{"id":2533,"date":"2010-02-08T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T05:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2010-02-06T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T21:12:40","slug":"bible-in-90-days-day-39-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/bible-in-90-days-day-39-check-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible in 90 Days: Day 39 Check-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are participating in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/01\/momstoolbox-com-goals-for-2010\/ \" target=\"_blank\">Bible in 90 Days challenge<\/a>, today you are on Day 39 and should have read through the end of page 468 in the Bible in 90 Days Bible or through Psalms 24:10.<\/p>\n<p>Today Jolanthe of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noordinarymomentsblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">No Ordinary Moments<\/a> is sharing with us why she decided to join in the challenge and her impressions so far:<\/p>\n<p>Before I get going, I&#8217;m going to preface this and the video below by<br \/>\nsaying:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t believe that I&#8217;ve ever seen myself blink so much in my<br \/>\nentire  life<\/li>\n<li>I apparently have a tendency to talk a lot {who knew??}<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s more to this week&#8217;s post below the video, so hang on!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k59EECu5xtY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k59EECu5xtY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>One of the passages that we read\/studied this week is one of my most<br \/>\nabsolute favorite stories in the Bible ~ Esther. I&#8217;m not sure what it<br \/>\nis  that draws me into the story so much. Maybe it&#8217;s the whole peasant<br \/>\nto  queen storyline. Maybe it&#8217;s the overall analogy between Esther&#8217;s<br \/>\nrelationship with the king and our relationship with God.<\/p>\n<p>The preparation that Esther went through before she even met with the<br \/>\nking was <em>intensive<\/em>. Did you catch that it was one entire year?<br \/>\n{Esther  2:12} <strong><em>One year of preparation for one<br \/>\nnigh<\/em><em>t<\/em><\/strong>. Her presentation to the  king was nothing to be<br \/>\ntaken lightly. There were many things for her to  learn ~ the etiquette<br \/>\nof a queen, how to walk &#8216;just so&#8217;, how to exude a  beautiful aroma that<br \/>\nwould be pleasing to the king. It wasn&#8217;t a time  where she just sat<br \/>\naround eating chocolates and playing games.<\/p>\n<p>As Tommy Tenney says in his book <em>Finding Favor With the King<\/em><br \/>\n{p.77} ~ <em>&#8220;Every bridal candidate submitted to extensive preparation<br \/>\nto remove  every odor, habit, blemish, or spot that would be out of<br \/>\nplace before  the throne of the great ruler.&#8221;<\/em> Basically,<br \/>\nEsther learned that it was  important to please the king and do all that<br \/>\nwould meet his needs ~ not  her own.<\/p>\n<p>Do you see where I am going with this?<\/p>\n<p>My life isn&#8217;t all about me, me, me. It is meant to glorify Him and<br \/>\nplease Him. He has redeemed me, covered me with His blood ~ and calls<br \/>\nme  to be His bride. His princess. He longs for a deeper relationship<br \/>\nwith  each one of us. That doesn&#8217;t mean that I can just sit back and<br \/>\nenjoy the  ride ~ <strong>relationship requires work<\/strong>. There are many<br \/>\nthings in my life that  need to be purified, refined and purged out<br \/>\nsimilar to the preparation  that Esther went through. It isn&#8217;t always<br \/>\nquick and easy {in fact,  sometimes it&#8217;s rather painful}. But I am so<br \/>\nthankful that {unlike  Esther} I know already that my King has chosen me<br \/>\nand longs to be in  close relationship with me. I won&#8217;t be sent to live<br \/>\nout my remaining  days in a far away room in the palace, but will live<br \/>\nin His presence ~  forever.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Jolanthe!<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; what did you think&#8230; about Esther, any of the books we&#8217;ve read or even Jolanthe&#8217;s vlog? And how is your reading going?<\/p>\n<p>Please leave a comment or a link to your own post below to let us know where you are in the reading and any observations you would like to share.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Powered by MckLinky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcklinky.com\/basic_list.asp?id=16914\">Click here<\/a> to enter your link and view the entire list of entered links&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcklinky.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mcklinky.com\/images\/MckLinkyLogo119.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, please pick two or three other commenters and pray for them by name.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, don&#8217;t forget to join us for our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/04\/using-hashtags-and-twitter-a-crash-course\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet-Up <\/a>tonight from 8-9 CST. Just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/momstoolbox\" target=\"_blank\">follow me<\/a> and use the #B90Days hashtag.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about the reading or anything else that you would like to pose to our fellow readers, please consider hopping over to our <a href=\"http:\/\/theblogfrog.com\/1273126\/community\" target=\"_blank\">MomsToolbox community<\/a> and leave a question or share your own insight on a questin someone else has left.<\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are participating in the Bible in 90 Days challenge, today you are on Day 39 and should have read through the end of page 468 in the Bible in 90 Days Bible or through Psalms 24:10. 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