Mark Watson

Mark needed one less thing to do (seriously) so I offered to post this week.  We sure went through a lot of kings who did evil in God’s sight.  These same kings consulted Him occasionally when they were in a real bind.  And whatever the prophets foretold…came to pass.  You’d think this would turn an evil king around, but no, not the case.  This makes me think that perhaps I’ve missed some signs along the way and went in a direction that He didn’t send me.  The good news is…He still loves me even when I fail.

This week’s readings were taken from 2 Kings 1-21, Psalms 92-94, and Ecclesiastes 1-3.  The highlights were as follows:

1.  God takes Elijah to heaven in a whirlwind while Elisha watches which seals the deal on Elisha becoming a holy man like Elijah.

2.  Elisha raises a boy from the dead (like Elijah), and Elisha heals Naaman of his skin disease by asking him to dip seven times in the Jordan river.

3.  Good kings were far and few between.  Joash was one of the good ones, but he didn’t get rid of certain fertility shrines.  Hezekiah was another good one.  He held fast to God, never loosening his grip.

4.  Ecclesiastes is an odd book.  All smoke and spitting in the wind.  I can’t help it…every time he uses one of those phrases…I smile. 

5.  There’s a time to cry and another to laugh…to destroy and construct…hold on and let go…to kill and heal…to be born and to die…