22 Days of Reading: Day 3
John 3 and Psalm 119: 17–24
Last night, I got up at around 1:00 a.m., plagued by nightmares. I don’t remember them, but I remember how disturbing and dark they felt. For the first time in a while, I had to go into the living room and turn on the light. I made use of the habit I mentioned yesterday — I called to mind scripture after scripture until the heaviness receded and I could sleep again.
I only mention this because any time I really dive deeply into the Bible with the parallel purpose of sharing it, I seem to struggle with nightmares and that heavy feeling. I won’t go too much into what this means to me, but if you are interested, I wrote about it HERE.
I struggled today with whether to continue to talk about John first or switch it up and start with Psalm 119. I know why. It’s because John 3 is pivotal. And I want you to read until the end. However, I’m going to stick with the format.
John 3
Nicodemus was a Pharisee. He was part of the religious crowd. I guess you’d call him part of the religious elite. However, he was also searching. While the rest of his buddies were already building a tally against this Jesus guy, Nicodemus was curious. He saw something there, and he wanted to know more. So he snuck off the visit Jesus. He snuck off because he didn’t want his peers to know he was…
