Finally, a new post...

Obviously I haven't posted for a while. Just got out of the habit.

For the last couple of months, those of you who have been on the 4 year reading plan with me have been reading primarily in 1 and 2 Chronicles. I'll have to admit that all the genealogies at the beginning weren't all that exciting, but going through the history of Israel again through the eyes of the author of Chronicles is a sobering reminder of what happens when we choose to rebel against God. Even though God continues to love us and even disciplines us with the purpose of getting us to repent and return to him, there are serious consequences to our rebellion.

It seems that this passage is particularly relevant to us as a nation today:

When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.(2 Chronicles 7:13-14 ESV)

I really believe that we are witnessing God's judgment on our nation because of the blatant, unrepentant sin that we see in our culture. But this passage reminds us that our responsibility is not to judge, but to pray...and to tell others about Jesus.