Day 188.."Reading moves out of II Samuel and John"

We have now completed II Samuel, as David confesses sin and Israel averts a worse plague. These themes of sin, plague, confession, restoration are common place in the Old Testament. II Samuel ends with David building an altar to the Lord. I always gave credit to modern day motivational speakers for the "sharpening the saw" concept. I see now the roots are in Ecclesiastes..."If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength." Perhaps this is also a metaphor for taking moments each day to sharpen our focus in seeking God's direction. Today, marks the end of our reading through the Gospels. We have spent 188 days reading through these awesome words. Notice how John closes..."Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written." Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John only contain some of what Jesus did...there was much more! According to John...much, much more!