Started this book a while ago and didn’t finish it though I was enjoying it, picking it back up again.
a blog.
Started this book a while ago and didn’t finish it though I was enjoying it, picking it back up again.
I would have done something a bit different for Yom Teruah dinner, but it was not to be this year, so I worked with what I had, still delicious.
Luke 17-20
Verse of note:
“…If one of you has a slave tending the sheep or plowing, when he comes back from the field, will you say to him, ‘Come along now, sit down and eat’? No, you’ll say, ‘Get my supper ready, dress for work, and serve me until I have finished eating and drinking; after that, you may eat and drink.’ Does he thank the slave because he did what he was told to do? No! It’s the same with you—when you have done everything you were told to do, you should be saying, ‘We’re just ordinary slaves, we have only done our duty.’”
Verse of note:
“The Kingdom of God,” he answered, “does not come with visible signs; nor will people be able to say, ‘Look! Here it is!’ or, ‘Over there!’ Because, you see, the Kingdom of God is among you.”
Verse of note:
“…But when the Son of Man comes, will he find this trust on the earth at all?”
Verse of note:
“Why are you calling me good? No one is good but God!…”
Evening edit:
Verse of note:
“…For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost.”
Verse of note:
“…’I tell you, everyone who has something will be given more; but from anyone who has nothing, even what he does have will be taken away. However, as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and execute them in my presence!’”
Verse of note:
When Yeshua had come closer and could see the city, he wept over it, saying, “If you only knew today what is needed for shalom! But for now it is hidden from your sight…”
Everything the world teaches or preaches seems to be topsy-turvy, meaning at the very least it is an outright lie and/or the opposite is true (more times than I care to count the opposite is true).
For example, the world, ie. culture, will have you thinking that the Bible restricts “life”, when it actually gives life.
The world will have you thinking that “nepotism” is a bad thing, when looking after one’s own is what everyone is supposed to do.
The world will have you thinking that leaving your kids a heritage or an inheritance is a bad thing, or a thing that makes them “privileged”, which in this day and age = bad. But the truth is that this is one of the main tenets of being a parent, leaving your kids something, leaving them a tangible legacy, leaving the next generation better off.
The world will have you counting your water intake to make sure you haven’t drank too much and cutting out tomatoes from your diet while eating processed junk and drinking synthetic electrolytes.
There are many more examples of this but for brevity’s sake I’ll continue.
One place that I haven’t applied this thinking, this thing that I’ve found to be true more often than not, is in sexual relationships between men and women.
We tend to think that men are the ones who always want and/or are thinking about sex, but what if that’s not so? What if that’s conditioning?
What if it’s naturally women who always want and/or are thinking about sex?
Stereotypically, who is the one in the relationship who needs/wants the most love, attention, and affection? What happens when they don’t get it? What is sex? (I’ll answer that for you: love, attention, and affection)
What if the whole male = oversexed is a bastardization of the way things are supposed to be? What if it’s topsy-turvy?
So if this is true then we have a whole lot of men out here acting like unhealthy females when it comes to sex.
Which most likely connects to a whole lot of women out here not properly made love to. And a whole lot of divorce. And a whole lot of hurt people and bad “relationships”.
So to put it clearly:
We’ve got oversexed men acting like unhealthy females.
And unhealthy females acting like unhealthy females.
For a healthy male, sex is not the end all be all and definitely not with all different kinds of women.
For a healthy female, sex in the context of true love might be the end all be all, it’s that connection, but definitely not with all different kinds of men.
What is the end all be all for men? I’m not a man, I don’t know. My best guess right now would be to have a helper, a companion, and someone to love. But I don’t know.
But in both cases it’s in the context of love and with one person.
The helper and the connection.
The lover and the beloved.
So in the context of relationships how would this play out?
What should men be looking for? A companion, someone whom they can love and someone who they enjoy spending time with.
What should women be looking for? Someone who loves them, someone who keeps them safe, and has no problem making love to them properly and regularly (love, attention, & affection).
*Yes, when I say sex is quite literally love, attention, and affection that’s what I mean. Just because something is used incorrectly or bastardized doesn’t mean that what it is has changed. If I put coffee creamer in my orange juice, it’s still coffee creamer even though there was no coffee involved.
*These are just thoughts, not fully formed.
Luke 13-16
Verse of note:
“Yerushalayim! Yerushalayim! You kill the prophets! You stone those who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused! Look! God is abandoning your house to you!…”
Luke 9-12
Verse of note:
“Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘Shalom!’ to the household. If a seeker of shalom is there, your ‘Shalom!’ will find its rest with him; and if there isn’t, it will return to you. Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for a worker deserves his wages—don’t move about from house to house…”
Verse of note:
“…Remember, I have given you authority; so you can trample down snakes and scorpions, indeed, all the enemy’s forces; and you will remain completely unharmed. Nevertheless, don’t be glad that the spirits submit to you; be glad that your names have been recorded in heaven.”
Verse of note:
“…Indeed, no one fully knows who the Son is except the Father,…”
Verse of note:
“…Marta, Marta, you are fretting and worrying about so many things! But there is only one thing that is essential. Miryam has chosen the right thing, and it won’t be taken away from her.”
Evening edit:
Verse of note
“…The Queen of the South will appear at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Shlomo, and what is here now is greater than Shlomo. The people of Ninveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they turned to God from their sins when Yonah preached, and what is here now is greater than Yonah…”
Verse of note:
“…Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has resolved to give you the Kingdom!…”