I am off to a Dr appt this morning and then return to work tonight. I have been at leadership classes in Albuquerque the past 2 days.
praying each of you survives the crazy weather in your part of the country. It is supposed to be up to 60 here tomorrow. Quite a contrast from the 18 degree Temps I have been driving to class in. No frost, so no humidity at all.
Good morning! It’s been a day here already, it seems. Out the door around 7 a.m. for Walmart, met an Ethiopian cashier, had nice conversation, and invited him to our church. He’s been here for six months.
Art backed into an SUV that was trying to avoid a handicapped man driving a grocery cart. It all happened in the handicapped area. No visible hurt to her vehicle, but exchange of info in case her alignment got messed up by impact to her wheel.
Next to Publix. Trying to get a fresh organic turkey breast there. In the meat department, a guy was throwing whole turkeys into a buggy and cursed loudly using God’s name in vain. He said he hated his job, that some idiot had put the fresh turkeys in the freezer so they could not be sold as fresh. Thankfully it was not the turkey breast’s I was looking for. I told him I was sorry he was having all the troubles.
At checkout, I met a lady from Guatemala, in Atlanta about six months. I invited her to church. We have a lot of internationals at church.
I don’t need to travel to be a world traveler. These are two of many, and makes me wonder, with the timing, if there had been hopes they could vote.
We came home, unloaded, I made Art’s eggs, and saw him off to work. Now I am ready to catch a breath and do Bible study.
I watched the commercial shared. I still find it jarring to hear the post-Christian ideas in culture. In this case the idea that a pregnancy might just be the reason this man ties the knot. I would imagine the commercial would be effective. It is very pro-life, too.
We have a funeral today and then one tomorrow. Both are for Christian women who lived life well and died well.
The older Solomon became, the more he engaged in the age-old religious practice of what could be called “God-and-ism.”
He worshiped the true God and Ashtoreth, the true God and Milcom.
He built the temple for the true God and worship sites for other deities.
The technical term for this is syncretism, and sadly, it came to dominate and pollute the religious landscape of Israel for centuries.
Solomon became the wisest fool. This king’s life parades before us some painful but necessary lessons.
The most obvious is this: the chief threat to our well-being is the siren call of idolatry.
When we fear something more than we fear God; when we love something or someone more than we do love God; when we trust something or someone more than we do God, then that person, institution, job, political party, or possession has become the object of our worship.
There is room in the human heart for only one Lord.
Solomon tried to cram a whole passel of deities in his heart, as we still do today.
The life of this king, then, becomes a mirror we can hold up to our own lives, to ask hard questions of ourselves.
And having done so, to turn to our Lord in confession and repentance.
He is always ready and willing to forgive. Indeed, he delights in doing so.
We also learn from Solomon, this seeming superman, that a human being may have multiple PhDs, billions of dollars, power, and prestige, but that person is still a sinner who often acts idiotically—and is just as much in need of forgiveness and salvation as an uneducated homeless man living alone in a squalid alley.
We all stand equally in need of the mercy of God in Jesus Christ. Sin has democratized us all. Solomon needed salvation. I do. You do. All of us do. -from my book, Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament.
Michelle, I am listening to a short book by Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou. Yesterday her words echoed what your article said about idolatry. So good!
Jackie is a black lady who came out of the lessbian lifestyle and is now married with husband and three children. She is a poet and hip hop artist, not my typical type author to read, but suggested by my Bible study friend who used to attend Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Thanks, Peter, for the Friday funnies. I did not understand the FEMA one with the hose.
Your plans to have a sit and chat time with friends sounds really nice, NJ. We were trying to have a game day but friend had to work today.
Thanks, RKessler for prayers on the crazy weather in various parts of the nation. It is pretty here and not so windy as yesterday. All the leaves in our carport got blown to the wall so it has a deep lining of banked up leaves that I need to rake out. The yard looks trashed, too.
Janice the FEMA one with the hose was another riff on FEMA not serving Trump supporters. Even at the FEMA offices, regular people get to drink out of a drinking fountain, but Trump supporters have to drink out of a hose.
Wandering Views 
Another week is at its end.
Next week is Thanksgiving. Here is a verse to help us remember how scriptural it is to give thanks:
Psalm 79:13
But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
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We have a lot to be thankful for and don’t even know it.
mumsee
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Thank you, Peter.
I am off to a Dr appt this morning and then return to work tonight. I have been at leadership classes in Albuquerque the past 2 days.
praying each of you survives the crazy weather in your part of the country. It is supposed to be up to 60 here tomorrow. Quite a contrast from the 18 degree Temps I have been driving to class in. No frost, so no humidity at all.
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Good morning! It’s been a day here already, it seems. Out the door around 7 a.m. for Walmart, met an Ethiopian cashier, had nice conversation, and invited him to our church. He’s been here for six months.
Art backed into an SUV that was trying to avoid a handicapped man driving a grocery cart. It all happened in the handicapped area. No visible hurt to her vehicle, but exchange of info in case her alignment got messed up by impact to her wheel.
Next to Publix. Trying to get a fresh organic turkey breast there. In the meat department, a guy was throwing whole turkeys into a buggy and cursed loudly using God’s name in vain. He said he hated his job, that some idiot had put the fresh turkeys in the freezer so they could not be sold as fresh. Thankfully it was not the turkey breast’s I was looking for. I told him I was sorry he was having all the troubles.
At checkout, I met a lady from Guatemala, in Atlanta about six months. I invited her to church. We have a lot of internationals at church.
I don’t need to travel to be a world traveler. These are two of many, and makes me wonder, with the timing, if there had been hopes they could vote.
We came home, unloaded, I made Art’s eggs, and saw him off to work. Now I am ready to catch a breath and do Bible study.
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I watched the commercial shared. I still find it jarring to hear the post-Christian ideas in culture. In this case the idea that a pregnancy might just be the reason this man ties the knot. I would imagine the commercial would be effective. It is very pro-life, too.
We have a funeral today and then one tomorrow. Both are for Christian women who lived life well and died well.
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And that little bit was sort of hidden under his breath–I didn’t catch it until the second viewing.
Lots of contrast between it and the miserable Jaguar ad on Twitter.
It’s hard to know WHAT people are running these ideas.
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This from Chad Bird (off Twitter) this morning.
This is the major problem I see/hear about in life and prayer these days:
Chad Bird
@birdchadlouis
The older Solomon became, the more he engaged in the age-old religious practice of what could be called “God-and-ism.”
He worshiped the true God and Ashtoreth, the true God and Milcom.
He built the temple for the true God and worship sites for other deities.
The technical term for this is syncretism, and sadly, it came to dominate and pollute the religious landscape of Israel for centuries.
Solomon became the wisest fool. This king’s life parades before us some painful but necessary lessons.
The most obvious is this: the chief threat to our well-being is the siren call of idolatry.
When we fear something more than we fear God; when we love something or someone more than we do love God; when we trust something or someone more than we do God, then that person, institution, job, political party, or possession has become the object of our worship.
There is room in the human heart for only one Lord.
Solomon tried to cram a whole passel of deities in his heart, as we still do today.
The life of this king, then, becomes a mirror we can hold up to our own lives, to ask hard questions of ourselves.
And having done so, to turn to our Lord in confession and repentance.
He is always ready and willing to forgive. Indeed, he delights in doing so.
We also learn from Solomon, this seeming superman, that a human being may have multiple PhDs, billions of dollars, power, and prestige, but that person is still a sinner who often acts idiotically—and is just as much in need of forgiveness and salvation as an uneducated homeless man living alone in a squalid alley.
We all stand equally in need of the mercy of God in Jesus Christ. Sin has democratized us all. Solomon needed salvation. I do. You do. All of us do. -from my book, Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament.
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Morning. RK we are having the warm up temps as well. Enjoy if until next week…old man winter returns! Praying your knee is healing well!
What an adventure you have had already Janice! Thankful for Fridays.
I’m off to have coffee with friends. We just might sit out on the patio area at the coffee shoppe☕️☀️
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Michelle, I am listening to a short book by Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou. Yesterday her words echoed what your article said about idolatry. So good!
Jackie is a black lady who came out of the lessbian lifestyle and is now married with husband and three children. She is a poet and hip hop artist, not my typical type author to read, but suggested by my Bible study friend who used to attend Brooklyn Tabernacle.
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Thanks, Peter, for the Friday funnies. I did not understand the FEMA one with the hose.
Your plans to have a sit and chat time with friends sounds really nice, NJ. We were trying to have a game day but friend had to work today.
Thanks, RKessler for prayers on the crazy weather in various parts of the nation. It is pretty here and not so windy as yesterday. All the leaves in our carport got blown to the wall so it has a deep lining of banked up leaves that I need to rake out. The yard looks trashed, too.
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Janice the FEMA one with the hose was another riff on FEMA not serving Trump supporters. Even at the FEMA offices, regular people get to drink out of a drinking fountain, but Trump supporters have to drink out of a hose.
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Michelle, I could be a Beta reader…
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