The Scoop

Not withstanding the debt we owe to Christ for his unspeakable gift, we owe all those who have sacrificed before us.  These paved the way.  They left a trail, a pattern, a trellis whereupon we might grow.  Often we only come to understand the richness bestowed upon us when it is gone.  We must stand strong and in their example sacrifice.  We owe it to Christ and those who left the tracks before us to leave our own foot prints lest the path become obscured and we by erring example lead others astray.

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It is interesting how much richness one word can have.

"In 336 BC Philip II of Macedon was authorized by the League of Corinth as its Hegemon to intiate a sacred war of vengence against the Persians for desecrating and burning the Athenian temples during the Second Persian War. He sent an advance force into Asia Minor under the command of his generals Parmenion and Attalus to "liberate" the Greeks living under Persian control. After they took the Greek cities of Asia from Troy to the Maiandros river,

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Today, I went to the Hospital to visit and under the direction of the Spirit, I sat in the emergency room reception and waited. After about 30 min., in came Maria. As I found out in our time together, she is very ill. I wished her well and she recognized my accent as she had visited America with her foster son. For some time, she energetically told me of the wondrous trip she had enjoyed in America. She talked about the sites she had seen, the honour of the experience (her, being of East German heritage) and mostly about the friendliness of Americans. She was wanting to talk more, but they called her to the office. In the process, the nurse stated that she would still have an opportunity to talk to me more.

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We had Sadie's B-Day Party at our favourite Chinese Restaurant.  We have known the owners for many years.  The food is great and it is reasonable.

Last year, I was searching for a graphic to illustrate righteousness and stumbled across a Mandarin symbol that means the lamb over me equals righteousness.  I thought that was neat, but you need verification. 

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Truly, all sin is equally detestable and destructive, except in a society where so called followers of God promote one sin, applauding it, making God a liar.

Paul Sudbrock

It is interesting how influential Hebrew has been in world languages and cultures. Rarely is Hebrew and G_D's Word given the credit they deserve. Here is an interesting example.

In modern French, "tohu-bohu" is used as an idiom for "confusion" or "commotion". Also in colloquial German, "Tohuwabohu" means "great confusion"; "tohuvabohu" has the same meaning in Estonian and Hungarian. Wiki

The past and the future are lions continually haunting and hunting the present. They are some of Satan's favorite tools of destruction.