It has been almost 2 months since I posted here. Part of the problem is that I got to feeling inadaquate. Compared to some other bloggers I don't know the Bible very well at all.
And I'm not exactly sure if the way this blog was going is where it SHOULD be going. Nor where I intended it to go in the first place.
And my other blog is getting busier and taking up more time too.
And then life started kicking my butt. It seems every time I think things are starting to settle down something else happens.
My husband hasn't been working since just before Christmas and that hurts in more ways than one. He is bored and worried and feeling bad and money is tight too.
The step-kids are still having problems and asking for help and there really isn't anything we can do for them. At least not till they are willing to do for themselves too. They both have drug problems.
So if you are reading this...please say a prayer for me and my family. Not just for the physical needs but for the spiritual. Part of the problem for my husband is that he forgot to pray. And perhaps I did too.
Hopefully I will figure out what I (or God) wants from this blog and get back to posting regularly.
In the meantime...keep us in your prayers! God bless you!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, December 30, 2011
Youths Oppress My People - Isaiah 3:12
Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. O my people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path. Isaiah 3:12
I saw this mentioned in an article a few days ago and for some reason it stuck in my mind. I can't remember which article or where it was and couldn't find it online. It may have been in a magazine.
The article had said that this was a prophecy and that it fit our time.
I looked it up and found some commentaries on it. There are different translations for some of the words. The word translated as "youths" in the version I used could also mean children or just immature people. The word translated as "women" could also be translated as "creditor".
Either way it does seem to fit what is happening in the modern world. At least in the United States. Many members of Congress seem a bit "immature" to me.
And then we have lots of families where the children to seem to be in charge. The kids do pretty much whatever they want and the adults just seem to go along.
The commentaries I read are : Collections, Bible Tools, MyJewishLearning, and another Bible Tools page on Amos 4:1 that has some explanation on the "women" bit.
They make for some interesting reading. What do you think about it?
I saw this mentioned in an article a few days ago and for some reason it stuck in my mind. I can't remember which article or where it was and couldn't find it online. It may have been in a magazine.
The article had said that this was a prophecy and that it fit our time.
I looked it up and found some commentaries on it. There are different translations for some of the words. The word translated as "youths" in the version I used could also mean children or just immature people. The word translated as "women" could also be translated as "creditor".
Either way it does seem to fit what is happening in the modern world. At least in the United States. Many members of Congress seem a bit "immature" to me.
And then we have lots of families where the children to seem to be in charge. The kids do pretty much whatever they want and the adults just seem to go along.
The commentaries I read are : Collections, Bible Tools, MyJewishLearning, and another Bible Tools page on Amos 4:1 that has some explanation on the "women" bit.
They make for some interesting reading. What do you think about it?
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