princess paupr’s Reflections

Bits and pieces of knowledge. I’ve grown up in the church my whole life and have heard countless sermons, attended many bible studies…I feel like I can recognize a number of bible verses…”Oh I’ve heard that before”. But a lot of it just floats around in a disordered manner in my head. =/ Bits and pieces.

I really want to KNOW God and His word. Like, where a verse comes from, the context in which the author spoke those words… I want to be able to understand the history behind the Israelites and…yeah you know. I want to know where Galilee is on the map. More importantly, I want to know more about God’s character. It’s like getting to know a friend, the more time you spend with him, the better you know what he likes, dislikes… I want to get to know God to the point that from what the bible tells me and from Jesus’ example, I’ll just know what to do in certain situations. Of course there will be exceptions..but generally, I think this is the right “attitude”.

Lately, I’ve been reading 1 John…It’s such a good book!!! I like how the author (I think it’s John, but I’m not sure) addresses his book to “my dear children, because your sins have been forgiven because of Jesus” and “to you who are mature because you know Christ, the one who is from the beginning.” It feels very personal…like he’s speaking to me.

I feel like I’ve been a believer of Jesus for a long time, but a follower for only a short time.

Anyways…

“Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.”
1 John 5:21

by Tennessee Williams

LAURA: Little articles of [glass], they’re ornaments mostly! Most of them are little animals made out of glass, the tiniest little animals in the world. Mother calls them a glass menagerie! Here’s an example of one, if you’d like to see it! . . . Oh, be careful—if you breathe, it breaks! . . . You see how the light shines through him?
JIM: It sure does shine!
LAURA: I shouldn’t be partial, but he is my favorite one.
JIM: What kind of a thing is this one supposed to be?
LAURA: Haven’t you noticed the single horn on his forehead?
JIM: A unicorn, huh? —aren’t they extinct in the modern world?
LAURA: I know!
JIM: Poor little fellow, he must feel sort of lonesome.

I really liked this play.

The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death

While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 15:32-36