According to blogger's count, this is my 300th blog, written over the past 367 days. It has been a good discipline for me to write almost every day, and I hope it has provided some helpful interesting reading for you. I sometimes wonder who you are. While the majority of readers are in Canada, others are located in more than 15 countries.
I have tried to give primarily thoughts based on my Bible reading, but like to mix in some thoughts and experiences from our life in Vietnam. I will continue to provide the same kind of mix unless I get a massive number of suggestions to change the mix. Your comments are always welcome.
Quick thoughts from both areas today. For exercise and a break, Jan and I took a 20 minute walk to a local grocery store today. Weather was as warm as we've had for a while (21 degrees, 70 degrees F.) We laughed again about how different walking is here. It is an adventure even when there are sidewalks. We have to stay alert as we dodged items for sale that sprawl out of small shops to cover most of the sidewalk. We dodged motorbikes that did not want to wait for the traffic jam so were driving up the sidwalk at us. We dodged parked motorbikes - sometimes so many that we walked on the street for a while. About 1/3 of the time we had to walk single file, the sidewalk was just too crowded to do otherwise. I could go on. We laughed that walking on sidewalks in North America or Europe have never been this interesting.
I was reading about Moses this morning. Have you ever noticed that while Pharoah refuses to budge until the very end of the plagues, there is a gradual change of belief and attitude among those surrounding Pharaoh? Go back and read Exodus 5 to 10. Watch for these kinds of comments as the story develops.
"The magicians said to Pharaoh, 'This is the finger of God.'"
"The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them"
"The officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside."
"Pharaoh's officials said to him, "---. Let the people go --- Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?"
"Moses himself was highly regarded by Pharaoh's officials and by the people."
Sometimes "the people" see and understand things much more clearly than the leaders. May it not be so in your church or mine, in your country or mine.
I have tried to give primarily thoughts based on my Bible reading, but like to mix in some thoughts and experiences from our life in Vietnam. I will continue to provide the same kind of mix unless I get a massive number of suggestions to change the mix. Your comments are always welcome.
Quick thoughts from both areas today. For exercise and a break, Jan and I took a 20 minute walk to a local grocery store today. Weather was as warm as we've had for a while (21 degrees, 70 degrees F.) We laughed again about how different walking is here. It is an adventure even when there are sidewalks. We have to stay alert as we dodged items for sale that sprawl out of small shops to cover most of the sidewalk. We dodged motorbikes that did not want to wait for the traffic jam so were driving up the sidwalk at us. We dodged parked motorbikes - sometimes so many that we walked on the street for a while. About 1/3 of the time we had to walk single file, the sidewalk was just too crowded to do otherwise. I could go on. We laughed that walking on sidewalks in North America or Europe have never been this interesting.
I was reading about Moses this morning. Have you ever noticed that while Pharoah refuses to budge until the very end of the plagues, there is a gradual change of belief and attitude among those surrounding Pharaoh? Go back and read Exodus 5 to 10. Watch for these kinds of comments as the story develops.
"The magicians said to Pharaoh, 'This is the finger of God.'"
"The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them"
"The officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside."
"Pharaoh's officials said to him, "---. Let the people go --- Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?"
"Moses himself was highly regarded by Pharaoh's officials and by the people."
Sometimes "the people" see and understand things much more clearly than the leaders. May it not be so in your church or mine, in your country or mine.
I am glad you are writting almost everyday, I enjoy reading your entries. As I am seldom able to sit in on service it brings a special touch to my morning devotional. Plus I miss hearing you speak in person.
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