Hi Butterfly,
No, I will pass on the job swap as I have RSI in my left elbow and lower back issues from years of cleaning - I doubt I could handle concrete , or excavating a patio- so why are you investing in these projects if you think everything is going to go to the wall in the next few years !? ( intrigued )
So many people type "LOL" when they really didn't laugh, but I DID laugh at your OBSERVATION! So, LOL!
Yeah, our house is across the street from the FOUR grandchildren, and she wants her home to be all that she dreams of. But the cabin got the 3-plus cords of firewood, with another 3-plus pending delivery. So I guess we're both happy in our own ways, but my wife will be DOUBLY happy both at the house and at the cabin in a little less than two years from now!
I did not say your rendition was wrong, I merely said I read the original differently to you and would need to study it in context.
Yep! I sat in the Adult Sunday School Class when the teacher explained how Christians are persecuted. I proposed that this verse actually meant that Christians were the ones assailing the Kingdom of Heaven. He gently suggested that when I'm a little more mature in the faith that I would understand what this verse means. -- And after church, this gentlemen (Fred Farnsworth) came up to me and said that I was right, which takes a real man to hear from GOD and own up to what GOD reveals to HIS children!
I believe in the four faces of God represented within the four gospels - each showing a different aspect of God, but equally ( as we grow in Christ ) we in fact should infact mirror or reflect in our lives. So having authority ect is one aspect, but that is also balanced with Jesus's humanity - if you continuously go around ' shouting and yelling at people who take a different line to you ' well that may well show authority , but where is the balance. You end up sounding like a resounding gong !
So are you a Christian with a ' bigC ' in real life - just wondering as it is so much easier to ' say things ' in an authoritive way on a forum where you are not face to face with people -
Once again I Laughed Out Loud, and am still chuckling. -- Ask my poor wife, or my poor two children how I am in public, and they'll shake their heads.
Yeah, I have no problem with defending the GOD I serve up to the point where a person rejects the message. And then his/her blood is no longer on my head, so they can go on their own way. Maybe they think about what I explained and come to a realization just like Fred Farnsworth, or maybe not. But I've done my job, much to the chagrin of anyone I'm with.
I have two days off, but have to do my dads garden today, so I will look at the passage when I get back - there do seem to be different ' camps ' of interpretation with what is said - I tend to prefer to
weigh things up for myself - usually I end up somewhere in the middle with some verses !!! Lol
Hope the patio work goes well X
Rita
I wish I could help with the garden and have an iced tea with your dad. We lose so much wisdom for not sitting down and listening to our elders.
And yesterday the "Bobcat" got the dirt to grade, so today we'll set the forms. -- Did you say you were only busy on ONE of your TWO days off?
Take good care, and give my best regards to your father,
Bobby Jo