Seahs and Shekels.

Our Indian summer has come to an end... It's fall, which means I'm wearing a sweater and fuzzy socks, eating soup and watching football (my Cowboys lost... AGAIN - but the Seahawks game was fun to watch!). But I'm behind in just about all of my school subjects so it also means I'm stuck at a desk working to catch up in math, Spanish, ethics, and English. But the weather outside is awful so I don't feel bad about staying inside all day.  : )

 

Some hot chocolate in my Vintage Minnie Mouse mug. Yummmmmmmmmmm

My life seems so boring sometimes. You could call it a rut.

But it really isn't. There's just nothing in my life worth writing about.

Anyway.

I read 2 Kings 7 this week and just couldn't go on because I had to read it over and over. I'm just that amazed.

So basically there's a drought in Israel. The cost of food is off the charts and the people are starving. The Israelites aren't on real good terms with the Arameans. Then one day, when all seems lost, Elisha says, "'Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'
        "The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, 'Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?'" (v 1-2)

Then the very next day, some Israelite men find an abandoned Aramean camp outside the city. The scripture goes on to say, "They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole road strewn with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their headlong flight. So the messengers returned and reported to the king. Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of the finest flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, as the Lord had said." (v 15-16)

Does anybody else find this absolutely incredible? Amazing? Anything??

God always comes through on His word, even if He does so in a way that is not at all what we expect. It might even be even more awesome than we could imagine. I know He's done that for me lately.

Well, that's all I've got right now. Have a good week! : )

We don't even have to try, it's always a good time!

I am having just a great week.

On Monday the entire sophomore class went to the Woodland Park Zoo to do some research for a biology project. The assignment itself only took like 45 minutes and we just hung out the rest of the time. It was so fun!

 

Katie, me, Janelle, Laura, Brandon, and Allie finding out what it would be like to live in a meerkat cave.

I think the only bad thing that happened on Monday was that the Cowboys lost to the Bears. Not their greatest game...

Tuesday was okay. I had several quizzes, a test in Spanish, and auditions for All-State and All-Northwest bands. Kind of stressful.

But Wednesday through Friday we don't have school! It's our five-day weekend. All the teachers have a bunch of conferences, so we get a bunch of extra days off. On Tuesday night I got a solid twelve hours of sleep. That was some much-needed rest.

My mom, my aunt Julie and I hiked Rattlesnake Ledge on Wednesday. It's rated a 4-out-of-5 for difficulty, but the climb was oh-so-worth it!

 

Trust me when I say that this picture does not even come close to how awesome the view from up there is.

 

 

 

This picture was taken on a different day (those are my brothers) but you see that ledge up there that I circled in red? That's the ledge I was standing on in the previous picture! Pretty cool. Scary, but cool.

 

 

Aside from all that jazz, I just read 2 Kings 5. It's the story about the man Naaman who has leprosy. The prophet Elisha tells him to wash himself in some dirty water (the Jordan River) seven times to be healed. After some hesitation, Naaman does as Elisha says and he is healed.

 

I've heard that story several times growing up in the church. But I've never heard the rest of that story...

 

After he is healed of his leprosy, Naaman offers Elisha a reward for his help, which of course Elisha politely refuses. Gehazi, Elisha's servant, runs after Naaman a short time after he takes off. Gehazi tells Naaman that a couple young men from the company of prophets have arrived, and Elisha actually does want some stuff. Naaman happily gives two talents of silver (150 pounds) and two suits of clothing (very nice clothing at that).

 

Elisha, of course, does figure out what Gehazi did. So when Elisha asks Gehazi where he went, Gehazi tells Elisha that he didn't go anywhere. Then Elisha chews Gehazi out for doing this, and Gehazi and all his descendants were cursed with leprosy.

 

There are definitely more important things in life than worldly possessions. After all is said and done, where our heart is, there will our treasure be also.

 

Thanks for reading, and have a great rest of your week! : )