I just read this in the New King James Version (that’s what “NKJV” stands for) and I like how I can give meat to dogs even if I were to travel back in time three thousand years, but that’ll never happen, and it’s not like I can afford to keep a dog at my house long-term. But my friend Josh entrusted me to keep watch over his dog, Buddy, while he and his family are away in Ohio until later this month. (He came over last week, and he’s taking his daughter, Liliana, to meet his wife’s extended relatives.) So I can feed raw steak to him, but I’d rather ask Josh if that’s ok, and if I can buy some at the nearby Safeway or Fry’s. Otherwise, if I don’t, I’ll have to cook and eat it. I would’ve given Buddy some broth from my noodles, but I don’t think Jonathan’s for it, and he actually did the 21st century version of chastening on him. I hope he didn’t mean him any harm… I’ll be super-pissed if he did. Oh, by the way, the statement in the beginning of this paragraph is in the last verse, and there’s 31 in total in this chapter. The people are given great protection from marauders and bandits and trusted adults who become their betrayers and their enemies among the brethren, like in Psalm 55. This chapter is found in pages 44-45 of the NKJV Bible I’m using, page 57 of the NASB Bible I have (Old Testament pages), pages 98-100 of my VOICE copy, and pages 93-95 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
And speaking of the Amplified Bible (80s version), I just finished reading that translation ten days ago! 😁😁😁😁😁🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 That marks 6 translations I’ve read from front to back since becoming Christian in mid-2009! Good news, huh? But I just realized I shouldn’t read anything for its own sake but because the Lord wants me to, and I’d rather not ignore the Word of Christ in any part of the Scriptures. I do want to find out what the Passion Translation says in the future, though, if they release the full version (I’ll check real quick… sorry, guys, but the translation still isn’t finished, but there are the Psalms, Proverbs, the Song of Solomon, and Isaiah, as well as the whole New Testament, so I’m like, “This is awesome!” — and when I was writing this, the laptop shut down on me; I think I need a new battery so it wouldn’t do that anymore, so do you think I should get one at Best Buy or something? — my technology’s getting old) — hang on, it’s getting windy outside; I pray no freak storm occurs. It would be weird if it did, for I live in Arizona, but I did hear about a hurricane going through Mexico from its southwestern edge today; it’ll hit Texas soon, so I pray against the storm.
One thing I should mention is that I read through verses 22-24 of this chapter and went, “These look familiar…” and then remembered that I had discussed this with some other college kids at ASU CRU one Thursday night in early 2013. I mentioned that night to the small group I was in for the evening that God didn’t want to kill anyone, and they all agreed. Too bad the global Church is often misled by evil leaders who love to take advantage of others, either through false promises or loveless everything. Indeed, much of Christianity sounds like a bait-n-switch to too many people nowadays, especially since Trump helped contribute to the spread of the virus nearly two years ago simply by being the biggest contributor to the funding for the science lab in China… [inserts Jesus facepalm; see below]
It’s no fun trying to battle unreceptive people’s statements 😭😭😭😭😭😭 it would be really nice if politics had been banned in 2014 or so. But sadly, it’s like Jesus Himself is instituting the leaders of the world to do what they want, and people hate Him all over the world because of them. I hope there aren’t that many people in Europe that take God’s Name lightly… and I’d rather not charge interest to those who don’t have much of anything, like anyone making less than $16,000 per year (see this principle in verse 25). But I think I inspired Jonathan to write some Bible notes of his own! I pray God’s anointing in every word he writes! (He went into my room as I was writing this and asked for some paper, and I said, “You can have all of it.” But he only took about 60 pieces of paper; I didn’t look at how big it was.) I hope I don’t confuse anyone who reads this… for it is written, “Justice makes no sense to the evil-minded; those who seek God know it inside and out” (Proverbs 28:5, The Message).
Any prayer requests you want to e-mail me with? Drop them in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I hope I see any… but sorry I waited so long to write this down; I guess I needed to take care of some things… don’t worry, it’s all good news from Jesus. I’ll see you in the next one! Later!
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