So... I did not write about my reading yesterday because I was rather frustrated with myself! When I went to bed last night I was able to talk it out with my husband and he helped me have a new perspective.
I was reading all this stuff in Leviticus, and feeling like it was pointless. And that feeling was bothering me, I mean... I am reading the word of God here.... of course there is a reason to it. I have always been this way with History - never have I enjoyed it or had interest in it... but I felt like this needed to be different. What has been going on in my reading was God speaking to Moses telling him how all the sacrifices had to be done... I mean... detailed events, where the fat of the animal is or is not to go... where the blood is to be spilled ... lots of stuff I was seeing as irrelevant.
My husband helped me see that what we are seeing, and reading is showing us who God is. It is giving us examples of his character. God did not miss ONE detail in telling Moses about how to do the offerings ... just as God is in our lives, HE does not miss anything that we say do hear... or whatever... and He cares ... He really really cares about the little ridiculous stuff in our life that we talk to Him about. THIS is His character. Ok... now I feel better.
In today's reading Aaron and his sons were ordained. Well... two of them, lit some incense (which was not supposed to happen) and they were consumed by fire. I wonder if they thought the same thing I thought... "this is stupid... just kill the animal... why all the details) We were wrong - God cares and there is a reason for all the details... all the little things that we go through in our lives as we see as mundane... there is a reason, and God has Ordained them to happen, or has allowed us to make the choice for them to happen.... it is beyond my comprehension, but I KNOW that He KNOWS!!!
Now I am looking forward to tomorrow!
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