30 it UP

Woohoo!  I bet you guys were wondering what has been going on during quarantine with my Bible Study.  Well, let me just say, thanks to Facebook Messenger we still can video chat and continue our study of the bible.  Since quarantine has disrupted our lives, this small group study is something we all look forward to ending our week and starting our weekend with.  We had started this group with the intent to read the Bible from beginning to end, but life happened and we got stuck at nearly the end of Genesis.  That was when we started skipping around.  I already wrote a post about the short chapter of Jonah (hilarious, if you haven't read it click here).  I then discovered this great bible study companion by Josh Hunt .  This author has many books but so far our favorite to enrich our study time is the "Question-Based Bible Study Guide" series.  These books are pretty much amazing at digging deeper into the different chapters of each book of th...

I hope you all don't mind that posts on Sundays will have a religious overtone.  Don't care?  Good, because I'm not going to change this. Whether I'm delving into a Bible verse(s) or relating stories to me, everyone needs a little Jesus in their life. Ephesians 6:13      "Therefore take up the armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day and having done everything to stand firm." The Armor of God This verse is letting us know that belief is God is armor for us to do battle in everyday life.  Like a knight preparing for battle we need to put on armor to protect us.  Protect us from the evil in this world so we can stand firm in our belief in God and live the best life we can.  Evil can be something as little as a distraction from the truth of God. We need to learn the living God is first and foremost.  Only then can we love thy neighbor.  This is also emphasized on the concept of rest.  Every one of us...