Job

We've been studying Job in Sunday School.  Three friends came to sit with Job and at first they kept quiet.
When Job spoke then they all had their say and they were diffinitely not helpful at all.  Poor Job had done nothing  for all this to happen.  God had let the devil test him.  When you have bad things happen to you
does your friends think it's your fault.  You can do some things that harm your health but some things just happen and nobody has the right to judge you.  I think maybe when God answered Job, he wanted him
to understand the different between God and man.  Maybe  that is the lesson we need to learn from Job.
We cannot question God.

Sad Thoughts

I went to a funeral today.   This man was fifty years old but in my memory he was still that teenager
who hung out with my son.  His coffin was closed so he'll always be young to me.  The pall bearers
were Scott and other men that went to school with Robin.  One of them had a long gray beard.  I
recognized all but one of them.  He spoke to me and I think I know who he is, I just can't remember
his name.  One of the preachers who spoke at the funeral was one of the boys in school then.  I
didn't know he had became a preacher but I was happy to hear that.  Those boys were all so  young
when we moved to Dongola.  Where did all those years go?

Psalms

I love to read in Psalms.  I read a verse last night that said "My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows."
I thought that is very  true but was David old when he wrote that?  There are so many beautiful psalms,
I wish I would have memorized a lot of them when I was young and could.  When my eyes are dim and
I can no longer read then I could have repeated them to myself.

Sheep

The Bible refers to humans as sheep.  I've never been around sheep but I've read
that they are not a smart animal.  They will stray and get lost and they can't really
defend themselves.  They don't know danger when they see it and isn't that how
we are sometimes?  The Bible is telling us we need a shepherd.

Memory

Well there was something I was going to write on this blog but I had trouble getting on. 
It's still on my old address and I couldn't remember it and I couldn't get it to come up.
Then finally it did come to me a couple of days later and now I can't remember what I
was going to write.  So now I'm on my blog but nothings on my mind.  I guess I'll just
have to get off and maybe what I was going to write will come back and I'll still remember
my address.  Well guess that's the problems for old women.

Bow The Knee

In church this morning, we sang a song I had never heard before.  The title was "Bow The Knee".  Most of the time when we sang a new song, I'm not crazy about it.  We only sang the chorus of this song but I really liked it and when I got home I looked it up on the computer and listened to the whole song.  I liked the whole song but I want to memorize the words of the chorus because it's good advice and I want to remember the words when things happen that I don't understand.

The words of the chorus is:  Trust the heart of the Father when the answer goes beyond what you can see
Bow the knee,  Lift your eyes toward heaven and believe the one who holds eternity, And when you don't understand the purpose of His plan,  In the presence of the King, Bow the knee.

God Of Wonders

I saw this show on Netflix and it was amazing.  One of the things that really surprised me was the fact
that Congress printed the first bibles in this country.  They printed them for schools.  I wonder when that was.  Probably when our country was young.  What has congress done since then?  Our congressmen back then must have been good men.  What kind of congress have we had since?  Now we can't even have a bible in our schools.  If our forefathers would come back, would they recognize this country at all?