Sunday, May 9

Happy Mother's Day. Yay. I'm exhausted - a weekend of eating and sitting around has worn me out. Let's do the Bible.

Reading for May 9
1 Samuel 5:1-7:17
So - it appears that the ark really does contain magical, godly powers. Because once the Philistines had it they all started getting tumors and plagues of rats and stuff. So they tried to pass it off to another country, and the same thing happened, until they finally sent it back to Israel. Israel prayed again for success against the Philistines and Samuel said that they needed to destroy every image of other gods and then the LORD would help them. They did, and he did. They defeated Philistine and there was peace in the land. Also Samuel became Israel's judge.

John 6:1-21
Jesus feeds the 5000 and walks on water.

Psalm 106:13-31
This line really puts some things in perspective here:

¹⁹ The people made a calf at Mount Sinai^[a];
      they bowed before an image made of gold.
 ²⁰ They traded their glorious God
      for a statue of a grass-eating bull.

Also, this is really funny:

²² such wonderful things in the land of Ham

I'm from the land of Ham. My name is Taylor. Taylor Hamencheese. Get it?


Proverbs 14:32-33
 ³² The wicked are crushed by disaster,
      but the godly have a refuge when they die.
 ³³ Wisdom is enshrined in an understanding heart;
      wisdom is not^[a] found among fools.

Yup. Goodnight, yo.