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  • The Dung Gate

    The Dung Gate

    The dung gate…When the people of God rebuilt the walls around Jerusalem they also rebuilt the dung gate. Nehemiah 2:13, 3:14. Thoughts in my mind:

    1. The city had a dung gate for a reason.

    2. If a church begins to stink maybe it doesn’t have a dung gate.

    3. Our ears are not the place for dung (gossip)…they are for hearing from God.

    4. Dung works great on crops as fertilizer BUT looks horrible in the ears and clogs up the ability to hear clearly.

    Last thought…When the walls were dedicated.Nehemiah 12:31 “I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of the wall. I also assigned 2 large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on top of the wall to the right toward the Dung Gate. ”

    They gave praise for the Dung Gate. After all…who likes “stink” in the city.

    :0)(0:

  • Happy are you…

    Happy are you…

    Happy Birthday.  Thanks.

    Happy Anniversary.  Thanks.

    Did you have a happy birthday?  … Hmmm… Quite a different question.

    By “Happy,” do you mean “BLESSED?”

    If that is your question, my answer is YES.

    Aren’t happiness and blessedness the same?   How does Jesus measure blessedness?

    Jesus Christ gives us an insight into blessedness and happiness you may not have considered or may hesitate to embrace.

    You will find Jesus’ measure of “blessed” the Beatitudes in two of the Gospels.

    We may see more of Jesus’ paradox of blessedness in the Young’s Literal Translation (or a contemporary rendering like The Message Bible):

    • Happy the poor

    • Happy those hungering now

    • Happy those weeping now

    • Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake

    (In case you seek a little more “blessedness”) Mathew’s Good News adds a little more to the paradox than Luke:

    • `Happy the poor in spirit
    •  `Happy the mourning
    • `Happy the meek
    • `Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness
    •  `Happy the kind
    • `Happy the clean in heart
    • `Happy the peacemakers
    • `Happy those persecuted for righteousness’ sake
    • `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake

    Jesus said to His disciples – His followers: “You are my friends if you do what I command.” – John 15:14

    Is Christ Jesus your friend?  (Take a look at His ‘To Do List’ for “Happiness.”)

    Blessed are we IF we DO these things.

    “And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. – Luke 14:27

    Blessed are you: beloved brother, beloved sister in our Lord.

    Have a blessed day. :{)+

  • Job’s Wife

    Job’s Wife

    Job 2: 9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”

    10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

    When a man meets adversity he must look to God.  Yet the loyalty and love of his wife could not be of more importance than when God brings adversity.

    A wife must not seek to lead her husband.  No wife who claims Jesus Christ can do anything other than love, respect, honor, and obey her husband, as he follows the Lord to take up His Cross.

    If not: You believe your sin is against me; but your sin is the adultery of Judas. — Rev. 2:21

    (Job needs your love…)

    Please pray for my wife, my blessing, that she will return to the Lord, Christ Jesus… Soon.

    Thank you Lord.

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