It’s Wednesday, so don’t forget Ajisuun and The Gambia.
Anyone else?
Psalm 99
1 The Lord reigns,
let the nations tremble;
he sits enthroned between the cherubim,
let the earth shake.
2 Great is the Lord in Zion;
he is exalted over all the nations.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name—
he is holy.
4 The King is mighty, he loves justice—
you have established equity;
in Jacob you have done
what is just and right.
5 Exalt the Lord our God
and worship at his footstool;
he is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
and he answered them.
7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8 Lord our God,
you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,
though you punished their misdeeds.
9 Exalt the Lord our God
and worship at his holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.
Wandering Views 
I gave away my thesaurus when I moved. I couldn’t read it anymore because the print got too small.
But I regret that now. As I have said before on other books. (i.e. Josephus.)
I would like to check on something, even if I have to use the magnifying glass.
I know “Command” and “Commandments” , etc. are primary in the OT.
But I am surprised at how much it is used in the NT. I wish I could check on that.
But I notice that everywhere I can remember, in the NT, “command” and “love” are always linked together.
It would be an interesting study.
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6Arrows Thinking about you.
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Yep, with Kim.
Here are a couple resources for you, Chas:
Bible Gateway–to look up verses easily: https://www.biblegateway.com/
Bible Hub–you’ll notice it includes Strong’s Concordance: http://biblehub.com/
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And for a general thesaurus, try http://www.thesaurus.com/.
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Concern for 6 Arrows.
Chas you might like to see if there is a large print topical Bible available at Christianbook.com. I use Bible Gateway, as Michelle suggested, often. Another online resource is Bible Study Tools. I have to use a magnifying glass when my reading glasses are not sufficient.
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Kizzie, praying for your needs, and those in your family who you want to see saved.
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It helps me to think of it as the law and gospel — both are found throughout Scripture.
The law is what God commands of us; the gospel is what he provides for us.
Since we cannot obey God’s law perfectly (which is putting it mildly, amen?), the gospel is good news indeed.
Our pastor says he always strives to preach on both elements, the law and the gospel, in each of his sermons no matter which book we happen to be making our way through. God’s people need to hear both on a regular basis.
But yes, the NT very definitely includes much of God’s law.
“The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.” – Martin Luther
“Ignorance of the distinction between the Law and Gospel is one of the principle sources of all the abuses which corrupt and still corrupt Christianity.” –Theodore Beza.
https://www.monergism.com/topics/law-and-gospel
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Ajisuun is at the guesthouse in the city preparing to return home.
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Thanz Michelle & Kaaren.
I have Bible Gateway. But I hadn’t noticed, until you mentioned it, that I could separate out the word according to OTA & Nt and by books of the Bible.
“Command” is used 837 times in the Bible. 16y9 times in the NT.
Mostly connected with the commandment to “Love”. But Paul has a dissertation on it in Romans.
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Guesthouse in WHAT city Jo?
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Capital of Gambia? Wherever she’s flying from. She leaves on Friday.
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6 arrows, he probably knows you are right and it hit him in his pride box.
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If you’re interested:
I searched Bible Gateway.
Command AND Love are used together 15 times in the OT, 17 in the NT, 11 of those times by John in his Gospel and letters.
If I were a preacher, I would make a sermon out of that.
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which would focus on …
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Most of all, 6 Arrows, pray.
My former pastor’s wife, who is also my good friend of many, many years, often said that she would get frustrated by her husband’s stubbornness, & his occasional refusal to see her point of view. So she would pray, releasing the situation & her husband into God’s hands.
More often than not, her husband would come around to the wise decision.
But note that she also made her opinion very clear, but respectfully, of course.
Praying for you & your husband.
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As for your last question, I’ll leave that to some of the other ladies’ wisdom to answer.
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6, could he get cognitive and memory testing? Sometimes, stress alone will cause someone to feel as if they are losing it – in my experience, some men do not handle aging well and tend to panic when they can no longer do what they used to – but if there is a family history of any kind of early onset dementia, it would be worthwhile to have the testing. It can detect beginning symptoms, and could help both you and your husband know what needs to be done moving forward.
My father is struggling right now – he is really doing very well for a 70+ year old in health, but what would be a simple problem for me regarding access to his email account (he can’t open the account) is becoming a real problem for him – somehow, some organizations are billing his credit card, despite him having changed his card, and the only way he can get it to stop is to tell them to stop, but he can’t get on his email account to do that. It isn’t so much cognitive decline, as he is just no longer able to keep pace with all the changes being brought by ever upgrading technology. Whenever I’m at home, it seems there is some technology related problem I have to help solve. That is one reason why I’m hopeful about Second sibling and family living with my parents – she is even better at managing technology than I am, since that is part of her job, and may be able to lift the weight from my father’s shoulders.
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The capital of The Gambia is Banjul. Technically, both guesthouse and airport are outside Banjul proper, which is situated on an island that is too small for a runway capable of handling jets, but the surrounding mainland villages connected to Banjul by a causeway run together, such that they seem like one city.
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Earlier I mentioned “the other ladies’ wisdom”, but later realized that maybe our gentlemen would have some wisdom to share as well, from the male perspective.
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6 arrows, here are just a thought I had. You may want someone to be with you while you have a discussion. Someone he likes and respects. Of course, that may raise red flags for him. I am thinking a pastor or a friend of his that is also your friend. The role of the other person would just to be a calming influence, not to even necessarily say anything. maybe they might pray to begin and that’s all. just a listener.
Then you might begin by saying, ‘you said, “I can’t think anymore, I’m losing it”. When you say something like that, how do you want me to handle it? Leave the matter for another time, give you more time to handle it, what??”
So you are asking for his advice on how to handle the situation.
Then tell him the stress that you feel in certain situations which make it difficult for you.
Just a way to let him give input and for you to share your stress.
If this seems foolish, please disregard, even have Aj delete.
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6 Arrows, one thing that’s helped me and Mrs B is not to press for resolution to an issue the first time one of us brings it up. The moment the other person starts seeming defensive or stressed, we drop it. If you can give Mr 6 food for thought and then back away, if you bring it up again later he might already be on board. Or maybe he will even be the one to bring it up later.
You might already have mastered this, but it’s taken me a long time to learn it, and I’m not done learning it. When I see something wrong I want to resolve it RIGHT NOW. 🙂
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That reminds me that that is something I learned to do with Hubby. I would already have been cogitating on a situation for a while, so it wasn’t fair of me, or wise, to insist Hubby have a reply for me right there & then when I first brought it up. I learned to tell him that this was something I’d been thinking about, offer my opinion or suggestion on it, & then suggest he think on it a while & get back to me. And yes, sometimes I would have to remind him, but I tried to leave him at least a few days to think about the situation.
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That is tough, 6 arrows. I see some forgetfulness in my husband. It can be scary at this age. Things, we would have thought nothing of years ago, make us worry about memory loss. It is stressful for not only your husband, but you. Sometimes, husbands need a reminder that what they do affects us also.
I can only remember one major decision that I dug my heels in over. There was plenty of time and, eventually, he saw I was right. Now it was his idea, of course. 😉
I, often, comment these days that we can figure out or accomplish things together. The reminder that we are a team and need to help one another takes the onus off just one person. Remembering how scary it can be to find oneself unable to do things that used to be easy is helpful.
I think Kevin’s reply is very helpful. Sometimes just asking questions provokes someone to think of something in a different light. Some may need more time to digest the ideas.
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I suppose you could suggest your husband get tested for memory issues. Facing it head on may be less stressful than worrying about it. I am not sure what else you can do.
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The memory issues may “only” be due to stress, which it seems he is feeling. (That remark of just trying to get through the day is telling. 😦 ) I think that was Hubby’s issue for a while, when he felt his brain was not working right. (And something I have been sensing lately myself.)
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Dear Lord, please touch Mr. & Mrs. Arrows, & bring them into one accord with each other. Please draw Mr. Arrows closer to You, & help him to cast all his burden upon You. Increase his faith & trust in You. Please give both spouses wisdom & insight – into their situations & into each other. Direct them together into how they should handle these financial concerns, as well as other concerns they face.
Bless & be glorified in this husband & wife, Lord God, & in their marriage & family.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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6 arrows: I am praying for you.
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Thank you, Ann.
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