I was reading in Zechariah again this morning, and despite its general encouragement and hope, nothing was sticking out. So, I went and read Skip Moen’s Daily Word blog (which is one of my favorites). The first one was about living water which reminded me about Zechariah 13:1 (On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and defilement.). It talked about how the living water actually referred to bringing order from chaos which is part of who God is. He is and part of His being is order. His resurrection brought order back to our chaotic world. At the end it asked what we’re doing to restore the Garden (a place of order). I kept reading and a couple of entries later (one of which was about The Song of Solomon and the importance of naming – awesome entry), Skip asked what we were doing to break chains (generational chains of continual sin), referring to Abram and Sarai’s sin (Hagar) and its parallels to Adam and Havvah (Eve and the fruit). So many questions made me wonder if there’s not something to think about there. My family has a lot of generational chains that I hope will be broken in my family or in my children’s. But, the questions really is, what am I doing? Are my actions bringing order and peace to my family? Are my actions working to break the generational sins and the do-it-my-way attitude that I tend to have? Those are good questions for me to think about. They’re really good for anyone to think about (especially if you have some generational chains that need breaking and some chaos that tends to sneak into your life, and who doesn’t?). Thanks Skip!