Several blog posts ago I gave some quick observations when believers start throwing down and around all types of aspersions just because you won't let them boss you around anymore. The most popular of those legalistic Bible Bros terms is, the spirit of Jezebel. I mean really, in biblical content I would think that is much too much of a throw down for the description of most women because Ahab's girl Jezzy was really quite evil...more so than a woman who wants to change meatloaf night to Friday instead of Monday. We have had fun throwing around the term, spirit of the ten brothers around this Christmas season. Joseph's brothers who were jealous of him and that coat but we use it in relation to our cats. We have two that are especially jealous of any attention another cat is getting.
Happy New Year! Happy 2026. This year's NYE was rather quiet as they go around here. When we first moved here, hardly heard any firecrackers but the last few years have experienced quite a few. Maybe it was too cold last night but our kittos were affected by the few boom booms we heard. We were concerned about Willie but it was Mr Mo. Roy finally found him and put him to bed. Then there was quiet. All in all that is pretty much a contentment evening.
While Roy has been working in the garage this afternoon, I have been working here in the house of a few small projects. Gathered up t-shirts for Goodwill and getting some books together. Each time I clean out books I give away books that I thought I would never let go. Oh well. Once in an antique store in Burnsville, I saw a grouping of books and I owned almost all the same books. Thought, somebody cleaned out or it was a relative cleaning out books. For a moment I wanted to rescue them but where would I put them? Right now I am torn on reading because I have a book that I need to read but have two other books that tug at my heart because they are books that normally draw me in. So nice to have this problem again, though. It has been a long while to do what I always had done until I didn't...have multiple books going at one time.
The following paragraph is for comedic thoughts only. It is not a spiritual statement by me or espousing beliefs. Just sometimes when I read the Bible, the silly side of me comes out.
This morning reading the Bible in one year with Chad Bird got my comedic side going. So today in the OT we read about Noah and the flood. He talks about it is a pattern that we can see Jesus in. His point that Noah coming out of the ark, the place of refuge, is similar to the creation story. All things began anew. This is where my mind went off track...Noah came out of the ark, first. No pesky woman to mess this thing up, rethinking Eve and the serpent. We really don't hear that much about Mrs. Noah at all. In my mind she might have stayed behind to clean up that mess the animals left behind to get that security deposit money back. Friends who have been to the Ark thing in Kentucky said the experts think that God caused them not to poop and wee wee. So, people who do not believe that God can do miracles today accept the no poop deal. Well, I haven't a clue but there are days we would believe God for a miracle for our kitty kitties. Well, once again I digress and we were talking about messes here and there in churches. The miracle? Messes get cleared by someone. Which is not unlike a lot of women in ministry today, they are cleaning up the messes they didn't make. Although, the scripture said Noah and all his family came out of the ark. Do these ultra conservative dudes that will argue (their concept of ) submission to the death, yet hardly ever walk in God's love, except their hearts rejoice in declaring the judgement of God, to and for everyone but themselves ever use this example to make their point? Sadly, now they can't cause a woman thought of it. I thought about how Mildred and Gertrude could have used this in a skit with the nativity cookies... it would have been very funny.
Monday morning fog, January 5th. It was rather thick at 6:30am and it is hanging around for the first day back to school after the Christmas holidays...I mean winter break. Whatever. It covers the preliminary work being done across the road to build more houses. Looks like one of the houses will be out of the sight line from our front windows.
These have been some contemplative holidays as we rally ourselves to be ready for 2026. This week we hit the ground running. Circle, Choir and Bible study for me and Roy will begin going to the men's Bible study. Books to read, things to study and looking forward to lots of fun.
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