Not quite a year later! A new post. And news. I have sent a book proposal to Kregel for Individualized Retirement Assignments: Seniors in Scripture. I added a new Lesson: Noah. After the rejection from AMG, I made the mistake of stopping. I waited to hear from them, then couldn't write for a while, then heard that Kregel was interested, then tried to return to writing the Bible study. After six months of interruptions--both good and bad, including a cruise, illness, a conference, writers' block, I experienced new life: Noah was born--written, that is.

I will not stop writing this time while I wait to hear. Moses and I are becoming good friends. I know God wants this Bible study written, and I'm experiencing His Presence as I write.

Well, AMG rejected my book proposal--they are "not in acquisitions mode right now."

I am therefore going back to my original idea of a devotional booklet instead of a Bible study. My devotions are expositional--containing much scripture and interpretations besides applications to contemporary life.

 
The new book will be the same topic and title:

Individualized
Retirement
Assignments:
Seniors in Scripture

I'll probably include some questions for Bible study as Denise and I do on the website: www.Digdeeperdevotions.com. The format is not clear at this time: I've only received part of the assignment!

Meanwhile, I'm resting, teaching and attending Bible studies at church, finding my house under accumulated clutter, reading, and doing all the things I put off while writing the book proposal. I'm drinking at the well.

Well, I did it--I sent in a book proposal to AMG Publishers. It's for a Bible study on Retirement:

Individualized
Retirement
Assignments
Seniors in Scripture

or IRAs for short.

I looked at seven seniors in the Bible and the assignments God gave them, then at how to apply the principles to our lives. 

Hope to hear soon--could be four months to process.
It's in God's hands.

I'm back.

Two years! Life's been keeping me busy. Still writing biweekly for www.Digdeeperdevotions.com.
I'm working on a book about retirement, a Bible Study. Hope I can send in the book proposal in May or June.

Maybe if I have short posts, I can write more often?? Anyway, that's all for now.

Studying Zechariah in order to write a devotion for www.digdeeperdevotions.com to be published next Thursday. This prophetic book is fourteen chapters full of Messianic prophecies. God will come to dwell with His people. Immanuel, God incarnate (2:10-13). He will remove their iniquity in one day: dying for their sins on the cross. His sacrifice will pay the debt of their sin (3:9). Others not now part of His people will be invited to sit under the vine and fig tree. Gentiles (3:10, 6:15).

The Messiah is described as The Branch (see also Jeremiah 23:5-6). He will be both priest and king (6:8; 11-13). He will be rejected, stricken, His followers scattered (11:12-13, 13:6-9).

But one day all nations will gather against Jerusalem and God will defend His people who have been refined as silver and tested as gold. They will look on the One they pierced and mourn as for an only child, a firstborn son (12:10).

New devotion on the website www.digdeeperdevotions.com today: Finding Hidden Treasure, God delighting, rejoicing, and singing!

Also check the Dig into Holidays section on the left of the page for some Thanksgiving devotions from past years.

I haven't been blogging, but I've been writing devotions for the website www.digdeeperdevotions.com
every other week. We've begun our series "Major themes of the minor prophets." I haven't written one on Jonah yet there, but I'll post a poem here that I wrote years ago.


Fleeing
from God

Silly Jonah
Turning his back,
Going the opposite direction,
as if he could flee
from God’s presence.

Silly Me
Closing my eyes
As if God couldn’t see me,
As I run away
from His presence.

Praise God
He never turns His back
He sends whatever it takes
To bring us back
into His presence.