2 Corinthians, Acts 20:1-3, Romans 1-7 Ack!  Here at the end of my Bible Reading Challenge, I am facing adversity that is challenging my will to cross the finish line.  I am sick.  A constant tickle is over my voice box and spreads down to my chest.  My cough sounds horrible; a visit to the doctor may be in order — the last time my cough sounded this bad, I had bronchitis.  But I had fever then…and I don’t now, at least as of this moment. So this evening I got caught up on my reading and will share this … Continue reading Jesus: the answer, no matter the question

2 Corinthians 1-9 Again, this is a double duty blog report.  I’ve been down for the count the past couple of days with a raging sore throat and laryngitis.  The soreness is better but is now replaced by a niggling cough, congestion, and continued laryngitis.  I have never lost my voice this completely before.  My husband joked that in fifteen years of marriage, he has never experienced me being so quiet! In my reading tonight, I came across a beautiful description in 2 Corinthians 2 of what we are in Christ that contrasted starkly with the advertisements I read in … Continue reading Fragrance

1 Corinthians 12-14 One of the BEST analogies I’ve ever read is contained in 1 Corinthians 12, where Paul compares the body of Christ (the people who make up the church) with a human body.  His writing is so clear and concise in this section.  I love this part: And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you … Continue reading Content to be a…