The sound of joy and weeping
So in the last blog, we learnt this – On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had...
Monthly Archive: November 2015
Be yourself
Something a bit different today – a passage straight from Ezra 3, followed by some thoughts arising from it. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people...
According to their ability they gave……
Remember where we left off yesterday? The people have returned to Jerusalem to rebuild their city and restore their temple after seventy years in exile in Babylon. Most of them will never have experienced...
What’s the point?
‘What’s the point?’ This is a question Andy asks me on a regular basis as he wanders around our house. Our house has taken a hammering over the years. Five boisterous kids who evolved...
No way back
Seventy years is a long time. A very long time. It’s been seventy years since God’s people were exiled from Jerusalem and the temple ransacked and the city destroyed. Seventy years since family and...
Well, hello Ezra!
Well, hello Ezra! It’s been a while. A few weeks in fact since we finished looking at 2 Chronicles. I don’t know about you, but there’s been plenty going on in my life. I’ve...
