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@Pathfinder7 "The tumult and the shouting dies; The Captains and the Kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!" ('Recessional', by Rudyard Kipling, 1897)

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@jessiblue Thanks for the 'like'. PS: I see you said that you are in the Deep South; seems like, although in the 19th century it was high society women that got tattooed (there was a quote about it recently), now in your part of the world it's become thoroughly something that is done in the...

@jessiblue I guess in the Deep South night time in summer can be just about the coolest time of the 24-hour cycle...

@Ziggy Refreshing how themes are connected in Scripture...such a wealth of encouraging and challenging truth...

@jessiblue FYI....thread I started...

@jessiblue FYI....thread I started...

@jessiblue FYI....thread I started....

Some truth to what you say there....yes...

Hi @Deborah_ There was a classic book by William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, written in the 17th century. It is based on Ephesians 6. (Re-issued in more recent years by Banner of Truth.)

@Deborah_ Someone posted a while ago that double studs in an earlobe are still a conservative look. In the end, earrings are optional but they can give a blended sense of completion; similar to neckties for men. A century ago, my conservative, Godly grandmother used to wear a necktie - it was...

@jessiblue What a great verse from Isaiah! there's so much in Isaiah; I remember decades back hearing a sermon on Isaiah 48.10: "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."

Hi @jessiblue Great passage there from Isaiah 55! The end of 1 Peter 1 is similar, about being 'begotten....by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever...'

Stay safe, caffeine aficionados...

@Mayflower Ephesians 2 says it was 'even when we were dead in sins' that 'for the great love wherewith He loved us' He intervened in grace.... :)

@Truman the Levite Great words there from Romans 8; I love that mighty chapter! :)

@Ziggy It's come full circle. Nowadays it's also the grandmothers/great-grandmothers who wear multiple pierced earrings and studs (it started off with the young women). Nowadays it's also the very conservative ones who might also have gotten quite a bit of ink (it's not simply an avant-garde...

@Ziggy Reminds me also a bit of the Parable of the Sower...