Daily Bible Reading

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Old Testament: 2 Chronicles 21:4 - 23:21

New Testament 1 Corinthians 15:50 - 16:4

Psalms/Proverbs Proverbs 20:25-21:4

Based on NIV Seasons of Reflection 365-Day Bible

Messages referring to the Bible Reading:

He Died... And No One Cared
Committed We Stand
THE VICTORY OF THE MYSTERY
GIVING AND LIVING
God's Sovereignty in Our Suffering

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Stay With Me

The boy walked along the ocean shore,
Trying not to stray.
He looked up to his Father saying,
"Dad, I want to play."

His Father looked upon him,
With love showing in his eyes.
"Do what you want to , my son...
But do not leave my side."

"I would never leave you Daddy,
I love you way too much."
But the boy took a step away,
Out of his Father's range of touch.

He walked through the surf,
The waves tickling one toe.
"If I take one more step in..."
He thought, "Father will never know."

His Father called out to him,
"Son, to me... remain true!"
The boy thought with glee,
"At the moment, I don't need you!"

His Father felt a sadness,
But... he held his tongue,
Sometimes lessons need to be learned,
Even when so young.

The boy stepped out a little further,
The water covering his waist.
His Father spoke with urgency,
His Father spoke with haste.

"My son come back to me," he said.
"The day is almost done!"
"Not yet Dad," the boy yelled,
"I'm having too much fun!"

But the boy did not have his Father's insight,
So he could not yet tell....
The tide was coming in fast,
There would be no time to yell.

"Father!" he tried to scream,
As the water covered his head,
"I need you now, Daddy!
Was what the boy had said.

And in a single instant,
His Father was by his side.
"I thought you left me Daddy,
I thought you went to hide."

The Father looked upon his son,
A tear streaming down his cheek.
The boy looked upon his Father,
And cried the sobs of the meek.

"I would never leave you son,
For I love you just the same."
I was only waiting,
For you to call upon my name."

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Things are not always Black or White

When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.

I was convinced that I was right and he was wrong, and he was just as convinced that I was wrong and he was right.

The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other.

In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could clearly see that it was black.

She asked the boy what color the object was. "White," he answered. I couldn't believe he said the object was white, when it was obviously black!

Another argument started between my classmate and me, This time about the color of the object.

The teacher asked me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been.

We changed places, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, "White." It was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his viewpoint it was white. Only from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must stand in the other person's shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their perspective.

By Judie Paxton
From "Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul"

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