Long ago I heard Stanley Tam speak about regular Bible reading and how it applies to each and every day. God Supernaturally guides through a regimented reading plan, and the Scriptures speak to each day, each moment.
I wrote about the little bird outside my front door in my last post.
The verse in my daily bible reading is the one that was playing in my mind when I saw that nest, and here it turns up in my reading today!
No coincidences in this Universe.
Once Brian and I went to a lecture by a one of his former professors at Wheaton. This professor gave the lecture at Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, about 15 years ago, now.
It was a lecture about Chaos Theory.
I have thought about this lecture so many times since.
The gist of the lecture was that there really is no chaos. Each step backward and outward reveals an intricate and massive design and plan, mathematically and physically. My mind struggles to comprehend this, but I can grasp at the principle of God’s control.
This comforts.
A few weeks ago I was having dinner with my international friends and the subject of Bible Story Books came up. I mentioned a prized heirloom Bible Story Book (Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible) that I had lost. I was using it up at the jail ministry with the inmates. A fellow ministry partner rebound books and noticed that my 1930’s copy was sorely in need of a new binding. He took it and before I could get it back he passed away.
Alas, I do not remember his name, nor where he lived. The book has an inscription on the inside of the front cover: to Nita Jean and Billy, from Bob Palmer. It was a gift from the editor of the Beacon Magazine to my mom and my uncle when they were little.
If someone finds that book it really belongs to Corgi Hollows, and I will gladly redeem it!
Back to the Bible Story Book discussion. I mentioned that the inmates in jail loved hearing these stories, written for young and old, at the jail on Sunday nights. I read through several Bible story books to my kids while homeschooling them.
I see great value in a Bible Story book, as it summarizes stories, puts them in chronological order, distills important truths, and in Catherine Vos’s “Children’s Story Bible,” answers pertinent questions that often arise in young minds, answering them discreetly and age-appropriately.
I recommend her story book in particular, and I did to my international friends.
I re-read the first story in her book today, about God and earth’s beginning. These truths are so foundational to life. I love the way she speaks of our minds understanding God as a cup trying to empty an ocean.
I think of Jordan Peterson and his attempt to define and understand God.
Just give up, Jordan.
Confess the pride of the human heart and rest in the comfort of knowing GOD is in control!
My little house finch is trusting the God of the universe it its little way.
Have you ever read “Birdlife in Wington?”
Find it. Read it. You can thank me later.