God has inspired me to start a blog of my Bible reading journaling. So, I am launching this website. Since blogging is a new life’s journey for me, I have decided to start with one of my favorite Biblical characters, Abram (Abraham). In Genesis, Chapter 12, God tells Abram to leave his father’s household, his country and his people, thus starting him on a new journey in life.
The Bible is extremely fascinating because Biblical characters were real people with real problems, issues, situations and victories. They made good decisions and they made bad decisions. There are murderers, adulterers, liars and conspirators throughout the Bible. Yet, God loved, healed, delivered, guided and corrected them just as He does with us today. The Bible is also full of God-fearing people who were faithful, honest and obedient. Guess what? God loved, healed, delivered, guided and corrected them too. Today’s writers of novels, television dramas, movies, etc. “ain’t got nothing on God’s Word.”
Following the Chronological Bible Reading Plan and using what I call my PRP (Pray, Read, Post) Method, I will summarize chapters, make comments and ask questions, all with the hope of sparking an online Bible discussion. This blog is not intended to replace anyone’s personal Bible Study time. However, if you aren’t spending time with God on a regular basis, I pray this blog will encourage you to “make room for God” in your schedule, even if it’s to ensure that my summaries are accurate.
Disclaimer: I am not a professional writer, nor am I a Bible scholar…. and I don’t play one at church. I am a woman of God who loves to journal.
Thank you all for traveling with me on this Bible reading blogging journey.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
My summarization of Genesis 12 reminds me how we can start out trusting God and being obedient as we travel the path that God intended. But situations arise and we start to feel that we are not good enough or adequate to continue on the path that God has for us. We then come up with plan(s) to try to compensate for what we think our short comings are. We also tend to think ahead of situations trying to determine what others may do or say instead of reminding ourselves that God will never leave us nor forsake us. Many times that causes us to redirect our God given path to one that we think is better. in doing so, instead of being honest and remembering that God brought you this far by your faith. There is no need for deceit or distrust as we often do when we implement our own plan. Again, forgetting God’s promises over our lives if we are obedient. As a result of our disobedience many are affected for the worse in the form of sickness, heartbreak and even sometimes death (mentally and physically).
My takeaway is to trust God at all times with the plans that he has for our lives. Even though we don’t know where God is taking us or how He is going to work out certain situations in our lives, we know He will never leave us nor forsake us.
Thank you, Pennee. As we start and continue on this Bible reading journey next week, we will see that trusting God’s plan for our lives is always best. He never leaves us during life’s journey. We’re the ones who keep taking the detours.
In the first 5 verses God calls Abraham from a familiar place, GOD will bless him as a result of his obedience and then who he takes with him. It’s important who we take and sometimes we will find some who are along for the journey weren’t meant to be with us on the journey as in the case of Lot later on in Abraham’s story.
Thank you, Elder Hatchett, for opening the door for next week’s post. God Bless!