Numbers 9:15

At the beginning of the year, a friend gave me "The Intentional Bible." It's a "read the Bible in a year" Bible, sectioned out into a reading plan for reading the bible each day throughout the year. This plan is set up to where each day you read out of the Old Testament, the New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs.

{Side note: The book of Psalms has 150 chapters and we read the entire book twice. The book of Proverbs has 31 chapters and we read the entire book once. This is odd to me. It seems as though we should read Proverbs twice and Psalms once. Oh well!}

Anyway, I decided to give it a try and read the Bible in one year. I told Ross about this and he decided to read the Bible in one year, too. I'm proud to say that now with only a few weeks left in the year, we have both kept to our plan and are about to complete the Bible. Neither of us have read the Bible every single day, but rather have had to play catch up and read two or three days at one time. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't skim anything...some of that Old Testament reading is just so dry!

I actually started this blog back in March when we were in Numbers and found the following passage very interesting.

The Cloud Above the Tabernacle
On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire. That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire. Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped. At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD’s order and did not set out. Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD’s command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out. Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. At the LORD’s command they encamped, and at the LORD’s command they set out. They obeyed the LORD’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses.
Numbers 9:15-23

Oh if only I could have a cloud above me, telling me when to move out and when to stay put!