Comments for January 18,2014

It's Saturday and a beautiful. Day. We slept late. I fixed breakfast and then watched the K-state! West Virginia game. There were a couple of errands including getting fuel for the Saab. Later we are going out for dinner with Bobby and Kim.  More side comments today. Do any of my readers understand the importance of the Judah, Tamar incident? Sons marry then die.  For some reason Jewish law required the other brothers to marry the widow. At least in Judah's family this was not a popular law. Something they tried to avoid. I suppose it would be beneficial for the widow. It is going to be hard for her to support herself without a husband. That's not so difficult these days. Since Judah didn't force the issue far enough to get a resolution, Tamar took matters into her own hand and devised a plan to protect heself. Clever woman. Do our minds work the same way? Are we more concerned about ourselves than our meighbors? What would the world be like if we all had the compassion, love and humbleness of Jesus? Very clever but evil schemes would not exist. We would not think suspicious thoughts about the actions of others. Judah would not have had sex with Tamar. The brothers would have taken care of Tamar. She would not have dreamed up her devious scheme.  Just think, we would not be suspicious of politicians. There would be no reason to be suspicious. Life would be much different. I would never wonder about the real meaning of anything people told me. I would never misunderstand or even pretend I misunderstood. I wonder how our desires and wants would change? What is the cause of my selfishness? If we all had the best interests of others as our foremost desire,...? Just thnk, everyone we know or meet would have our best interests as their highest priority.  How is God going to pull this off? I wonder if everyone agrees with this as the best policy for living our lives?. When humans try to make rules for living, the rules are good for some and bad for others. There doesn't seem to be a set of rules with which we all agree. Even in sports, the rules are changed sometimes in order to "Improve the game".  Lord , hear our prayers. And change them to remove all selfish words and actions. We are obviously not capable of composing unselfish prayers. Grace and I had a discussion about thiis today. I was selfish. Even when I tried not to be selfish. I forgive you all!