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Friday, January 29, 2021

God is Amazing in His Timing

Hear this ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this (the locust plague) been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Tell your children of it and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. Joel 1:2-3

Our recent neighborhood Bible Study with eleven ladies on Zoom had this first discussion question:

What is the most traumatic worldwide or national event each of the generations represented in your group has experienced?

WOW! How did God know we would need this lesson right now? Our group started in the 1990s with Genesis I, II, III. We have followed the Bible all the way to Joel and this Life Guide study presents this question because of a traumatic event. Oh, yeah, we have experienced 2020 with its worldwide Coronavirus and the very divisive national presidential election. We have had at least three different study leaders over the years but to come to this question in the book of Joel study at this exact time is an act of God. Matthew McConaughey, actor, father of three and author of “Greenlights,” said this in Guideposts magazine, “Life’s the movie. God’s the director.” I believe this is so true.

We decided it is important to pass on our knowledge of these life changing events to future generations as Joel instructs us to do. This would include making sure all our history is remembered. The history of the old testament is relevant to the New Testament. Our history and our country’s history are relevant to our lives. Our children need to know the good and the bad of our history. We cannot change it by rewriting our history books or tearing down our leaders’ statues.

Prayer: Dear Lord, we thank you for giving us your history in the Bible. Help us pass it on to our children. We realize you breathed life into us as humans and gave us the potential to understand there was a time before our consciousness. Thank you for your amazing timing of this Bible study and in our lives. Remind us to tell our children. Amen.

Sandra Hilsabeck

1 comment:

  1. Thank you Sandra. What a great point about the need to pass in the lessons of lifetimes! God gives us each other to encourage.

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