surely it is at least a great
beginning
when i was first ritually baptised, i felt as if i had "arrived," while subsequent tests revealed to me that i actually had not. And i pray that i dont ever come to feel/think that way again, Nancy, strange as that maybe sounds. Eating
manna is hard for me, yes. I come from a very Codependent family
"
Most striking is the derived masculine noun גמל (
gamal), from whence comes our word "camel", and which translator will always translate with "camel" to considerable confusion. We'll discuss the word גמל (
gamal) below, but note that the connection between the camel and the process of maturation is also reflected by the noun בכרה (
bikra), denoting a young camel, which comes from the verb בכר(
bakar), which denotes the very beginning of the maturation process: the first birth of either people, animals or fruits..."
"...
Because it was the largest animal in Palestine, the camel also came to denote "something very big," as opposed to something proverbially small. Jesus accused the
Pharisees for straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel (
MATTHEW 23:24), which is usually explained by pointing out that both were declared not
kosher. This is a mistake. Camels are unclean (Leviticus 11:4) but gnats aren't because they have six legs not four (Leviticus 11:20).
In other words, Jesus is saying that the Pharisees are sifting out something that's perfectly fine but devouring something that's not
kosher at all. The key lies in
MATTHEW 23:4 where Jesus compares Pharisaic proselytes to the beasts of burden with which men transport their wares. Apparently, even back in Jesus' days religion was quite a lucrative enterprise..." ibid
so, reader, what does
codependence mean to you? Because it can remain just another term you are not fam with, ergo must not apply to you, or it can become a (rather painful) stepping-stone to growth, at least imo