Monday, June 21, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Decay in His Bones
Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husbands crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones
I came across this verse in my Bible study this morning. I am reading in the book of Esther and using Elizabeth George's Bible study book about this famous Queen. Today I read Esther 5:9-14. It was about how Haman had just left the queen's banquet with the king and was very joyous. But then he came across Mordecai sitting at the city gate. Mordecai did not rise nor bow to Haman as King Xerxes had instructed everyone to pay honor to Haman. Well, this angered Haman and he went home and called for his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends. When they came to him he boasted about all his riches, his ten sons, being second-in-command, being the only person invited besides the king to the queen's banquet, and being invited again the next night along with the king to Queen Esther's second banquet. But all of this meant nothing to him as long as Mordecai sat at the gate.
So Zeresh and Haman's friends suggested that a gallows be built 75 feet high (about as high as an 8-10 story building) and in the morning go to the king and ask that Mordecai be hung on this gallow. This pleased Haman and he had it carried out immediately.
As part of my study I looked at some other wives who had bad influences over their husbands:
Eve (Genesis 2:16-17; 3:6)
Jezebel (1 Kings 21:1-15)
Sapphira (Acts 5:1-10)
I then looked at some verses in Proverbs about wives:
Proverbs 12:4
Proverbs 14:1
Proverbs 18:22
Proverbs 19:14
Proverbs 31:11-12
That was how I came across the verse at the top. This one stuck out to me more than the rest. Partly because of the title of my blog. So I decided to look up the meanings of noble and disgraceful. Here is what I found:
Noble: 1: possessing outstanding qualities. 2: very good or excellent. 3: grand or impressive especially in appearance. 4: possessing, characterized by, or arising from superiority of mind or character or of ideals or morals.
Disgrace: 1: to humiliate by a superior showing. 2: to bring reproach or shame to.
Grace: 1: a charming trait or accomplishment. 2: a pleasingly graceful appearance or effect. 3: ease or suppleness of moving or bearing. 4: the quality or state of being considerate or thoughtful.
I have been working for a while on having noble character and being graceful. It has been very hard and I have failed many times. But I am so glad I came across this verse. It has given me an extra boost to continue to work on my character. I want to be a crown to my husband some day, not decay in his bones.
A wife of noble character is her husbands crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones
I came across this verse in my Bible study this morning. I am reading in the book of Esther and using Elizabeth George's Bible study book about this famous Queen. Today I read Esther 5:9-14. It was about how Haman had just left the queen's banquet with the king and was very joyous. But then he came across Mordecai sitting at the city gate. Mordecai did not rise nor bow to Haman as King Xerxes had instructed everyone to pay honor to Haman. Well, this angered Haman and he went home and called for his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends. When they came to him he boasted about all his riches, his ten sons, being second-in-command, being the only person invited besides the king to the queen's banquet, and being invited again the next night along with the king to Queen Esther's second banquet. But all of this meant nothing to him as long as Mordecai sat at the gate.
So Zeresh and Haman's friends suggested that a gallows be built 75 feet high (about as high as an 8-10 story building) and in the morning go to the king and ask that Mordecai be hung on this gallow. This pleased Haman and he had it carried out immediately.
As part of my study I looked at some other wives who had bad influences over their husbands:
Eve (Genesis 2:16-17; 3:6)
Jezebel (1 Kings 21:1-15)
Sapphira (Acts 5:1-10)
I then looked at some verses in Proverbs about wives:
Proverbs 12:4
Proverbs 14:1
Proverbs 18:22
Proverbs 19:14
Proverbs 31:11-12
That was how I came across the verse at the top. This one stuck out to me more than the rest. Partly because of the title of my blog. So I decided to look up the meanings of noble and disgraceful. Here is what I found:
Noble: 1: possessing outstanding qualities. 2: very good or excellent. 3: grand or impressive especially in appearance. 4: possessing, characterized by, or arising from superiority of mind or character or of ideals or morals.
Disgrace: 1: to humiliate by a superior showing. 2: to bring reproach or shame to.
Grace: 1: a charming trait or accomplishment. 2: a pleasingly graceful appearance or effect. 3: ease or suppleness of moving or bearing. 4: the quality or state of being considerate or thoughtful.
I have been working for a while on having noble character and being graceful. It has been very hard and I have failed many times. But I am so glad I came across this verse. It has given me an extra boost to continue to work on my character. I want to be a crown to my husband some day, not decay in his bones.
To every man there openeth
A Way, and Ways and a Way.
And the High Soul climbs the High Way
And the Low Soul climbs the Low,
And in between, on the misty flats,
The rest drift to and fro.
But to every man there openeth
A High Way and a Low;
And every man decideth
The way his soul shall go
- John Oxenham
A Way, and Ways and a Way.
And the High Soul climbs the High Way
And the Low Soul climbs the Low,
And in between, on the misty flats,
The rest drift to and fro.
But to every man there openeth
A High Way and a Low;
And every man decideth
The way his soul shall go
- John Oxenham
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Car Accident
This past Saturday Daniel got in a car accident. He was coming around a bend in the and another car was coming towards him. Well, the guy crossed the yellow line into Daniel's lane, so Dan swerved into the grass to avoid a head-on collision. Then as he swerved back onto the road he over corrected and rolled the car once into the field. Did I mention he was driving my car? I have little red '97 Honda Civic. Well, he totalled the car. There was no blood or broken bones. However, he did hurt his head and neck and will have to go the chiropracter eventually. But I believe he off the pain meds now.
The guy who crossed the lane did not stay to help Daniel. There was an suv coming behind Daniel and he stopped and got out to help him until police officer arrived.
Hopefully by this Monday I will get my check for my car from my insurance. For my new car I will be sticking with a Honda, probably a civic or accord. I will try to post pictures of the car soon.
The guy who crossed the lane did not stay to help Daniel. There was an suv coming behind Daniel and he stopped and got out to help him until police officer arrived.
Hopefully by this Monday I will get my check for my car from my insurance. For my new car I will be sticking with a Honda, probably a civic or accord. I will try to post pictures of the car soon.
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