Reflections (p.30 in my Bible)

Completion of 1st week

Holy Ghost teach me

I am amazed at how many of the fundamental Bible stories are in the very beginning of the Scriptures. Adam & Eve, Noah's Ark, Abraham & Isaac, Melchisadek, Sodom & Gomorrah...wow. Hundreds of years go by in 30 pages.

I am also presenting the opportunity to read by the week. The number of pages in your Bible (mine has 1,581) divided by 52 (weeks in a year), is 30.4 pages per week. I have read through Genesis 20 and intend to read 30.4 more pages this week, bringing me through chapter 40.

Some interesting things I hadn't noticed before: Noah was commanded to bring 7 of every clean animal into the ark. After the flood ended, he offered up one of every animal as a burnt offering to the Lord, leaving 6 of every clean animal. 3 pairs of male & female.  2)  Abram encountered Melchisadek after defending his nephew, Lot.  Abram defended Lot after they had separated ways.  3)  The angels the Lord sent to Lot had to take Lot's family by the hand to get them to leave in time to save their life.

As questions and curiosities arise during my reading, I enjoy looking up words and definitions on www.blueletterbible.org.  It is a wonderful tool to use as an online concordance. Every time a word is listed in the scripture, it is accounted on this website. It allows you to look up the original Hebrew meanings and then even the root words of those Hebrew words. You can even listen to the Bible being read online!

The Lord has really blessed me this week as I have begun this journey with you! My grandmother asked Jesus into her heart one month shy of her 91st birthday! Let us continue boldly into our reading this year! It's worth it!

If you have any tips on templates for blog background on this, please share! Thank you!