09-11 James 3 13-18

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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     From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

13 - Who is wise and understanding among you? By their good conduct [anastrophé - conduct, behavior, manner of life] let them show their works [ergon - work, deed, action, task, labor {energy?}] and their faithfulness, in the wisdom of humility.

     14 But beloveds, if you have rivalry, self interest and ambition in your hearts, don’t boast, while being unfaithful to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic {serpentine, of the world}. 16 For where rivalry [zelos - to boil] envy and self interest is, there will be disorder/chaos and every worthless [phaulos- evil, worthless, bad, base] thing. 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is pure and peaceable. Gentle, and reasonable. Full of kindness and good fruits. Also is impartial [adiakritos - without partiality {moderate}] and sincere. {Genuine, real.}

     18 A harvest of goodness is reaped by those who sow peacefuLLy and make peace.

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Tomorrows verses - James 4:1-6

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post.. which has turned out to be an interesting way to ‘enter the ‘story’. 

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

Little Things

I prayed.. I asked God, "please.. if I'm wrong about these things (warnings and signs relating to the trend of fulfilling Bible prophecies of a coming world governing gone tyrannical, what the Bible calls worst time ever, but plain and specific signs given so its worst days, 45, can be avoided) please let me know.. don't let me teach in any tiny way, anything which is not true.."
- The Lord 'speaks' to me (if you're a believer, you know what I mean) sometimes, quite often, actually, using my birth date in various ways - 5,5,55. It's amazing how many times I wake up at 5:55 or look up at the clock and it's 2:22 or 3:33, or something :55... Silly perhaps, to some.
- I like to relax by reading a short romance or adventure story written by Christians. My favorites are old world, simpler life style settings of settlers or other old fashioned, reverent type stories where good triumphs, etc. and faith is common to the culture and the families. My latest one was an adventure set in the days of the rising of Hitler in Germany... It all started out sort of slow, those days, and all the while the news reported how good things were. And Hitler did actually rise to power by doing some very good things. Promised prosperity for all, education for all, fitness programs for all.. And he resurrected their very ailing currency and economy. The nation went from chaos to order, and the people idolized him. He was great, he was for the common person, they lauded him with rapture and spellbound faces. But the heroine of the story stumbled upon the ugly truth of the first ghettos where the Jewish citizens were imprisoned after much of the nation was stirred up into hatred of them (first beginning as condescension and disdain?). Every problem of life and society the nation had experienced was their fault, so the party line went, first they were ignorant, against progress and then they were evil intentioned and finally "vermin". They were forced from their homes, and government confiscated their businesses. And soon they were to be trucked off to death camps. At a pivotal moment in the story, our heroine noted the time, 5:55.
- The hero and heroine of course went on to live happily ever after, having rescued one such ghetto of residents from being ex-terminated. And at the end of the story as grandparents they visited the Holocaust Museum. As they left that place they said "I can barely stand to think of the holocaust, but thank God for this memorial". And, "God willing, the world won't forget, so it will never happen again"....
- A touching moment in the story, after the daring rescue and escape, an elderly gent said "Baruch atoh adnoy, elohaynu melech ho-lom shee-osoh li nays bamokm hazeh. You are blessed. Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who performed a miracle for me in this place."

First Amendment or Thought Police?

Chick-fil A.. whoever they are, never heard of them before the firestorm.. says they don't discriminate in serving nor in hiring. As a christian person, to me, the whole world is not in  the blueprint God designed, but what folks don't realize about christians is they've been 'saved'.. out from that same 'chaos'. I think no less of any person who is not a christian and has a differing lifestyle or society than the bible one, nor do I want laws concerning any of it..  And (except for despotic dictators, predators and serial killers) I don't look down on anyone. And I absolutely love my fellow person!! Love them! have a good day :))