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Monday, February 17, 2025

The Genealogy of Grace - Bible Study of Genesis Chapter 5

Genesis Chapter 5 traces the lineage from Adam to Noah, highlighting the faithful descendants and their remarkable longevity.



This period is called the antediluvian age which is the time before the flood.


Adam & Eve

Methuselah died at 969 years old

Noah whose family built an ark to prepare for a global flood


Genesis 5 is a genealogy that records the descendants of Adam and Eve through their son Seth.


Verses 1-32

Adam fathered Seth and died at the age of 930

Seth fathered Enoch and died at 912

Enoch fathered Kenyan and died at the age of 905

Kenan fathered Mahalalel and died at the age of 910

Mahalalel fathered Jared and died at age 895

Jared fathered Enoch and died at the age of 962

Enoch fathered Methuselah. Enoch didn’t die but instead God took him at the age of 365.

Methuselah fathered Lamech and died at the age of 969

Lamech fathered Noah and died at the age of 777

Noah fathered Shem, Ham and Japheth and that is where our next story begins with the life of Noah.


The reason that God includes these generations of families in the Bible is because of the promises made in the previous chapters to these families and their descendants. This list is not just records of generations but also evidence of God’s faithfulness to the promises made generations ago.

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Help Others

Written 2016:
All of us have had to endure some type of hardship or pain in this life. We can take that negative emotion or pain and hold on to it, be bitter and never heal. One of the best remedies to healing our pain and sadness is in helping others. We are better equipped to help others when we understand what pain and suffering is like for ourselves. Otherwise, it is difficult to understand the needs of others without it.

Writing these blogs is easy for me when I have pain in my life because I am driven to search the scriptures to understand what is happening to me personally. I am burdened by the idea that others are hurting in the same way and how I can help them through their pain and difficulty. I want to encourage others and bring hope when all seems lost because I know God can change everything.

Hope is what everyone is looking for in each crisis. When hope is lost it makes everything seem dark and life not worth living. Hope comes from God and we can find it all through the Bible. Our human minds cannot always comprehend hope in the dark hours but the spirit that lives within us when we have trusted in Christ certainly can restore our hearts and minds.

Whatever circumstances you may be in today no matter how hopeless ~ look around to find someone else who is hurting that may need your understanding today! Difficulty is everywhere for everyone. Reaching out to someone else is the beginning of our journey towards HOPE ~

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12

This is a picture taken in the gardens at Bethesda by the Sea on May 2012.

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Miracle Baby Deena: A Mother’s Story

 For with God, nothing is impossible. Luke 1:37

When I was three months pregnant with Deena, our world was turned upside down. My doctor delivered a devastating prognosis: a mysterious infection threatened to take our baby's life. Jimmy and I clung to each other, our tears mingling as we cried out to God. In the silence that followed, we faced an impossible decision. But we chose to trust in the unknown, to believe God's plan was greater than our understanding.

We walked the next six months in faith, shielding our hearts from the uncertainty. No nursery was prepared, no announcements of our situation were made. But God gifted us with an unexplainable peace, a sense that He was our rock, no matter the outcome.

The day of delivery arrived, and the doctor's words still lingered: "stillborn or severely deformed?" But when Deena burst into the world, she shattered all expectations. Perfect, beautiful, and whole. God had supernaturally protected her from the infection that had threatened to consume her.

As we celebrated her arrival, our family and friends rallied around us, showering us with love and gifts. And each year, on her birthday, we remember the miracle that defied the odds, a testament to God's goodness and grace. We walked through the darkest valley, but He was our constant companion, our guiding light. And we know that no matter what lies ahead, He will always be near.

Our daughter is a blessing, a treasure, and a joy - a gift from above!