6 But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission 7 and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courts of the house of God.
I scanned back quickly and I believe Nehemiah lead rebuilding of Jerusalem in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. Here 12years later things have already unraveled a bit. Like you have pointed out before we sure seem to have destructive patterns and short memories. Surely it was obvious how God was with Nehemiah yet quickly any lessons he taught get lost on people during his absence.
I think we have to stay in the word and in constant discussion with Jesus to have a chance of staying on the path he wants for us.
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Holy Bananas! I completely agree. I can feel it happeing with this blog sometimes. I go from looking forward to reading the chapter, and wondering what you are going to take from it....to, aaaahhhhhhh man, I fogot to do my reading this morning, and being completely unenthused. What a schlub!
ReplyDeleteWe need to stay strong in this, and to a much larger degree to God and his mission. I can't tell you how many times a scripture has popped into my head when someone is talking about something. That tells me the persistence is working.
keep it up!