I sometimes wonder, "What am I really doing with this thing?! I'm not THAT interesting of a person. Why anyone would want to read any of what I write personally is a mystery."
But I digress. I never know where it will take me because (like life), little surprises come up. Like the other day when Nate Storvik pitched the idea to me to read through the whole Bible. In about three months. The goal is to read through it completely before staff training begins at Center Lake.
In other instances, if I was still a full-time student at Hope, or busily teaching my own students, I'd feel afraid or turn down this endeavor. I'd doom myself to failure before I ever started. But this time, for whatever reason, I'm incredibly excited about this reading project. I wanted to do it as soon as Nate mentioned it. Because I want to grow from this. I want to be closer to God. I want to know Him more. I NEED know Him better.
The verse that hit me for some reason from today's reading (they're big-Genesis 1-11) was when God was talking with Cain after he had murdered Abel. I've read the story before but the verse hit home. In Genesis 4:6-7, God challenged Cain:
The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” (ESV)
Cain could do better. He could still do better to please God. With the help from the Lord of Heaven, not all would be lost, even for someone like Cain.
Being accepted by God with His help sounds pretty awesome to me.
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