Friday, July 31, 2020
Another 3+ Mile Walk & Culvers!
Random Name Generator Completed!
3 mi Walk & Prayer
Thursday, July 30, 2020
A LONG Ride and Some Chocolate Silk Pie, and My Ordination Ring
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
A Walk, A Read, and NOS
Sunday, July 26, 2020
The First Tither
A Walk & Coffee - It's Hot Out There
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Upgrading Unity, Went On A Bike Ride
Monday, July 20, 2020
What I'm Currently Studying
Friday, July 10, 2020
The Curse of Canaan
a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” (The subservience of certain dark-skinned peoples - Ham means burnt or black or hot)
26He also said,
“Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; (Shem is the father of the Semitic tribes, including the Hebrews)
and let Canaan be his servant. (Again, the subservience of certain dark-skinned peoples)
27May God enlarge Japheth,d (Japheth is the father of the Europeans incl. the Greeks)
and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, (Perhaps the cohabitation of Shemites and Japhethites in the same lands)
and let Canaan be his servant.” (A third time, the subservience of certain dark-skinned peoples)
According to traditional Ethiopian histories, Canaan's son Arwadi (lit. "the Arvadite") and his wife Entela crossed from Asia into Ethiopia in 2101 BC, and the Qemant tribe were said to be descended from their son, Anayer. There is further an Ethiopian tradition that two other Canaanite tribes, viz. the Sinites and Zemarites, also entered Ethiopia at the time it was ruled by the Kingdom of Kush, and became the Shanqella and Weyto peoples, respectively.[6] The Qemant relate that they share their Canaanite origin with the other Agaw groups.[7] The Omotic speaking Shinasha have a similar tradition of descent from Canaan's son Hamati[8] Similarly, the Shinasha extend the Canaanite ancestry to neighboring ethnic groups[9] The Persian historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (c. 915) recounted a tradition that the wife of Canaan was named Arsal, a daughter of Batawil son of Tiras, and that she bore him the "Blacks, Nubians, Fezzan, Zanj, Zaghawah, and all the peoples of the Sudan."[10] Likewise, Abd al Hakam tells that "Canaan is the father of the Sudan (Sub Saharan Africans) and the Abyssinians".[11]
Interesting how an ancient curse from the lips of righteous Noah continues on to modern times - where Africans are subservient to their neighbors, and not so long ago were indeed their slaves. I believe the only way for this curse to be reversed is through the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ - which breaks every curse and blesses us with authority over that which keeps us bound.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Psalm 88
This Psalm really spoke to me - I feel like I've gone down to the pit - I feel like I've been abandoned by God - "My soul is full of troubles" - I've seen myself "in the regions dark and deep" - that I've been in the darkness. But I know when I test the spirits that God is still with me and approves me. But not every spirit that speaks to me is so kind - I have to continually cast out the devils from my life. It sucks! Beyond that, I edit when the Lord speaks to me - I put in and take out phrases and words because I'm afraid to hear what He really wants to say to me - even though I know it's for my good and not for evil. I'm afraid. But I know I should fear God, but not be afraid of God. I know that He is LOVE - and He never leaves me nor forsakes me. I've found a refuge, though - in my heart.
"Here in my heart there's a refuge waiting. Here in my heart you just won't let me go. I could run away run away but you'd stay, here in my heart." - Susan Ashton
I Cry Out Day and Night Before You
1O LORD, God of my salvation,
I cry out day and night before you.
2Let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry!
3For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
4I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
5like one set loose among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.
6You have put me in the depths of the pit,
in the regions dark and deep.
7Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves.
8You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a horrorb to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O LORD;
I spread out my hands to you.
10Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the departed rise up to praise you?
11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12Are your wonders known in the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13But I, O LORD, cry to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14O LORD, why do you cast my soul away?
Why do you hide your face from me?
15Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.c
16Your wrath has swept over me;
your dreadful assaults destroy me.
17They surround me like a flood all day long;
they close in on me together.
18You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me;
my companions have become darkness.d
Monday, July 6, 2020
My Heart - Exposed
Sunday, July 5, 2020
"Anointed One" Progress
Defeating Evolution On A Mathematical Basis
Defeating Evolution On A Mathematical Basis - An Article I Wrote in High School The majority of the arguments against or for evolution o...
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Defeating Evolution On A Mathematical Basis - An Article I Wrote in High School The majority of the arguments against or for evolution o...
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Today instead of finishing up on Tennyson & coming back home, I went an extra lap around the Northeast Side (Tennyson to Sherman to Nort...
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762 Calories Burned, Goal of 660 Calories Burned https://www.mapmywalk.com/workout/6311972818