In the past several months, various people have told me that the God of the Old Testament is not a kind God...He's different than the God of the New Testament. I have disagreed with them and tried to point out a few of the ways that God in the Old Testament shows His compassion, love, kindness, and all the other qualities that we see and know so well from the Old Testament. As much as I would love to sit here and write all these out to share them with you, I simply don't have the time. But this has been particularly brought to light to me due to two events: 1) Learning the Biblical Narration method this summer which tells the whole Bible through stories so people can get to know the character of God throughout the entire Bible and see it as a whole, rather than two totally separate books and 2) I am taking a class right now that is called Genesis to Song of Solomon. It's an amazing class where I get to read all those books and do a lot of outside research into them. (Hence MANY late nights at the library!)

So here is what I have boiled it down to in my mind for sake of time...the Bible is ONE book, it tells God's story from Creation to the End...the God of the Old Testament is the same God that is in the New Testament. We are told in the Bible that God does not change...therefore, He has not changed throughout ALL of time, Old Testament and New Testament included. He has not grown up or matured, He's God. If you disagree with me or just think I am utterly sleep deprived, I beg you to get in touch with me and sit down with me sometime to have an open chat...I love to read the Bible with others, and I'm still learning myself...but I know that this one thing is true--God is God...yesterday, today, and tomorrow...the same...and I just want others to see it, too.

My heart aches to see the ignorance of us "Christians" in America. I am speaking very much to myself in this. I am utterly ignorant of the Old Testament, hence the reason I am taking the class and learning about it. But it doesn't require taking a class, it simply requires reading the book for yourself. And I'm serious, get in touch, we'll dialogue openly about it. I love questions and have a ton myself. :)

So there it is...I hope I am not being too harsh...I just think the Old Testament and New Testament together give us a beautiful picture of God's character that is disfigured when we only consider the New Testament. Think about it...consider it for real. I challenge you. :)