good morning beautiful lovelies. I pray that wherever you are today that it is a most beautiful day, or the start of a most beautiful day. it's a cool morning here with expectations of several more really cool days to down right cold. I'm ready for spring. I guess that's my mantra these days. hahaha the older I get, the less I love winter. yeah, that's so. but I can start thinking about my garden right now anyway. I've started getting my seeds together. I noticed in the dollar tree yesterday that they have their seeds out. so that's a good sign. garden time is just around the corner. yay!!!!
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In Genesis 13, when Abram and Lot was separating from one another, Lot looked towards sin; Sodom and Gomorrah. the snare of sin always looks enticing. Abram seen the need to separate from Lot, they both did. but Abram trusted the LORD and Lot trusted what he seen with his eyes. Abram was blessed by God saying that his seed would be as plentiful as the dust of the earth.
Chapter 14, Abram let the LORD take lead in the battle and saved Lot from enemies. Lots eyes had gotten him into trouble. that's the way it is with sin, most of the time it starts with what see and then goes on from there. see, think, do. that's the steps to either living righteous lives or living evil and wicked lives.
In Chapter 15 is where God tells Abram in a sleep that his heirs will be captive in Egypt for 400 years and then He, God will send someone to deliver His people. Just as Jesus is our deliverer, so will Moses be the deliverer of Gods people from Egypt. Egypt represents the sin that we are attracted to.
in Chapter 16 we see where the warring between the people started. Ishmael and Issac was half brothers and because Abram and Sari didn't wait on the LORD for Sari's conception, Sari and Hagar was at war. the Angel of the Lord told Sari that her son would be as wild as a donkey and he would be in defiance of his brothers. this is where all the fighting in the Middle East originated from. the descendants of Ishmael have been at war with everyone ever since. this particular verse is where the name El Roi (El RoHe-how to pronounce) comes from, meaning "the God who sees me". I love this!!!!! God is my El Roi, because He has seen me every day of my life. Praise El Roi!!!!!
in chapter 17 God makes a covenant with Abraham and the people make the commitment with God in the form of circumcision. this was symbolic of cutting away of sin and accepting the blessings of God for the Jewish people. this is when the nation of Israel was taking form and shape. this was Gods covenant with His chosen people.
Chapter 18 is where Isaac is promised to be born of Sarah, an old woman. she laughed at the thought of such a thing happening. we can see from this experience alone, that anything is possible with God!!!! this is also where Sodom and Gomorrah have reached the height of their evil and wicked ways and God will put an end to these two cities. this is where the scripture comes from that tells me that whatever God does is just and righteous. Abraham said to God, "shall not the judge of all the earth do right!" God finally told Abraham he would not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if there was 10 just and righteous people in the cities. 10 is all it would have taken for God to spare the cities. so when we live our lives in sin, expect destruction. that's what we have seen for many years, the destruction of this country, because it has been pushing the ways of Sodom and Gomorrah for many years. our destruction is coming soon, unless there can be found 10 righteous people living in this country. I pray that my husband and I are 2 of those 10 righteous ones.
in chapter 19, Lot had gone from looking at the sinful cities while he was with his Uncle Abraham, to sitting in the gate of Sodom. he was some kind of leader now. he looked at sin and became involved in the city of sin. that's how enticing sin is. we see it and then we move closer and closer and the next thing we know it's all around us. Lot didn't participate in it, but he lived in it. for those that think the homosexual life style is good, God thinks it's an abomination. that's not my opinion, that's God's opinion. His is the only opinion that counts. think twice before you push this evil and wicked and abominable stuff off on children. I hear that mill stones are pretty heavy and even if you have one and tie it around your neck and throw yourself in the ocean, you can't get away from Gods wrath.
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I hope if you're following along on this journey, that you're taking your own notes and that you are asking God to let you see what He wants you to see. I hope that we can all see this as a great way to come closer to the Lord in 2015.
I'm going to cut this one short and get on with my day. I pray you all have a blessed day. always remember that God wants to be in right relationship with Him thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ. remember as we read thru the Bible, that every page of the Old Testament points directly to salvation in the form of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
blessings of mercy and grace be yours. hugs and love, patty
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