Mi madre and I went to Dos Coyotes tonight for dinner. My dad and brother left for my parents' fellowship's camping retreat yesterday, but my mom decided not to go because our family just got back from family camp. After eating a shrimp burrito and nachos at dos, we purchase stuff at office max and safeway.

Devotion notes and thoughts:

2 Samuel 17

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel." For the LORD had determined to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

The Bible says that Ahithopel's advice was "good". God blinded Absalom to what was good, causing him to follow bad advice, and answers David's prayer.

Isaiah 36-37

A historical account of Sennacherib King of Assyria and his campaign against Judah.

1 John 5

We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.