June 9, 2006
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Boo, Hiss, lost a whole post that I typed, will try to reproduce some of it. Suggestion, before spell checking save post in private, then spell check. I got one of those nasty Xanga bugs when I subjected my entry to spell check.
Today is Friday and Bible study. Don’t know who will be teaching today because Pastor Don’s middle son is getting married, and all our pastors, and some of our regular teachers are attending the wedding out of town. But I know Pastor Don will have selected a good teacher.
I am so proud of Christopher. He earned a leadership award from Clarkson University, and an academic award for Biology. The school changed the high school academic award system this year, and in each subject matter, science, math, history, etc. only 12 children were selected to be honored in the entire high school grades 9-11. While this makes it a great honor for the children selected, unfortunately others are not selected. Had they used the old system Edward would have also received academic awards, and he sure could have used that encouragement. It is hard enough to be the middle child without the added competition of grades. sigh.
Am still reading Peterson’s book and enjoying it. Besides that I am resuming the online study through Lifeway of Beth Moore’s Living Beyond Yourself. If you live somewhere where Beth Moore studies are not being offered, and have decent computer access, for a nominal amount of money you can take these courses online. They offer the pages to print out, the Beth Moore movies, and a community where you can talk with others taking the study. Also, Bible study tools. I often use those as I read or listen to teachings so I can quickly look up words.
Currently in my Bible reading I am back in Genesis, Genesis 6-7 to be precise. Comparing past notes, teachings from Chuck Colson and Jon Courson, Commentaries, Pastor Don, and my own thoughts I am again seeking to find Jesus in each of the parts. One cool thought – Noah means rest. And in Chapter 7 the invitation into the ark was “Come” so you have “Come unto me and I will give you rest.” hmmmm where have I heard that before.
Now here is a combination of my thoughts and other’s thoughts about where Jesus is when you think about Noah.
*rest
*Grace
*God planned for salvation of the remnant – began in Genesis 3:17
*perfect in generations
* walked with God
*onerous work to do (120 years to build ark/cross)
*died for self (Imagine as Bill Cosby said, what the neighbors would say)
*saved his house (8 survivors in Ark, the House of Israel and all believers)
*food provided
*obedient
*did not lose any under his care
*altar
*sons blessed
*everlasting covenant given
Ark as a type of Jesus
*divinely provided
*design provided in advance (Even before Genesis 1:1)
*made of wood – cross made of wood
*death of tree
*invited to come unto ark/Jesus
*only one door
*door in side of ark/Jesus pierced in side
Can you imagine Noah’s persistence and his hand’s on preaching. Building an ark in an environment where there was no rain (possibly), and the neighbors wondering what the crazy man was doing. I am certain he talked about repenting, and no one repented. Also, before he had children, Noah built the ark to provide for His family.
Our God is so awesome. I still would have liked to have been on the road to Emmaus to hear how Jesus opened up the scriptures to those disciples on the road. I am hoping that there is a sort of spiritual videotape of that discussion in Heaven.
Have a blessed day!
Heather
Comments (6)
Hey Heather…I try to remember…TRY being the key word to copy my post then hit spell check in case I lose it…if I do all I gotta do is paste it back! ha! Silly xanga! Enjoy your Friday and weekend! ~Gena~
I’ve been there–where I’ve spent tons of time composing something only for it to be wiped out.
Thanks for the Beth Moore bible study. I think I might do it online.
Heather… I’ve had many posts disappear. Now I type on word doc, then go to edit- cut, then paste it back, then go to xanga slot…and hit paste- viola your post is there, then you can highlight whole thing and change size and font…
hope this helps… blessings in your great thinking…about God
Huh, interesting post!
The correlation of the ark with Christ is not a “new” concept to me, necessarily, but I can say it is one that i have not really explored fully — I take the above as a challenge to meditate on that very thing! 
Thanks!
-Leah
I didnt know Beth Moore still had online classes! Good to know! Are they through lifeway.com or livingproof? Enjoy your study tonight!
there’s a “save” button when you write a post so you can save in between. what you want to do is save it in “private” so it doesn’t post the unfinished work and when ur done, switch it to public and then “submit”