365 Reflections

NOTE : If you are new to this blog, it started on blogger and is duplicated on Tumblr. The Tumblr page may not have all the posts from the beginning. Therefore, this is #1000 on the blogger page:  https://365reflect.blogspot.com/ POST : It is appropriate that this is my 1000th post on the Bible. We come to an important story surrounding David's return with an aged man named Barzillai offering a place in David's house to his son. 2 Samuel 19:37–38 (ESV)   Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him go over with my lord the king, and do for him whatever seems good to you.” 38 And the king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you, and all that you desire of me I will do for you.” The story tells us as David returned he met Barzillai, an aged wealthy man who cared for David and his men while they were in exile during A...

Genesis 9:24–27 (ESV)   When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” 26 He also said, “Blessed be the Lord , the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant. 27 May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.” After the flood, Noah sins. He plants a vineyard, has too much wine, gets drunk and naked, then passes out in his tent. IN HIS TENT. Ham, his youngest son comes in the tent and sees his father's nakedness and reports it to his older brothers who back into the tent with a covering for their father. Some have tried to say the words could mean Ham sexually molested his father, but their attempt fail on bad exegesis. The reason people try to make Ham's sin more than what it was is because they cannot understand why Ham's descendant Canaan should be curse for what they perceive to be a small infraction...

Matthew 6. A chapter I could spent the whole year on alone! Giving - Praying - Fasting - Serving - Money - Worrying. In the middle of these important personal topics is this prayer: " OUR FATHER." Jesus mentions the Father more times in Matthew 6 than any other chapter in the book. 12 times in this chapter, Jesus mentions the Father. 5 of the times, Jesus says the Father sees or knows. 3 times Jesus says the Father will reward you. He sees.  He knows.  He rewards. How often do we forget OUR HEAVENLY FATHER! I think it is Tim Keller who said "sin is casting off the fatherhood of God." How true! Every fake pretentious act of righteousness for the sake of others... Every ounce of energy consumed with more possessions and wealth.... Every fear and worry about what we have, eat and wear... Is a denial of our FATHER who SEES and KNOWS us. Jesus reminds us, He's there.  He's always there and He's not just there... He's OURS!  What an a...