The Heart of the Matter

The lies we tell ourselves

The way we act so nonchalant

When the destination stops before the dream

Keep exchanging truth for a lie

We all know how this story will end 

We try to go back to the beginning

Try to claw our way back to life

When you are the only face you see 

You find yourself bathed in utter darkness

And light refuses to obey your call

(Chorus)

When it's a matter of the heart

That's the heart of the matter

When everything you deemed important

Has disappeared into a mist

When searching becomes longing

And praying becomes begging

When it's a matter of the heart

That's the heart of the matter

481 Foot Home Run!

Ronald Acuña Jr. hit another monstrous homer and Ian Anderson spun yet another gem. In other words, this was another good night for the Braves, who finally showed some life at the plate.

Acuña hit the second-longest home run tracked in the Majors this year and Anderson provided his second straight scoreless effort as the Braves claimed a 5-0 win over the Cubs on Tuesday night at Truist Park. 

What a player! 

God and Lists

God loves order. And details. And a bunch of other stuff but today we are going to focus on the orderly side of God's personality today. 

Did you know that God loves lists? 

He must because a great deal of the Bible is devoted to lists. Today we call these particular lists, genealogies. The genealogies in the Bible are some of the deepest, hardest to pronounce and harder to read passages in the Bible. From the surface, they look like barren landscapes, with sand swept surfaces of unyielding granite. But, if we can break through the surface, golden riches and sparkling jewels can be found. 

How do we know this?

Because they are Scripture and God put them there for a purpose. In 2 Timothy 3:16 we read that “All Scripture is God breathed and is profitable for teaching…” God intended every chapter, every verse, every word of the Bible to be profitable for teaching — yes, even the genealogies. In fact, God believes genealogies are so profitable, He devoted large portions of his Word to them. We have them several times in the book of Genesis, the book of Numbers is almost one long genealogy, and we have one at the beginning of 1 Chronicles and one at the end of 2 Chronicles. We also find them in Ezra, Matthew, and in Luke.

By skipping all the genealogies in the Bible, we are passing over a lot of what God thought was important for us to know. He put them there to teach us something, and if we skip them because we think they have nothing to teach us, we are missing out on all that God has for us.

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