2 Chronicles 14:1-16:14, Romans 9:1-24, Psalms 19:1-14, Proverbs 20:1
Today is the 25th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is great to be here with you today and every day. Today is little Ezekiel, our son’s, birthday. This is his seventh birthday and he’s kind of the Daily Audio baby because he was born since the Daily Audio Bible started and it kinda marks a moment in our lives. Man…so…seven years ago and some of you were here like, some of you went through all of that with us. Seven years ago today we were planning to have this little baby boy and we had a midwife and it wasn’t the first time we had done that. We had home births for several of our children so we knew it was time, we knew what we were doing and Jill just has terrible fear throughout the whole pregnancy that something…something would happen…something…an emergency would happen. And it did, and we had to rush to the hospital. It was just taking too long, basically. And Jill was getting exhausted and the baby was getting exhausted and heart rates were in trouble and blood pressures were in trouble. So, we had to make a decision to rush to a hospital and by the time that was underway it was like we couldn’t even go to our planned hospital, you know, because you have to have this…you have to have a plan. So, we had to go to the nearest hospital and this is where little Ezekiel was born and mommy and baby had to stay in the hospital for a couple of days and I had to do the Daily Audio Bible from our van that we don’t even have any more because that was seven years ago, but our van from the hospital parking lot. And, so…but the thing is…it was a day where a lot of unexpected things happened. I mean literally. Jill had to go almost immediately into emergency surgery. We had like a minute to make that decision and we just didn’t know how complicated things were getting other than that they were getting complicated and things were not going well. And, so, we had to say goodbye to each other not knowing like what’s gonna happen on the other side of this. And I remember then wheeling her out of that hospital room and I remember sitting there by myself and I remember reaching out to this community for prayer and I remember that being instantaneous. And, so, I’ll never forget this day for the rest of my life not only because it’s Ezekiel’s birthday but because we came together around that day and around that situation and, yeah, that was…it was just one of those times where…and I’ve had this many times…but it was one of those times where I realized, what we’re doing here, there may not be a blueprint for this and this may not be reproducible but what we’re doing here. This is community. This is really happening in real time. There really are…we really are in this together. So, happy seventh birthday Ezekiel and let’s dive in as we together take another step forward in life, in community and through the Scriptures this year. So, we’re reading from the English Standard Version this week and today we’ll read second Chronicles chapter 14, 15 and 16.
Prayer:
Thank You, Father for Your word. Thank You for another day together in community as we continue to navigate and travel this grand adventure that is the Bible in a year in community. We thank You for this and we thank You for what You have given to us from the Psalms today, a roadmap, a ground zero, a place to return to, a north star. Your law is perfect, it revives our souls. Your testimony is sure, it will make the simple become wise. Your precepts are right, making our heart rejoice. Your commandments are pure and they enlighten our eyes so that we can see the path before us. Fearing You is clean and endures forever, and we hold You with awe and respect. Your rules are true, and they are righteous altogether. These are more to be desired than the best purist finest gold. They are sweeter than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Holy Spirit plant this in our lives today. Help us to rest in this, that You are surrounding us with all that we need and all that we lack if we are simply looking for it. But so often we are looking for it in the material world without looking inward and knowing that You are transforming the way that we look at everything. So, come Holy Spirit we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.