I have been really negligent about keeping up this blog and I apologize! Over the last several weeks in our readings through The Story, we have followed the Jews overcome and defeated by foreign empires, hauled off into captivity and where they struggled to live faithfully to the call of God on their lives while in a strange and pagan land. At the same time we have seen much happen in our own world that leads us to again think of ourselves as a people in exile. With shootings in church buildings and theaters... with attacks against military personnel in Chattanooga... and with the threats to religious liberty coming down from our nation's top courts... there is much to be concerned about in our culture. I am reminded that my citizenship is in heaven and I am eagerly (even more so today) awaiting a Savior from there!This week we come to chapter 21 of The Story and it is the last leg of our journey through the Old Testament. What a journey it has been! On Sunday we will re-cap briefly where we have been and what God is doing to rebuild His people during this part of the story... the return of Ezra and Nehemiah to Jerusalem and the further rebuilding efforts which took place at their lead. At the same time we will be considering God's "upper story" building project. God is at work building or re-building His people after their time in exile.
I hope you've been keeping up in the readings... even if I've not been keeping up in blogging! It is a thrilling story... an encouraging story... and so timely for us today!
Next week we'll celebrate "Christmas in August" with the birth of the long-awaited Messiah... in a manger of all places!
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