Day 332 Bible Reading

Proverbs 29: 1-9

"He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

He who loves wisdom makes his father glad but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

By justice a king builds up the land, but he who exacts gifts[a] tears it down.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.

If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet."

For me The Proverbs have always been interesting. They seem to be rules for how to be happy in the world, how to live a "Godly" life. Do this and this happens, do the wrong thing and this happens. 

For me, the value of Proverbs is that I often see myself as the person doing the things you're not supposed to be doing. And I'm like, duh, if I had just remembered the proverbs telling me not to the wrong thing, then X would not have happened. And yes, I often do the good things that Proverbs tell you to do but I don't remember them as well as I bad things I've done. I am thinking when I do one of the good things that Proverbs tell you what do, I need to write it down so I remember them. And when I feel I'm always doing bad things, I can look back on my notes and remember that most of the time I do the right things, and it's only once in awhile I do wrong things. 

Day 331 - my bible readings for today.

Daniel 2: 24-49 (ESV)
27 - 30: “No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days ...But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind."

What struck me about this passage is how the prophet Daniel acknowledges that everything comes from God:

• God reveals the mysteries or dreams to the dreamer
• God reveals the interpretation of the mysteries of the dream to one who interprets them.

I don't remember my dreams very much, and when I do remember a dream it is a "big thing" for me. This Bible passage reminds me that everything comes from God, and perhaps when I remember a dream it is because God is trying to reveal something to me that maybe I couldn't have gotten any other way. Was it because I was not listening or paying attention? Or is having the dream just the start of perhaps God hinting to me that he has the message, and the dream is my first hint.

I try to interpret my own dreams, and I love the thought that God is involved in this process as well. That God is guiding me on how to interpret my dreams. For me there is a comfort in knowing that God is in charge of all aspects of life, but it is a fact that I often forget or ignore because I want to be in charge of my own life and decisions. But I have learnt the hard way over the years, that my way is often the hard way, the round about way, and that God's way is always better.

2 Peter 1 (ESV)
21: "For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."

What I like about this line, is that it is another reminder from the New Testament, that God is in charge of all things. That the Holy Spirit revealed to prophets the visions they saw and their interpretations. All things come from God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, to teach us something, good or bad. Sometimes, or maybe all the time, this is hard for us to remember. If there is such a thing as a "Matrix", perhaps we are in God's matrix because he created it, and God is always trying to reveal himself to us in all things, all circumstances of life, good, bad, and the indifferent.

God is in everything, the micro ,the macro, and the details.

Updates

 Wow, it's been awhile since I've blogged. So many things have happened. Where to begin.

I finished a novel, yeah me! The novel is tentatively titled "Escape from Atlantis." Here's the concept for the story:

A slave girl in Atlantis must find a way to leave the capitol with her daughter before it sinks into the ocean.

When I was taking screenwriting classes for two years, I learned how to do a certain type of editing, so I am using for the novel. There are 12 steps you go through for editing, and I'm on step 7. Writing was easy compared to the editing because you have to look at every aspect and element of your novel one by one, and I think it makes for a better novel. You work on the structural things first and then the fun stuff like the descriptions. This is my first time using this way of editing, but I really like it. 

But working on the editing of this novel every day is hard, so as a way of distraction, I am plotting out my second novel. It's been jelling in my brain for a year, and yesterday I finally figured out who the antagonist was going to be in the story. 

My second novel idea is tentatively titled "Love in the aftermath." Not too happy about the title right now, but I know it will change. Here is the concept:

The last Lemurian princess is forced to go on the run with a wizard monk  to escape the Atlantean prince who wants to wipe out all traces of Lemuria from history.

Some folks are convinced that Japan was part of MU or Lemuria, so I am setting the story in northern Japan on the island of Hokkaido. This elfen Lemurian kingdom is one of the oldest and most rural of the Elf Kingdoms, but they hold many of the relics and treasures of MU and its history. After the war between Mu and Atlantis, the Atlanteans wanted to wipe out all traces of Mu from history, which is the background for the story.

What else....

I've also joined a reading the bible in a year group, which has been most rewarding. So I've been thinking I would blog about what I learn in my bible reading. I'm nearing the end for this year, but I'm thinking of posting every day to see if I like doing it. I also see it as a way to force myself to blog every day. But we'll see how it goes. I want to get back the excitement I felt in the past about my blog. 

So stay tuned. Cheers!