Psalms now?

Today we read this.

Yesterday we I read an account of Levitical lineage.  This reading seems out of place in a chronological reading plan.  Looks like this should be in between some of the time when David was on the run from Saul.

Maybe it's put here just to give folks a break from trying to pronounce so many strange names in a row.

How it's going

Every morning I have been getting up and making tea for my wife.  Then I make coffee for myself.  I might have worked out by the time I do this.  After she gets up we make breakfast.  We recently got a cast iron griddle so our current favorite is pancakes.  Then we read the Bible on our cell phones, out loud.  Today we read this.  Well we take turns at each section.  So today I read it all.  Ok, not exactly all of it.  I skipped a few "name I can't pronounce son of other name I can't pronounce" parts.

One of the names I could pronounce was Bukki.  My son, Noah, thought this was really funny.  I told him that we got his name from the Bible, and maybe we should have picked this one instead.  He thought that was really funny.

So it's going well.  I still haven't gotten a schedule for this blog.

Shelli

I'm continuing to pray for Shelli.  Earlier this year she was doing well.  Then she got a tooth problem that required dental surgery.  It took a long time for her to get in to see the surgeon.  During this time she had to be on antibiotics.  She just got off the antibiotics and now her stomach is bothering her.  We think it's a stomach bug, but it could be the antibiotics.  It's been one thing after the other for a while now and I think she's getting frustrated.  I know I am.

Of concubines and craig's tablet

We are still reading everyday.  Here is what we read today.
During our reading my wife posed a question that I have been wondering about.  She said
"I wonder where the Biblical prohibition against multiple wives is?"

"I know that there is something about deacons being the husband of one wife and that Jesus said something about marriage not being that way in the beginning.  " I replied.

"I think they were still under the command to be fruitful and multiply." she said.

"Maybe this not being a sin at this time has something to do with the amount of work that they had to do at that time just to stay alive.  You have a washing machine and they had to haul their laundry to the stream.

Also, what exactly does this concubine job include?  And how do you get one?  Did they have craigslist?  Maybe craigstablet?

How would you feel about it if I had a concubine?"  We've been married long enough that I can playfully ask that question.  You can tell by her answer.

She laughed and said "That depends on how well she can keep house."

I did want a better answer so I looked it up.  According to Wiki  a concubine in the Bible is a wife that does not come with a dowry.  Also according to the Wikipedia there are no explicit commandments regarding monogamy in the new testament.  So far there haven't been any in the old testament either.  The only things more that they have to say is what other people have said about it.  To me this seems like adding to the Bible. I think that the fact that God created one man and one woman might say something, but within a generation or two we see the multiple wives.  Also, David was a man after God's own heart, and he had concubines.

Now, don't go looking for my posting on Craigslist.  Our wedding vows included the phrase "forsaking all others".  I wonder what their vows had.   "Forsaking most others" or "forsaking some others".  Maybe the whole "forsaking" clause was left out altogether. Let's see (I copied this from here) what that would leave.
 
""Will you, _______, have _____ to be your wife/husband? Will you love her/him, comfort and keep her/him, and remain true to him/her as long as you both shall live?" ("I will")

(Repeat) "I, ________, take thee ______, to be my wife/husband, and before God and these witnesses I promise to be a faithful and true wife/husband."

(Rings) "With this ring I thee wed, and all my worldly goods I thee endow. In sickness and in health, in poverty or in wealth, 'til death do us part."

If this accurately reflects your wedding vows be advised that I am not responsible for your posting on craigslist or the resulting divorce.  

Easter

First of all, sorry about not posting anything in February or March.  I really meant to post over those months, but  I got busy doing other things.  In my defense I have drafts from those months that just didn't get posted.

The good thing is that we are still reading.  Sometimes we have had to postpone our reading time to evening, but we have still been reading.  I like the Chronological reading, but I'm really looking forward to getting to the new testament for obvious reasons.

Today is an example.  We are celebrated God doing something that I would never do.  He sent His Son to die on the cross for us.  No offense, but I wouldn't send my son to die for any or all of you.  Yet today's reading was about Samson.  Samson is pretty cool and all, but he just doesn't compare.

Anyway, I'm going to try to set aside a time to blog every day.  I don't know when it will be just yet, but I'll work on it.