48 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 1-27-16”

  2. Good morning! Good evening! Good times in all places!

    I have a project to work on in the home today. I have to get the bedroom ready for the delivery of a new mattress and box springs. The mattress made its way out to the street when son was home. I was not sure whether or not I was going to keep the box springs but decided it needs to go. I was able to get it off the frame and sitting upright so it is taller than the door as a queen size. I hope Miss Bosley will not tip it over while I get things out from that space that I have not seen in a number of years.

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  4. I have a rhea logical type question for anyone who feels like sharing. Are there similarities between the temple of Jesus’ days and our modern churches? I had always thought they pretty much, aligned with each other. I have not done a detailed study on the temple in the Bible. I believe Beth Moore has such a study. I know our bodies are the temple of God now. Has that fact changed the significance of the Temple in Jerusalem?

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  6. I was judging by the snow around the swing set.
    No similarity between the Temple and modern churches. The temple was built to specific design. Churches have more leeway in design. Most newly established Baptist churches start with an education facility before the sanctuary. I’ve only been in a couple of Catholic churches. I gather they are designed more for the rituals.

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  7. I don’t know about the Temple in Jerusalem.
    I know it still has a place in Biblical prophecy
    I have always wondered about Ezekiel’s Temple. starting in Ezekiel 40 is the detailed design of a temple. It has never been built. Some say that it is the millennial temple. But I don’t see why there should be animal sacrifice in the millennium. The Lamb will be on his throne then.

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  8. It could be the temple in which Antichrist performs the abomination of desolation.
    That would mean that a temple has to be built before the rapture.
    OTOH. nobody has ever mentioned this, but in II Maccabees , (I know, it isn’t canonical. But it warrants consideration.) there is a statement, 2:4f, that Jeremiah hid the Ark and Tabernacle on Mt. Nebo and it’s location (7) “shall be unknown until the time that God gathers together his people again together, and receive them into mercy. (8) Then shall the Lord show them these things…..”

    If this were to happen, they wouldn’t need a temple. The Ark is more important than the Temple. The Ark in the Tabernacle fulfill all prophecy.

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  9. Good Morning…it is still dark outside and I am heading to make a second cup of coffee…at least I slept until 4:30 this morning. That is a lot of snow….we are due to be the recipient of a blizzard this weekend into Monday…the stores will be sold out of milk, bread and eggs by days end!
    I don’t think the church building where we attend is anything like the temple in Jerusalem….this church is in the beginning stages of building a “McDonald Land” for the children’s wing…. 😦

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  10. Our pastor preached just a little bit on the temple recently and it got me to thinking more about how Jesus turned over the tables of money changers in the temple and said His Father’s house should be a house of prayer. So, does that have any relevance to the church buildings of today as they sell things at church or people network members to sell products? Since our bodies are temples are we the Father’s houses of prayer?

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  13. I thought I recognized the house and the view in back. That’s a lot of snow. I have pictures of Master S and Miss Em in the snow that the Mommy posted. I am not sure if I am glad or sad that I missed it. Probably glad.
    I had a fun night out with the girls last night. First we went to the local Lebanese restaurant for dinner. The owner came out and talked to us. He is from Lebanon via NYC. He didn’t even know where our town was until a friend talked him into coming here and opening a restaurant. Then 3 of us went on to the yacht club for a “mixer” for Rodan and Fields skincare. I learned something about the 3 foot rule. Everyone within 3 feet of you is a prospect. We booked another home concert for Angie.
    Now I have to get to work but I will first look for something to share with you before I go.

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  14. Secret Cat Diary

    DAY 752 – My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from shredding the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant and cough it up on the carpeting.

    DAY 761 – Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair…must try this on their bed (again).

    DAY 762 – Slept all day so that I could annoy my captors with sleep depriving, incessant pleas for food at ungodly hours of the night.

    DAY 765 – Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was…Hmmm. Not working according to plan…

    DAY 768- I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time however it included a burning foamy chemical called “shampoo”. What sick minds could invent such a liquid. My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth and the tiny bit of flesh under my claws.

    DAY 771 – There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the foul odor of the glass tubes they call “beer.” More importantly I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of “allergies”. Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.

    DAY 774 – I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The Bird on the other hand has got to be an informant. He has mastered their frightful tongue (something akin to mole speak) and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room his safety is assured. But I can wait, it is only a matter of time.

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  15. Fresh off FB, I tried to like Linda’s picture.

    Slept well last night, but woke in the middle of a dream where I was baking a chocolate cake for a birthday and licking the beaters. Even in my dream I thought. “This isn’t allowed!” 🙂

    Liberty U alums and current students are horrified at their president’s endorsement.

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  17. There will be several links in what I am about to post but we have this “Internationally Famous Artist” Nall. He is quite the local character. A while back Angie’s Japanese Magnolia (tulip tree) was blooming. She went outside to discover a man walking around her blooming tree declaring it “exquisite, magnificent, glorious”. She offered to let him take photos and even cut a bloom. Fast forward:

    I think the original hangs in the palace in Monaco.

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  21. Love Linda’s photo — love the star. 🙂

    I dreamed that Karen was out here on a visit 🙂 Her plane was leaving at 4 a.m., though, so we were cramming all the sightseeing in during one afternoon/evening. At one point, she was admiring my curtains, touched them, and they fell down (clearly a subliminal message that I need to get back to anchoring those rods a little bit more securely). Embarrassing.

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  24. Hi Michelle, how are you today? Still seeing stars? Low in electrolytes from too much water? Been to Hollywood too much? I hope you are getting that resolved.

    On the subject of what we can eat. Yes, God made it clear we could eat. We know that poorly stored or prepared or raised food, can cause illness. Field workers left to use the facilities in the vegetable field can pass food borne illnesses to the customers. I suspect food in its natural state is good for people. I am not convinced that what we are doing to the food is good for people. We are told to rinse our fruit because of the pesticides. The things put into animals to make them grow are passed on to the consumers. Though it is food and does have some nutritional value, I do think we need to be wary of what we put in to our bodies. We will live to approximately eighty on average. What we eat is not going to make that much difference in out longevity. But it may well make a difference in our quality of life. Real food.

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  25. Not counting books that are mostly photos (a book on macro photography and a book on bird flight), I have read four of my Christmas books so far this month, a total of 1,300 pages. If only exercise were that easy. 🙂

    I’ve read a book on growing up Mennonite, a book on growing up with lesbian parents, a Karon novel, and a book about Bill Gothard. Besides a bit of editing, some magazines, and reading of the books that are mostly photos.

    Eventually I’ll get back to the books that are on my reading list but weren’t Christmas gifts!

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  26. I just finished reading Stealing Jake by Pam Hillman. I have to get my review posted for that. Also reading The Wounded Warrior’s Wife with husband in the car, another book for review. For a devotional, I am reading Hope Eternal by Selwyn Hughes, in addition to the prayer journal devotions from BGEA for the fifty state Decision tour. I have a New Testament Breakthrough Version to do a comparison Bible Study along with the daily NLT readings I am doing. I also have quite a few nonfiction books lined up to read. Yesterday I read a new ebook, Beautifully Prepared, which has a lot of artwork included with it. And I just started a new Bible study worbook, Live a Praying Life by Jennifer Kennedy Dean. It’s all good!

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  28. I just finished reading, Undivided: A Muslim… It is written by a Christian mom and her Muslim daughter. They try to find some peace from the natural tension of the daughter converting to Islam many years earlier. It was quite interesting.

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  30. Janice, on your question about the Temple: No, it is not equivalent to today’s churches. The churches are simply a place for us to meet. The Temple was a place where one went to worship God. Christ predicted the change from a physical location of worship to individual worship of God, through the Holy Spirit and the mediation of Christ, wherever someone happens to be, when he spoke to the Samaritan woman:

    Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:21-24, ESV)

    As you say our bodies are now the temple of God, and his Spirit dwells within us. In fact, Christ is also said to dwell in us – “I in them, and thou in me” *John 17:21, as Christ prayed to the Father before his arrest. Christ referred to himself as the Temple, when he spoke to the Jews: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” (John 2:19-21) He is the fulfillment of all the prophecies about the Temple in the books of the prophets:
    “Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.” (Hebrew 9:23-24)

    As for the Ark of the Covenant, Jeremiah foretold that it would disappear, never to be brought into mind again, “…they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again.” (Jeremiah 3:16). My own personal speculation is that it was destroyed when Nebuchadnezzar burned down Solomon’s temple. After all, just before the final defeat of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, Ezekiel saw God’s dwelling glory being removed from the temple (Ezekiel 10), so the Ark was worthless and meaningless at that point. It no longer was the symbol of God’s presence, and Christ replaced it as the embodiment of all the fullness of God (Colossian 1:9).

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  31. Mumsee, it is quite coincidental that in my big cleaning project for today, I came across a few of the bird drawings our son did when he was younger. One happens to be a Secretary Bird! I would say that’s a hoot, but it’s not an owl 🙂 Another drawing is of a Green Broad Bill, which looks like a parrot of some sort.

    I also found a drawing he did of all his friends in costume who were going out trick or treating. So this was the group: Brett=Grim Reaper,
    Brant=Space Explorer,
    Claire=Rock Star,
    Kayla= Pippi Longstockings,
    Me (Wesley)=Robot,
    Claire=Hershey Kiss,
    Channel=Pirate.
    That was such a fun evening and I love his drawing of them all in costume. I need to show it to my friend, Karen, since her daughter is in it.

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  32. Roscuro, you left out that the church (building) is actually still the place for the corporate worship of God.

    We come to God through Christ, with no further need of priests or continuing sacrifices, but we do still need corporate worship, led by elders, with the sacraments rightly administered, fellowship, and church discipline.

    The church building is more akin to the synagogue than the temple, but the synagogue does not appear in the Old Testament.

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  33. Roscuro, thank you. I was reading today in my Jesus Centered Bible in Mark where Jesus is mocked and his tormentor ‘ s say, “…You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!” (from Mark 16:29-30) So I had already been thinking about that which you brought up.

    We do go to the Worship Center to worship corporately, so the church building retains that same use as the Temple. And we do have prayer there, too.

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  34. Cheryl, I did note that churches are a place for us to meet. I would say they are buildings which help to facilitate the meeting of those who gather for corporate worship. As we know the early church met wherever they could, in the temple, in houses, even on the riverbank. It wasn’t the fact that the location was consecrated, but that those who gathered together were filled with the Spirit of God, which allowed them to worship together. If one Christian individual is the temple of God, then the gathering of several Christian individuals is a strengthening of that dwelling.

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  36. I’ve had another migraine filled day today. Fortunately, it has finally relented. Dinner is made and we’re just waiting for Scott to get home. Lindsey is at riding tonight–I’m still celebrating not having to drive her anymore.

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  37. Cheryl – Would you mind sharing some of what was in the book about growing up as a Mennonite?

    Mark Roth & Matt Yoder, former WMB regulars, are Mennonites, & also Facebook friends of mine. Mark posts fairly often, usually on Christian matters & thoughts on Bible verses . He also has a clever & dry sense of humor, which I like.

    I’ve noticed that, like some other denominations, Mennonites are not one-size-fits-all. Mark & Matt & their churches seem to be conservative Christians with solid biblical values, but some other Mennonite congregations seem to be moving left.

    Mark has written about why he, & others like him, do not vote, run for office, nor serve in the military (because we belong to a Heavenly kingdom, not an earthly one). The pictures I’ve seen of the women show that they wear their hair in little white caps, & their dresses are very plain, with the neckline up to the neck (but not necessarily on the neck). I’ve wondered why they have to dress that way, why “regular” modest clothing is not acceptable for the women.

    Here is a link to a photo of a Mennonite woman from 1942, but what she is wearing is what I have seen in recent photos. . .

    But on the whole, I respect their faith, at least what I have seen of it from Mark & Matt.

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  39. Seen on Facebook:

    “So…if you have second thoughts about booking a trip to see a Native American historic site, that would be a …
    reservation reservation reservation.”

    🙂

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  41. Normal dress, no little white hats, make up and jewelry and pants allowed for women. I did not get to wear blue jeans, however, until 3rd or 4th grade – still not sure why.

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  42. Kare – What was your theology like? Biblically conservative? Liberal? Somewhere in between?

    (Going to bed now, so I’ll catch up with y’all tomorrow. Goodnight!)

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  45. The Brethren sounds so distinguished. What about the Sisteren? Did the ladies of the Brethren get acknowledged by any special label? Brethreness? Sincerely wondering in a playful way 🙂

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  46. I hope Jo has escaped the worst of the cold. Does Zicam work for you? I used it at one time. Then I heard that it was given credit for making some people have a permanent loss of one of the senses, either taste or smell (can’t remember the details now). I’m thinking that was because of the way it was administered. Maybe it has been changed since that was many years ago.

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  47. Yes, thanks Janice, I seem to have escaped the worst. I only take zicam when I can feel a cold coming on. Often in the middle of the night. So I only take it once a month or less. I may have taken three lozenges this time.

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  48. Karen @ 9:32
    Booooooooooooooooooooo!

    Kare was really a womanite.
    When Janice hoped Jo had escaped the worst of the cold. I wondered if there were dog parks in PNG. But then I saw Jo’s response.

    I had a rough night. Can’t you tell?
    Actually, it wasn’t bad. I just got up earlier than I usually do on Thursdays.
    Have a nice day, everyone.

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