Noah

I liked reading about Noah and how he obeyed God by building the ark. We serve a God of great mercy, of all the evil people on the earth at that time God saw Noah and his heart and decided to save Him and his family. I wonder what was going through Noah's mind around that time...He and his family were the ONLY people on the whole earth after the flood, thats a thought to ponder.

Abram's Faith

I am completely amazed by Abram’s blind obedience. “The LORD had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you’.” (Gen 12:1) Abram had no clue WHERE God was leading him, God just said “Go, I’ll tell you when you get there”. I have moved to 3 different cities in the almost 12 years I have been married. Each decision came with MUCH prayer and debate and planning. I wanted to know all the details about where we were going – Abram just went without knowing anything! To have that kind of faith. This year is going to be very challenging!

Names and more names.....

Just being real, there were a lot of names in our reading this morning. :)
I could not help but think about language as we read about Babel this morning. Language has become quite personal to me this past year as I have struggled to learn Spanish! If only those silly people would not have wanted to "make a name for themselves" Hmmm, that statement makes me think. I fear that many times that is what I try to do. "Make a name for Tina".

Father God, let my actions and my words (English and Spanish) make much of YOU!

Happy 2010!

Hi ladies! I'm excited to welcome in a new year, also looking forward to digging into the word of God and learning new things about how awesome He is. May God pour out His blessings and grace upon you as you trust and obey His word.

Blessings,

Jennifer

Newbie...

Well, I am finally getting this right! I posted 2 "comments" under Leigh's post on 1/3. God is so amazing and personal! :D Thank you ladies for sharing this journey with me. Check out Leigh's comment section to see what He's been showing me..... ~~Amy

What?

So, what's up with Noah getting drunk and naked in his tent? (no disrespect intended)
I have seriously never understood this part, but I think it is pretty critical to the overall story of the Bible. The descendants of Canaan (Ham's kid) play a pretty important role in the redemption story. So, I'm just throwing this out as a question and something to ponder. I realize that the nakendness part is linked to shame and that viewing his dad's nakedness was an extremely shameful thing for Ham to do, especially considering that he gossiped about it with his brothers. But, why was Noah drunk and naked in the first place?

As a side note, I realized in reading this familiar story again that Noah was 600 years old when the rain started. That means that for MANY years, he was faithful to the Lord in a terribly corrupt world. Which makes his indiscretion after the flood even more baffling to me.

Hero

Hero. It's interesting to think of all the people that we choose to put on pedestals. After rereading the story of Noah, he definitely deserves the title, "hero". An ordinary man who followed God and did the extraordinary. My prayer is that I would be obedient to God's instruction and I would somehow be able to change the world, just like Noah did. I am also grateful that God has made a covenant with us that he will never bring destruction to our world like He did in Noah's time. We certainly don't deserve His mercy, but I am so thankful for it.