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Day 2 of 90: Bible Reading Plan(Read Genesis 2-20)

So much, so, so, so much going on. Be honest, did you read it? Any of it? No? I’m not even mad about it. Well let me fill you in for the things you may have missed just to catch you up. I enjoy skimming but this one is going to be a mother of emotions (pun intended) when we get Sarah and Hagar involved!

God promises Abraham that he’s going to bless his family, this a special covenant that he makes with him. It’s pretty incredible to think about and that God would think so much of any of us to do such a thing. But, wow, that’s just God and His goodness.***** God promises Abraham He is going to bless him and his family – that he’s going to have a ton of children, and that through that people will come to know God’s blessing. Abraham has (fathers) Isaac and then Isaac has Jacob; Jacob has 12 sons; and with each generation God renews His covenant (His promises to bless them and all nations through them) I don’t get it. *****God’s promise to bless the nations through Abraham? Could He have chosen a more imperfect family? Seriously, Abraham might as well be giving away this beautiful bride to whomever because he’s denying her as his bride on a few different occasions. Like, he needs to get out of here with all that nonsense. Abraham, what are you thinking pretending she’s not yours?

Then, Sarah, I don’t even want to deal with her and her choices right now. She’s the “fixer”. I’m one of those; when things aren’t going as quickly as you’d like them to so you try to “help” God along. God’s promised to give her a child but she’s waited long enough. So she gives, GIVES, Abraham her servant girl to sleep with so that he can have a child because she’s grown impatient and of course you know that family was totally dysfunctional after that point. It’s been so many years, decades, ago I can’t possibly remember the first time I read this story but I remember the emotions I had somewhat. Being so angry with her and thinking how could you ever do that! Then as I struggled with infertility over the years and the terrible heartbreak that brought, I understood the desperation must have been incredible, and that her pain was simply unbearable. I’m sure that whenever Hagar was with Abraham that Sarah felt alone and abandoned. It makes me think of the most popular songs and cards, the most popular quotes, all stating things like, “Follow your heart”, “You need only follow your heart”, and “Just do what your heart says”. A personal favorite, “The heart don’t lie”. These are some terrible “truths” we’ve been groomed into believing from the time of innocence: we have tomorrow & we should follow our hearts. But we’re not promised tomorrow & the heart is deceitful. These aren’t really truths at all, they’re lies! LIES! I may have never thrown another woman in my husbands lap but I’m certainly guilty of wanting to swing the pendulum to put things back in “my control” and help to hurry God along and get things done on my own timeline. When we step out from under the umbrella of protection from God’s will for our lives . . . when we doubt God, when we choose fear over faith, we let the enemy have a foothold over our lives. The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy; we’ll be robbed of our sound mind, peace, hope, joy, and faith if we don’t trust in Him (God). Have you ever done this? In your rush to get the fulfillment of God’s promise, or get the answer to a prayer, you’ve tried to make your own way when there seemed to be no rational way instead of letting it be Yahweh . . . God’s way. God always keeps His word to us, even if we feel desperate and doubt; He’s unchanging, in His word He tells us this.

“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Genesis 18:14

Old Testament

Day 1 Genesis 1 – 11

Day 2 Genesis 12 – 20

Day 3 Genesis 21 –  33

Day 4 Genesis 34 – 50

Day 5 Exodus 1  – 11

Day 6 Exodus 12 – 18

Day 7 Exodus 19 – 30

Day 8 Exodus 31- 40

Day 9 Leviticus 1 – 7

Day 10 Leviticus 8 – 15

Day 11 Leviticus 16 – 22

Day 12 Leviticus 23 – 27

Day 13 Numbers 1 – 8

Day 14 Numbers 9 -16

Day 15 Numbers 17 -25

Day 16 Numbers 26 -36

Day 17 Deuteronomy 1 – 9

Day 18 Deuteronomy 10 – 17

Day 19 Deuteronomy 18 – 26

Day 20 Deuteronomy 27 -34

Day 21 Joshua 1 – 10

Day 22 Joshua 11 – 24

Day 23 Judges 1 – 10

Day 24 Judges 11 – 21

Day 25 Ruth 1 –   4

Day 26 1 Samuel 1 – 16

Day 27 1 Samuel 17 – 1 Samuel 31

Day 28 2 Samuel 1 – 24

Day 29 1 Kings 1 – 22

Day 30 2 Kings 1 – 25

Day 31 1 Chronicles 1 – 8

Day 32 1 Chronicles 9 – 19

Day 33 1 Chronicles 20 – 29

Day 34 2 Chronicles 1 – 21

Day 35 2 Chronicles 22 – 36

Day 36 Ezra 1-  Ezra 10

Day 37 Nehemiah 1 –  Nehemiah 13

Day 38 Esther 1 –  Esther 10

Day38 Job 1 –  Job 23

Day 39 Job 24 –  Job 42

Day 40 Psalms 1 –  Psalms 21

Day 41 Psalms 22 – Psalms 60

Day 42 Psalms 61 – Psalms 90

Day 43 Psalms 91 – Psalms 115

Day 44 Psalms 116 – Psalms 150

Day 45 Proverbs 1 – Proverbs 15

Day 46 Proverbs 16 – Proverbs 31

Day 47 Ecclesiastes 1 – Ecclesiastes 12

Day 48 Song of Solomon 1 – Song of Solomon 8

Day 49 Isaiah 1 –  Isaiah 27

Day 50 Isaiah 28 – Isaiah 66

Day 51 Jeremiah 1 – Jeremiah 20

Day 52 Jeremiah 21 – Jeremiah 52

Day 53 Lamentations 1 – Lamentations 5

Day 54 Ezekiel 1 – Ezekiel 22

Day 55 Ezekiel 23 – Ezekiel 48

Day 56 Daniel 1 – Daniel 12

Day 57 Hosea 1 – Hosea 14

Day 58 Joel 1 – Joel 3

Day 59 Amos 1 – Amos 9

Day 60 Obadiah 1

Day 61 Jonah 1 – Jonah 4

Day 62 Micah 1 – Micah 7

Day 63 Nahum 1 – Nahum 3

Day 64 Habakkuk 1 – Habakkuk 3

Day 65 Zephaniah 1 – Zephaniah 3

Day 66 Haggai 1 – Haggai 2

Day 67 Zechariah 1 – Zechariah 14

Day 68 Malachi 1 – Malachi 4

NEW TESTAMENT

Day 69 Matthew 1 – Matthew 28

Day 70 Mark 1 – 16

Day 71 Luke 1 – Luke 12

Day 72 Luke 13 – Luke 24

Day 73 John 1 – John 21

Day 74 Acts 1 – Acts 15

Day 75 Acts 16 – Acts 28

Day 76 Romans 1 – Romans 16

Day 77 1 Corinthians 1 – 1 Corinthians 16

Day 78 2 Corinthians 1 – 2 Corinthians 13

Day 79 Galatians 1 – Galatians 6

Day 80 Ephesians 1 – Ephesians 6

Day 81 * Philippians 1 – Philippians 4 (Morning)

                Colossians 1 – Colossians 4 ( Afternoon)

                1 Thessalonians 1 – 1 Thessalonians 5 (Bedtime)

Day 82 2 Thessalonians 1 – 2 Thessalonians 3 (Morning)

                1 Timothy 1 – 1 Timothy 6  (Afternoon)

                2 Timothy 1 – 2 Timothy 4 (Bedtime)

Day 83 Titus 1 – Titus 3 (Morning )

                Philemon 1 (Afternoon)

                Hebrews 1 – Hebrews 13 (Bedtime)

Day 84 James 1 –  James 5  (Morning)

                1 Peter 1 – 1 Peter 5 (Afternoon)

                2 Peter 1 – 2 Peter 3 (Bedtime)

Day 85 1 John 1 – 1 John (Morning)

                2 John 1 (Afternoon)

                3 John  (Bedtime)

Day 86 Jude 1

Day 87 Revelation 1 – Revelation 6

Day 88 Revelation 7 – Revelation 18

Day 89 Revelation 19 – Revelation 22

Day 90 – PRAISE!