The reading for Monday, January 2, 2023 , is Genesis 6 - 8

Today's reading: Genesis 6-8 

The story of Noah.

What are these "son of God" and "Nephilim"? I don't know. I could google it, but I find myself focusing on the questions just now. 

As I think about the Noah story today, it reminds me of the life-death-life cycle. 

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2023 at 8:42 AM

    Today I had to make up for yesterday reading Chapters 1-8. The one thing that stood out for me is when scripture recorded that God was grieved by his creation. I’ve read that several times, but today that impacted me in a different way. We are created in Gods image, If the earthly experience grieved God, I can expect that there will be things I experience while I’m on the earth that will grieve me as well. Grief is not only experienced by the death of a loved one or a huge loss. Sometimes grief is attached to disappointment. Sometimes life is hard and things don’t work out the way we hoped. Giving space for grief can help us move forward to find hope and peace.

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  2. Jane F.January 8, 2023 at 7:55 AM

    Thank you for your comment. As I read it, I realize that I have always defaulted to "and God saw that it was good" concerning His creation. I have consistently glazed over that God was also grieved by his creation. Today, for me, it captures the good (created in God's image) and bad (sin; that which separates us from God) that struggle within me.

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