Hey friends, Chances are, already in these first two and half weeks you’ve encountered some turbulence in maintaining your Bible reading habit. Maybe you’re not totally off the rails, but you may have hit some bumps in the road. Fallen behind a day or two? Use the rest day to catch back up? Maybe, maybe not. Most new year resolutions fail sometime between mid to end of January. Ouch. Two main drivers for that in light of our journey might be: 1. Sustaining the daily habit of Bible reading as “life” happens. (It always does.) 2. Struggling through the content of the Bible reading. (Yeah, there’s some strange and ugly stuff in there! Some curious details that you may well wonder what it has to do with you in your life.) I pray you’re finding this journey to be more of a joy and delight than a chore or a checklist item. As you have a chance, drop me a line: How’s it going for you? What’s catching your attention about Jesus in John’s gospel? How is it for you praying the psalms with Jesus? Have you met your perfect spiritual role model yet in the Old Testament? How are you seeing Jesus in the OT? Here are my recent Jesus sightings: NEW TESTAMENT John 9 Jesus, rabbi, I am the light of the world, healer, “this man is not from God”, “prophet”, Christ, “this man is a sinner”, Son of Man, Lord John 10 Jesus, the door/gate for the sheep, savior, the good shepherd, lays down his life for the sheep, knows his sheep, “has a demon”, “insane”, blasphemer, Son of God John 11 Jesus, friend, Son of God, rabbi, Lord, I am the resurrection and the life, teacher, crier, Lord, glory of God, raises the dead, one man who would die for the whole nation and the scattered children of God John 12 Jesus, anointed like a king, anointed for burial, King of Israel, Son of Man, seed/grain of wheat, bearing much fruit, lifted up (on the cross) to draw all people to himself, Christ remains forever, Son of Man, the light, the glory Isaiah saw, one with the Father John 13 Jesus, dinner host, from God, going back to God, his hour had come!, servant, master, messenger, sender, teacher, Lord, footwasher, betrayed by a friend, Son of Man, father-figure to his disciples, predicting his abandonmen PSALMS Psalm 9 Jesus, stronghold for the oppressed, stronghold in trouble, hope of the poor Psalm 10 Jesus, king forever and ever Psalm 11 Jesus, righteous Lord, refuge Psalm 12 Jesus, perfect word, keeper, guardian of his people Psalm 13 Jesus, sad, forgotten by God, near death OLD TESTAMENT Genesis 24 Jesus, the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, Lord, God of my master Abraham, steadfast love and faithfulness, the angel, the well, spring of (living) water, the sent servant requesting water, the husband/bridegroom Genesis 25 & 26 Jesus, the prince, the faithful husband, the prayer/intercessor, the truth (as opposed to the trickster/heel grabber), the seed / offspring, the blessing, the sower, the water, well, the Lord made room for us, the Lord with you, blessed of the Lord Genesis 27 & 28 Jesus, God Almighty, the blessing, the seed, the Lord, the God of Abraham and Isaac, the house of God, the gate of heaven Genesis 29 & 30 Jesus, the well, the water, the stone rolled away, the shepherd/shepherdess, the sheep, Judah/praise the Lord, Genesis 31 Jesus, God with us, angel of God, God of Bethel, God of your father, God of my father, God of Abraham and the Fear of Issac, the Lord watches, God is witness, God of Abraham, God of Nahor, God of their father, judge between us, the Fear of his father Isaac, Genesis 32 Jesus, angel of God, God’s camp, God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, man, wrestler, Israel, Peniel / face of God Genesis 33 Jesus, Esau, (the prodigal God), the forgiving prince/older brother, face of God, God’s grace Genesis 34-36 Jesus, Bethel, altar, God appeared, God almighty, the seed/offspring, the promise, Jacob/Israel with 12 sons, Jesus with 12 disciples, Jesus the eternal king, dwelling with us Genesis 37-39 Jesus, “son of” Joseph, dreaming/teaching, stripped of his robe, thrown into a pit, sold by his brothers for a price, seed of Judah & Tamar, God with him, finding favor, wrongfully accused, innocent, imprisoned, overcoming God’s blessings on the continued journey! Peace in Christ, Karl