City On A Hill

Esther 6-10 God was totally looking out for Mordecai. I am sure Haman felt like such an idiot. Not only did he tell the king to go all out for Mordecai he actually had to carry it out. This is such a great story I love this ending Haman and all his foloowers and sons die and Esther is given her wish for the the jews and Mordecai is honored for basically following God. It's awesome!

Esther 1-2 I've heard that Vashti was being asked to come naked to show herself before te kind's party and that's why se didn't come but it seems that she didn't go because she didn't want to so I can see why the king would be frustrated. It's crazy though that he let her go just like that! I really like the story of Esther. She was favored among everyone she must have been amazing!

I haven't written in a bit for various reason, but I'm starting again today, and my hope is that it is a blessing to any who read. Some one of the reasons I haven't written lately is that our church offices were broken into recently, and one of the things they stole was my Mac PowerBook.

Obviously, God is sovereign and there are various reasons that the break-in happen including sin. But, if the following verse is true...

2 Chronicles 16-18
Again, what a sad time to be a king in either Judah or Israel.

Asa, what were you thinking? Relying on other kings...

Sad ending for a good king.

What a terrible way to die.

Did any of these kings (from Judah or Israel) think to make peace with each other?

Is war easier then peace?

2 Chronicles 13-15

Civil war? What a terribly sad time for the people of God.

It really seems like Abijah was boasting, but they believe in the true God, so God gave them a grave and mighty victory.

Asa rocks, except that he didn't remove the high places. How did those things keep coming back?

An army of a million men (a million)...

Defeated (defeated)!

How many times did God use men like Azariah to tell his people to just follow and worship the true God?

Their history bore out their prosperity when they followed and their great hardship when they turned away.

I don't mean that they should have followed for the blessings, but at that time God desired them to flourish, but they would so easily turn away from Him.

2 Chronicles 10-12 It's just crazy to me how unwise Rehoboam was when he had the wisest father that ever lived. It's crazy to think how we all are so different not just from each other but even from our own flesh and blood. That we will make our own mistakes and all in different ways. We each will learn different lessons in life and we each will be accountable for all those choices. Then through all that God knows us to the deepest core of our being every word every thought every action before we even exist. Now that is crazy.

2 Chronicles 7-9 I can't even imagine the event of the temple being consecrated on one hand it was glorious and pure and on the other it was filthy and gory. The didn't have enough room to burn the sacrifices that's just crazy. I thin k it would be amazing to get just a glimpse of what it was like to live in Solomon's kingdom. Have they found an of the gold pieces from his reign?

2 Chronicles 2-4 Solomon finally got to build the temple for God and it must have been amazing. Can you imagine being surrounded by soooo much gold and beautiful things it had to be breath-taking.

2 Chronicles 1 This is a review of Solomon asking for wisdom and again he had to be really wise to ask for wisdom in the first place because if you are wise you have a greater chance of succeeding at most things and thus you will probably excel in most things do to your wisdom.

1 Chronicles 26-27 Again it amazes me how laid out everything was and not that it was just laid out but that they kept track of the weirdest details for us to read so many years later. I also wonder if everyone felt honored to do their job or if they felt some people were more important than they were and had better responsibilities.