It only feels like a few days since I last posted about my bible reading exploits but here I am again…

This week I have mostly been finishing Genesis and starting Exodus. And by mostly I mean only. Where were we last week? Had we had Joseph and His Coat With Long Sleeves (it wouldn’t be as good a title for a musical would it?) We had? Ok – well – this week we finished the whole Joseph story, Jacob died, Joseph died and things moved on. The big thing from the end of the Genesis story I picked up was Joseph’s insistence that even though his brothers handed him over to the slave traders to get rid of him God actually had a much bigger picture in mind. Genesis 50:20 sees Joseph say “You tried to harm me but God made it turn out for the best.” Which is a pretty impressive thing to say after all his brothers had put him through.

I remember when my brother sold me into slavery… no… not really.

Moving on – I’ve started the whole Deliverer story now which is another great one. So far the thing that has struck me (again) is the stick in Moses’ hand. Not literally. That would hurt. But it’s the whole “what’s in your hand?” Ali, who I seem to mention in most of my posts at the moment, spoke at St John’s about this a while ago… listen if you get the chance.