hi all!  i've been receiving lots, but there's just no time to type it all out!  haha.  this read-the-Bible-in-one-year program is really helping me be consistent in reading the Word and talking to God every morning, even though sometimes it can be dry.  typing it all out here also helps cos it allows me to share the Word that i receive.

as i was reading exodus, the parts about the sacrifices, one question crossed my mind- where in the world did the Israelites get all those lambs to sacrifice to God?  The priests had to sacrifice 2 lambs every day.  that's a whole lot of lambs, considering lambs don't reproduce that quickly.  do they?  anyway that's a random point.

blake preached a really good message ytd at manna's large group.  the Bible is not an instruction manual peppered with stories, but it is a story, namely the Gospel, peppered with instruction.  the Gospel is all about the good news, the story of Jesus coming down to die for all man.

if what we as christians believe is really good news, why do we have such a hard time talking to other pple about it?  if i won a million dollars in lottery, i don't think i would have a problem telling all my friends about it.  isn't the gospel so much better than that?  the gospel in its purest form is winning the lottery of lotteries.  somehow God chose you, picked you, and gave you EVERYTHING.  and we have trouble telling pple that they can have that too?  i suspect the gospel we believe in our hearts may not be what it truly, truly is.

anyway that's all the thoughts i have for now.  do keep praying for me as i enter the last wk of sch before midterms next wk.  pray for strength and wisdom, and the ability to let go of everything and give it over to God.