I'm worn out. I have been pursuing "home-management" assignments all day and have worn myself out, mind and body. I had difficulty paying attention to the passage as I read it, and it's a shame for it's great material. The Gibeonites deceive the Israelite leaders into thinking they are from afar and make a treaty with them; if the Israelites had consulted the Lord, they would have known the truth and avoided such an error. Crafty Gibeonites. Plus, the amazing story of the sun standing still in battle against the king of Jerusalem and his cohorts. There has never been a day like that before or since. How bewildering it must have been to see that the sun was not hurrying, to feel time passing, to feel your body wearing at the end of the "day" and yet to see the sun still uncharacteristically high. It allowed the Israelites to defeat their enemies by the Lord's mighty hand, and it's the only time God ever changed the laws of the universe to heed a request from a human being. Amazing.
Tomorrow's Reading: Joshua 10:16-11:23
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