Ever get the feeling that you could have started differently? There is a little of that in the two week challenge for me. Having started in Amos last week, and working my way through to the one and only chapter of Obadiah. It's a new week, and there was nothing to continue with. I wrestled with where to start – Old or New, easy or hard. Finally felt led to Ephesians, and will continue with Philippians to end the week. That will be a total of ten chapters, but I'm not just going for the two-a-day. Even though Pastor Dave's…

Not quite fitting the two chapters per day rule with this one. Right up against the book of Amos is Obadiah. In the Bible that I am using for these two weeks, there wasn't even a blank or title page. For a few minutes, I was searching other Bibles, checking to make sure the printer did not make a mistake. No mistake! The shortest book in the Old Testament. All of one chapter and that only 21 verses. But, [more]looking closely, it is filled with challenge. While it has not been able to accurately date the book of Obadiah, it…

Death and destruction was the message that Amos was going to have to carry in chapters 8 and 9. A message that probably wasn't the first thing that came to his mind to talk about. After all, who wants to be the "Bad News Bear?" Even though Amos had been threatened for coming and telling people that they were not living right. A message that God loved them, but they were not living up to His standards. Amos made sure that he continued to say "I'm just telling you what God said and is saying." His blast may have been…