Devotions

March 6th -- Joshua 9-10 Read these chapters at http://www.bible.com/ or with the BIBLE READER to the left of this post. Only two chapters today-- a reasonable amount for a sleepy Saturday... :) I'll admit, today's reading was one of those sour-sweet type of days. First off, Joshua and God helped the Israelites conquer a TON of people today, which gained them a lot of land, and a lot of goods. But on the other hand, they killed many people in the process... so it was a bit of a downer for me. Here's what I think, though. God promised the Israelites that they were His chosen people. He even preformed all kinds of miracles to prove he was the one and only God, and that no other god could match him. He told them He created them, for heavens sake. Yesterday we left when the Israelites were celebrating after their win against a few major places, and they made an altar to God to give thanks and praise him for their victories. Today, we started off by reading that nations all ac...