Friday, January 28, 2011
January 8 reading
I look forward to being caught up... this is a lot of Bible.
Genesis 19. OK, so this is why I've put off reading the Bible for so long. I have issues. Particularly with the way that women are treated in the passages. Here's Lot, he has angels in his house. Here come some horny townspeople and bang on the door, asking for the angels. What does he do? "Want my daughters? They're virgins!" Seriously?? And then his wife turns into a pillar of salt later. And if all that wasn't enough, his daughters get him drunk later, these lovely virgins, to get pregnant by their father.
Really? Jacked. Up.
Random: I like the phrase "steep your life." I like imagining myself as a giant teabag. (Matthew 6:33)
Matthew 7:1-3. This seems especially relevant to me, given something that a friend of mine is struggling with at the moment: "1 “Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults—unless, of course, you want the same treatment.2 That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging.3 It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own."
Genesis 19. OK, so this is why I've put off reading the Bible for so long. I have issues. Particularly with the way that women are treated in the passages. Here's Lot, he has angels in his house. Here come some horny townspeople and bang on the door, asking for the angels. What does he do? "Want my daughters? They're virgins!" Seriously?? And then his wife turns into a pillar of salt later. And if all that wasn't enough, his daughters get him drunk later, these lovely virgins, to get pregnant by their father.
Really? Jacked. Up.
Random: I like the phrase "steep your life." I like imagining myself as a giant teabag. (Matthew 6:33)
Matthew 7:1-3. This seems especially relevant to me, given something that a friend of mine is struggling with at the moment: "1 “Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults—unless, of course, you want the same treatment.2 That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging.3 It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own."
Thursday, January 27, 2011
January 7 reading
OK, I'm sorry, but Abram is just a dog. First giving his wife to Pharaoh and passing her off as his sister, and now God tells him to sleep with his wife's maid? Seriously? And there isn't divorce? Abram's poor hot wife! This is a total episode of Jerry Springer! Ugh.
Oh good grief. Genesis 17. We're all descended from Abram? Well that explains a lot. On a side note, I think the rainbow is a better covenant with God than a circumcision. Of course, that's my non-penis-having opinion.
Oh good grief. Genesis 17. We're all descended from Abram? Well that explains a lot. On a side note, I think the rainbow is a better covenant with God than a circumcision. Of course, that's my non-penis-having opinion.
January 6 reading
I suppose Matthew 5:32 is where all the hubbub about divorces not being granted comes from. I imagine there's context around this based on what was going on historically at the time, but it sure doesn't make sense to me today. I'm specifically thinking about what I know of Catholics.
And I also suppose that Matthew 5:39 is one of the core tenets of the Amish.
Psalm 6: 1-10 is kinda whiny, isn't it?
Make insight your priority.
-AW
And I also suppose that Matthew 5:39 is one of the core tenets of the Amish.
Psalm 6: 1-10 is kinda whiny, isn't it?
Make insight your priority.
-AW
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
January 5 reading
Well, I just thought this whole day's reading was weird. Very disjointed. I especially thought Abram's whole story was weird. It seemed to me from reading out that he basically pimped out his hot wife to Pharaoh so that they wouldn't kill him. He prospered and got rich because Pharaoh was sleeping with Abram's wife. Then all of a sudden God curses Pharaoh and they give Abram his wife back? WTF? Weird.
Sermon on the mount was cool, though.
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Sermon on the mount was cool, though.
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January 4 reading
Random thoughts:
1) A rainbow = reminder from God of the covenant that He won't flood us out again? Who knew?? Not me!
2) Matthew 4:19. "Jesus said to them, “Come with me. I’ll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I’ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass." I really liked this verse. I'm always up for being made a new kind of fisherman. Seriously.
3) Psalms 4:4. "Keep your mouth shut and let your heart do the talking." Another total "holla!" moment. We spend too much time talking to impress others and not enough time listening and loving others. I'm all about this verse.
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1) A rainbow = reminder from God of the covenant that He won't flood us out again? Who knew?? Not me!
2) Matthew 4:19. "Jesus said to them, “Come with me. I’ll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I’ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass." I really liked this verse. I'm always up for being made a new kind of fisherman. Seriously.
3) Psalms 4:4. "Keep your mouth shut and let your heart do the talking." Another total "holla!" moment. We spend too much time talking to impress others and not enough time listening and loving others. I'm all about this verse.
-AW
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