Let me admit, tonight, I am an anxious father. Jenn’s out again tonight (she got to go out last night as well) and I’m putting the dude to be without the assets that Jenn has in her arsenal. (Enough said.) Last night the dude and I read through our chapters, then we went downstairs for a little supper. He found supper from dad to be a frustrating experience. So, he went to bed mad. And it took him a long time to settle down. For you seasoned parents a half hour may not seem like a long time, but to me, it was longer than I wanted. He fell asleep, eventually and all was good, but tonight, I didn’t want a repeat. So, as soon as Jenn fed him and then left for her girls night, he and I got the Bible and started our chapters.

Instead of reading on the bed, with the dude propped up by pillows and a stuffed elephant to play with, I held him. We read most of Matthew on the couch, then stood up and walked around reading the rest of our chapters. We ended our read of Psalm 10 (take that, mischief makers, you’re not hiding your mischief, even if you think you are) in the Taylor Pose. Then it was off to bed. Tonight was almost all about reading through the chapters while keeping the dude happy enough to go to bed easily. As such, we read of Rehoboam not fighting against his family. It probably would have made sense if we were reading it tomorrow after reading chapter ten.

In an unrelated thought, here’s a question from Ephesians for my learned readers. Should we strive for only righteous anger, as in “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,” (Eph 4:26) or do we strive for putting anger entirely away from us as in “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.” (Eph 4:31) Perhaps the better question is, how do you understand Eph. 4:26 in light of Eph. 4:31?