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Oooh good thread. Let me think about this and do some reading.
One thing I want to say right away is that some people think that making the sign of the cross is some sort of superstition because they don't understand why those people make it and are thinking that it's to ward off evil spirits...
I hope all goes well then for you, Jsimms!!
I'm getting ready to go to JoAnn Fabrics to get some fabric and a pillow form. I'm cross stitching a design for my sister-in-law and her husband because they bought a new house on a lake and I want to make them a little gift. I couldn't find exactly...
I don't really like crowds so I don't host parties but I used to enjoy throwing birthday parties for my daughter and I would have some fun ones like a mystery to solve or a scary basement to walk through and of course a dance party!
I'm pretty shy in person and an introvert as well so having...
We went to Disney the first time at Halloween and hardly anyone was there (because school was in session) so it was great!! AND they did trick-or-treating for the kids by the pools!! This last time we went at Christmas and it was crowded but the weather was nice and the decorations were beautiful.
Did everyone have a good night? I didn't sleep so well because my phone charger was buzzing and I had to get up in the middle of the night and find a different one to use.
If anyone has anything to say with scriptural back up then please add it. Otherwise, we can do without the pages of you're wrong because you're wrong and you're wrong because you're wrong too.
Even though it's really hard on my knees I would love to go back to hike more on the Appalachian Trails. I love being in the woods with the animals and then stumbling upon some historical landmark. The people on the trails are also so very friendly and happy to be alive!
Disney World is a great...
Here's a nice link I found about unusual biblical customs that we normally don't understand or practice: https://owlcation.com/humanities/Unusual-Bible-Customs-Old-and-New-Testaments
Listening to the generator because the storms caused power outages in my area. Some roads are closed due to downed trees so it looks like I'll be staying home today.
It is based on this 1 Peter 3:18-20. “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey.”
Knowledge of history (how people lived, thought, worshipped) can improve bible studies as we toss aside our modern viewpoints!
Some examples of modern views causing distortion can be "the land of milk and honey". Most Americans would think immediately of cow's milk and bee honey, yet...
A history lesson here needs to be made on what "household" was in biblical times and how the unit was considered and not the individual. Also it needs to be known of how the servants and slaved followed what beliefs the "head" held to be true which is far different from any type of paid servant...
It's not impossible for you to remember those things! I have memories from when I was very young as well! I have memories of hiding under the hutch when people came over and the last time I looked at that hutch at my parent's house it's super tiny underneath! LOL I remember hated being picked up...
All of the commandments go back to the first commandment. If you've broken any of the 10 then you've broken the first. When we covet something or someone we turn that into a god and we have broken the first commandment.
I like this link on the topic...