The Bow of Remembrance Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Readings: Genesis 9 | Psalm 7 Genesis 9 seals the deal with a covenant. God puts His bow in the clouds. In the ancient world, a bow was a weapon of war. By pointing the bow away from the earth and into the clouds, God is Jesse Lund • A Year in the Bible
The Long Exhale Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 – Epiphany of the Lord Readings: Genesis 8 | Psalm 6 Genesis 8 is the long, quiet exhale after the trauma of the flood. The storm has stopped, but the waiting is grueling. Noah is stuck in a floating zoo, sending out a raven and then a Jesse Lund • A Year in the Bible
A Morning Prayer Date: Monday, January 5, 2026 Readings: Genesis 7 | Psalm 5 In Genesis 7, the heavens open and the great flood overcomes the earth. This isn’t a nursery rhyme story with cute animals in a floating zoo; it’s a terrifying display of divine judgment and the absolute fragility of Jesse Lund • A Year in the Bible
Grief in the Heavens Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026 Readings: Genesis 6 | Psalm 4 Genesis 6 is heavy. It describes a world so saturated with wickedness and violence that it ‘grieved God to His heart.’ Let that sink in. God isn’t a detached cosmic observer; God feels the weight of our depravity. The Jesse Lund • A Year in the Bible
Blood on the Soil Date: Saturday, January 3, 2026 Readings: Genesis 4 | Psalm 3 Genesis 4 is a dark, sobering look at what happens when bitterness is left to simmer. Cain and Abel weren’t just brothers; they were the first case study in the destructive power of comparison and envy. When God didn’ Jesse Lund • A Year in the Bible
The Glitch Date: Friday, January 2, 2026 Readings: Genesis 3 | Psalm 2 Genesis 3 is the ultimate everything went wrong moment. We often talk about the Fall like it’s just a he-said, she-said story about a piece of fruit, but it’s really about the fundamental glitch in the human heart: Jesse Lund • A Year in the Bible
