There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses... Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law - the blessings and the curses - just as it is written in the Book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the foreigners who lived among them.
Joshua 8:32, 34-35 NIV
While everyone was gathered Josh wrote down all God's law.
Wrote it on stones.
And then he read it all...to everyone.
Sometimes I wonder if I don't take God's word seriously enough...don't invest enough time in it - maybe Joshua had the right idea to write it out - I've never done that before - so this week I'm going to write out Collosians ch1 word for word & see what God has for me...
#pickachapter
#2017
#resolution
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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