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I began with a grimace as I began to read the long list of names, but then I remembered something. "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work." When I began to think about that I realized that God must have something he wanted to let me know even through the genealogy of Jesus.

And I as I began to read I started to realize what exactly it was. You see Matthew's genealogy includes some pretty interesting people from the Bible; Rahab, who was a prostitute, Bathsheba, an adultress, Manasseh, an evil king, and Mary, an ordinary godly woman. It showed me something pretty cool that I never thought I'd get out of a geanealogy. It reminded me that we have a perfect God who chooses to bring about his will on earth through imperfect people.

That is something that is amazingly important for us to remember, and for that reason I am glad that God brings it to my attention so often. Not that God needs us to accomplish his will or that he is dependant on us, but that he loves us so much that he has entrusted us with the mission that he's given us. Are you taking that seriously?

posted by Casey Craigie  # 3:13:00 PM