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Bible reading plan or no Bible reading plan. That is the question.

Read your Bible. That is the answer.

If you would have asked five years ago if we would ever get a dog, I would have laughed and answered with a resounding “No, I take care of six kids. I don’t need to take care of a dog too!”

Margie’s life was filled with hardships. She faced enormous physical disabilities and spent much of her childhood in the hospital, unable to receive visits from her parents for long portions of time, undergoing surgery after surgery, all alone. That’s one way to describe her life, but it’s not the whole truth.

It was easy to forget what God had done, but their unbelief was still a serious sin. They persistently doubted that God would be faithful to them. They called him a liar. 

“Can God spread a table in the wilderness?” they asked with skepticism.

This particular question from Asaph’s 72 verses rattles me. It’s too familiar.

When we first arrived in Haiti as missionaries, it was extremely difficult and pretty scary…the embargo against Haiti had been lifted and their president was reinstated by the US military…Should we even be bringing our 7 and 9 year old children into a situation like this? Had God really called us to this work?