Superman's Flaws

Reading 32: Judges 16

I don't understand why Samson stayed with her?? She was obviously trying to do something to him...perhaps he was blinded by his lust for her?

Samson has been captured, tricked by the woman he thought he loved. He has been sold out, had his eyes gouged out...ouch...and is being carried off in gold shackles. And I love the line that follows:

But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

With God there is always a second chance. Samson was a royal screw up. He made bad choices from the very beginning of this chapter, BUT the hair on his head began to grow again.

God never gives up on us. Even though our wrong decisions land us in gold shackles sometimes...there's always another chance. That's the wonderful grace of God!

God Is In Charge

Reading 27: Joshua 6

This is the verse that stands out to me today:

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
Then the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.


Jericho was tightly shut up, but the next thing God says is "See! I have delivered Jericho into your hands." It's just like God to see the bigger picture. Sometimes I look at a problem that's all "shut up" no way in, no way out...but God is there and He sees the whole picture. He knows the whole story, and He says "See, I have already taken care of everything". All I have to do is trust His lead.


New blogging plan (if anyone is reading): Blogging about the reading every day was getting entirely tedious and was sucking the "joy" out of my 180 days....so I decided to cut back to just a few times a week, and continue to read on the off blogging days from my physical Bible.