some stuff

Here's some stuff that I found interesting this morning as I read the Bible...


Psalm 118:6 The Lord is for me, so I will not be afraid.

     What can mere mortals do to me?

vs 8 It is better to trust the Lord than to put confidence in people.

vs 9 It is better to trust the Lord that to put confidence in princes.

So, it's a smarter thing to trust the Lord (the God of the universes) than to put our trust & security people or government officials?

Iow, we shouldn't place our trust in the ultimate working out of God's plan for ourselves, this country, or the world in the elected officials,no matter which side of the aisle they sit on? That kind of trust only belongs to the Lord, & only in Him?


vs 22 The stone rejected by the builders has now become the cornerstone.

Jesus quoted this scripture in Matthew, Mark, & Luke, Luke quoted it in Acts, & Peter did in 1 Peter. Here's where it came from.


vs 24 This is the day the Lord has made - we will rejoice & be glad in it.

How many times have we all heard this quoted? Well, this is where it comes from.


I read through Chapter 1 of Matthew, which is all the ancestry of Jesus, plus God speaking to Joseph about not getting rid of Mary when she gets pregnant.

There are 5 women mentioned in the list - Tamar & Ruth, who were not Jewish women - Tamar was of questionable morals & Ruth had been a Moabite idolator; Rahab was someone who's ethnic persuasion & character has been questioned; Bathsheba committed adultery with David;

And then there's Mary, who many at the time always wondered about where & how Jesus came into being.

It's just interesting to me that the women mentioned in the Bible who were in Jesus family tree were not people most folks would associate as part of the ancestry of the Messiah. Don't you find that curious? I would think if we were writing an account of Jesus today, I would want to mention women who were a little less questionable - unless we wanted to sell it to the National Enquirer!

Maybe God was simply pointing out through these Gospel writers that He can use anyone of any background as a part of His plan as long as they are surrendered to Him & have turned from their old lives & are following Him?


Btw, I FINALLY finished reading Jeremiah - feel like I've been there FOREVER! Now, on to Lamentations, another warm & fuzzy Old Testament book!

For those of you who haven't read the end of it, I won't tell you how it all ends up - suffice it to say things didn't go well for King Zedekiah or Jerusalem.