I’ve been reading a lectionary from the PC USA church website for my quiet time. I like it for a host of reasons. It’s exciting. I pop onto my phone and have 5 exerts of the Bible immediately at my finger tips. It’s doable. I can read a part or all depending on the day. It’s mobile with my iPhone.
In summary, it works for me. I’ve been struggling to increase my exposure to the Bible in this crazy, busy life with work and kids and this seems a good way.
I’ve been in glacier all last week and had no Internet access- obvious flaw of this system. So it was kinda fun to trip onto the new bible selections- smack in the middle of Job!
Job 10
1″I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I think this is a cool statement. I can tell God anything. Life is not always roses. David in Psalms models this without restraint. I’ve been here at times, but always feel the need to be “positive”. Not necessary with God.
4Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as humans see? 5Are your days like the days of mortals, or your years like human years,
It’s ironic to see these words knowing what Jesus did. God became man. He came down and had eyes of flesh for 30 yrs. He knew tiredness, fear, hunger…everything we experience. That seems like a big deal to me.
Acts 11:17 from Peter
“…who was I that I could hinder God?”
Peter sounds almost confused. There seems to be shrug in his voice as well as awe. This is a man who walked besides Jesus. He knows something about the power of God. He still sounds surprised by the insertion of a vision that marks a huge policy change to young Christianity. God’s saying include the Gentiles and start acting mature. It’s nice to know that like the rain, an earthquake, the march of time, I can’t hinder or stop God. Luckily, I get to be with him.