdays passage (Day 37) Hagar in Genesis 16 Hagar. Egyptian servant to Abram and Sarai. Used by Sarai to conceive a child through Abram in order to produce an heir that Sarai thought she could never produce. Sarai didn’t trust or perhaps understand that God’s promise of an heir was going…
Well, today has been quite full so I’m only now sitting down to write my thoughts on Genesis 12-15 (I was ambitious this morning and found myself in all 3 chapters!). But even now I have to be honest I’m still mulling over these chapters. The story of Abram and the call of God…