Reading Days 1-7

Genesis 1:1 - Exodus 40:38
You know, God knew exactly what He was doing when He decided Genesis would be the first book of the Bible. What a way to grab your attention. Even though I've studied Genesis a couple of times, reading it through I've picked up on a few details I never noticed before.
• The Serpent was a "wild animal". This doesn't sound like it was a snake hanging from a tree in the garden like all of the pictures I've seen.
• There was some type of covering on Noah's ark. So, not only did Noah have to build the huge house boat, he had to make a cover for it too.
• Many names in the book of Genesis sound sort of red neck. Ham and Shem were Noah's sons, Uz and Buz were Abraham's nephews. Also, no doubt Esau was a red neck. He was even a hairy, red neck. As I read that story I could hear Hank Jr. singing "A Country Boy Can Survive".
• The whole story of Lot and his family, weird!! Especially since Lot and his daughters "settle in the mountains", imagine that!
• Abraham remarries after Sarah dies.
• Everyone has family issues and in-law issues.
Bottom line - my take away so far is that God loves ordinary, disfunctional people! He takes the nobodies and transforms their lives into incredible stories of faith and grace. For a small town country girl with some colorful relatives of my own, that gives me hope and promise for what God can do with me.
Keep reading you might find your family story there!
Leigh Appleby