Week 17: 2 Kings 9-Isaiah 4

Mia:  I don’t like how, in the book of 2 Kings, it doesn’t tell much about the kings at all.  They have, like, one chapter about the king and then it says this:  As for the other events in so and so’s reign and all he did, are they not written in the books of the annals of the kings of Judah or Israel?  Huh!  I like it better when it tells the whole story of the king, like David.  But I’m going to find more about the kings in other books.  I’m glad we started Isaiah though ’cause I LOVE prophecy.

Ian:  A sound for sore ears…

(Hezekiah) did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.)  Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.  He held fast to the LORD and did not cease to follow him; he kept the commands the LORD had given Moses. And the LORD was with him.  2 Kings 18:3-7.

Mistaken Identity

Joshua (3):  What’s this called?
Mindy:  Tomato.
Joshua:  No.  On Veggie Tales.
Mindy:  Oh.  Bob.

Rx

Joshua (3): I need more chocolate for my cough.

Ian’s Island

Do you remember this? 

Well, Harrison Ford is in a movie currently called “The Untitled Crowley Project” that is being shot in Portland and around Oregon.  Specifically, some scenes are being shot inside the aforementioned Circuit City building.  What’s more, Ford was born on 7/13/1942.

*Sits down next to Hugo Reyes.*

IKEA. What?

My Hebrew Coke Shirt

Because there are two universal words. Hallelujah and Coke.

Week 16: 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 8

Mia:  I can’t imagine what it would be like for the widow with only a little oil.  Elisha told her to get all the bowls and jars she could and use them to fill with oil to sell.  That’s like having only one scoop of ice cream to give to fifty people!  That’s amazing!

Ian:  I like the story of the widow’s oil (2 Kings 4:1-7), too.  Money is a prevalent theme in the Bible yet it’s so easy to miss. 

Also, we’re consistently hearing about God’s faithfulness even to those who insist on doing evil in the eyes of the Lord.  In particular…

Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.  2 Kings 8:19.

Praise God.

And it seems to me that God had a unique relationship with Elijah and Elisha.  Good for further study.

Joshua (3) pronounces Bambi…

Bam-BEE.

Posterous.com

I can now send pictures right from my phone to this blog!

“Aidan’s Yard Work Help Service”

Aidan (7) passed out flyers for his neighborhood lawn care business two Saturdays ago. That same day he got his first “account.” He finished his first job over the weekend and earned $20!