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Storytime Tapestry Newsletter
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May 4, 2008
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Bones
Bill Walker
missourisage@yahoo.com
Bones, a friend of mine was always hitting me about the words;
something about the dry bones that is spoken of in Ezekiel in the books
of the Bible. I would read what he was talking about and I was lost
also. When I read the verse, I was thinking I guess, of old dead bones
laying about the countryside. Well it seemed like about every time I ran
into this fellow, some how this same subject came up.
Now this is chapter 37 that I got to looking at.
This is my take on it after some thinking. It sure would mean to go out
there in the bone yard and talk to the bones laying about. Those things
are dead and gone. And we know the dead hear not. So it must be
the living that this passage is referring to. The only thing I can figure is
in this case would be to go out there and talk to these people. These
people that has become as dead people in the ways of God. These people that
was God's people, but now have fallen away.
These people are dead in sin, therefore same as dry bones. The
man of God is told to get out there and bring them back into the camp of God.
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Ezekiel 9:9
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Then said he unto me, The
iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land
is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD
hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
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There is many places in the Bible, where the people turned
from God, and became dead in spirit. Dead as salt. Salt by itself is
just salt, dead. There is some that have studied the story of Lot's
wife. They believe that she turned back, and became as salt,
walked back to die in the city. She was as salt, dead in sin. Of
course there is no reason to fuss over wording here. We know she looked
back, and loved more of the sins of the city, and the workings of Satan, then
she did of what God offered. She was dead in sin.
One cannot just take one verse and hammer on that one verse in
many cases. You have to read the whole chapter, think and do some
study.
I do know many preachers use one liners or verses for a
point. We really need to go home on a Sunday afternoon, sit down and
read the chapter, study and think. What good is a Bible if all you
do is open it once in a while, and that might only be in church?
“Look how good a Christian I am, I opened my Bible up. I have had
it for 20 years, and it is as good as new.” One can tell a lot about a
person, when you look at the Bible that they have.
Some one, and it might have been a preacher of some sort, said
something about the dry bones, and let it drop. Maybe the good preacher
didn't think what he was saying. He left this man to think that what he
has said, was old bones, old dead bones and that was all there was to
it. He didn't say, these bones were people that had drifted away, and
was walking with Satan, and the Golden Calf of Aaron or whoever.
Oneliners are good sometimes, but there are times such as
this when we need more then just a oneliner. There are many people
mislead by just a one line, or they leave out a word, or add a word, or change
a word, because it is better sounding and easy to say the words that
way.
Remember one has to read the whole book to really
understand. One can buy a good book, and if all they read is the first
and last chapter, they sure missed out on a lot. They missed out
on all that would have got them from the first chapter to the last
chapter. Many good so called Christians missed out on the real stories
of the Bible. Just one now and then verses. “Oneliners these people
would be.”
Revelation 21;6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
One must read from Alpha to Omega, to understand the
meaning of God's word. One liners does not cut the mustard in most cases.
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Poetry
Corner
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Tolerance
Cynthia Groopman
Tolerance is indeed an admirable trait that we must all strive to cultivate,
And the young, we
must inspire and motivate.
Others we must not
unjustly criticize and disparage unnecessarily,
Nor treat or judge
them harshly.
The faults of others
we must overlook and forgive,
And that is the way
God wants us to lovingly live.
All the differences
among people, we must honor and respect,
And as members of
God's family, all we must accept.
The frailties of
many, we must not scorn or misjudge,
And in our heart, we
must never harbor a grudge.
Goodness in others,
we must strive to emulate and seek,
Selecting kind words, and in a tolerant manner, we must speak.
For we must
remember that in God's eyes, equality forever is seen,
As we learn to be
tolerant and speak with a voice that is pleasant and serene.
Cynthia Groopman
cynthia.Groopman@verizon.net
Copyright ©2004
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Oh
little teapot
Cynthia Groopman
Any time of the day,
Whether in frigid January or in the mild merry month of May.
When I am in the mood or need something hot to drink,
I immediately begin to think.
for my loyal friend stands on the stove, ready for me,
To make, coffee, cocoa, soup or a cup of herbal tea.
Whether black, flavored, regular or green,
A delicious cup of tea makes me feel contented and serene.
Oh, little tea pot, so shiny and so new,
I do not know what I can do without you.
So, I appreciate you, dear teapot,
For you truly do a lot.
Cynthia Groopman
cynthia.Groopman@verizon.net
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