Category: Reading through the Bible
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Day 260: The Other Elam (Ezra 2:7, 31)
Ezra’s long list of returnees includes “the other Elam,” a name most readers skip over. This reflection and poem remind us that even the overlooked are remembered by God, and every name matters in His book.
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Day 260: Planted in Babylon (Ezra 3:8)
Zerubbabel—“Planted in Babylon”—shows how God can grow beauty from exile. Even in hard seasons, He plants hope and brings forth Christ.
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Day 258: On National Lament (Daniel 9:5-7)
Daniel’s prayer teaches us true lament: not blaming a broken world, but confessing the brokenness within—and hearing God’s response: “You are greatly loved.”
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Day 257 The Lions of Babylon and the Lion of Judah: Three Parallels (Daniel 6:17)
A stone. A royal seal. An unchangeable law. A visit at dawn expecting death—and unexpected joy. Daniel in the lions’ den contains some remarkable echoes of the resurrection story. But one crucial difference changes everything: when the stone rolled away in Jerusalem, the Lion walked out.
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Day 256: Did Nebuchadnezzar Forget His Dream? (Daniel 2:5)
Did Nebuchadnezzar forget his dream, or was he testing his magicians? Daniel 2:5 is translated both ways—from the KJV’s “the thing is gone from me” to modern versions’ “the word is firm.” Either way, the point remains: only God reveals mysteries.
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Day 256: When the World Wants to Change You (Daniel 1:6-7)
Babylon tried to rename Daniel and his friends, stripping away their identity in God. The world does the same to us today. Daniel 1 shows how to resist when culture wants to change who you are.