Word

Gensis 1.6 – 8 “And God said, ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’”

“And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

“And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.”

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Hitler quote

> > > > > > > Quoted with total disapproval < < < < <

“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people.  As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.”

– Adolf Hitler, in his Mein Kampf, p. 403.

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Testimony

Taking a separate position from the world (keeping Lord’s Day holy, not wearing gold, etc.)

is a testimony against the world

and for Christ.

– eab, (earlier, uncertain date)

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READ HEAD

If I said

“He has a read head,”

You may think me “termly”

Mistaken,

Not seeing the stacks

Of books and old facts,

His mind has firmly

Undertaken.   

– eab, 1/6/12

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“Lord, Teach us to read.”

Entering 1^st grade we read or can’t read. 2^nd grade we are really reading (but can’t imagine how advanced reading can get.)

Some imagine reading when “reading pictures” – my dad took a pic of me “Reading Jack (childhood dog) a ‘tory” both of us sitting in a small wood box.

Some imagine “reading” when the book is upside down. Some enjoy reading – some do not. We can talk about reading to impress people without doing it ourselves.

“Lord, Teach us to read.”

– eab, probably ‘75-‘85

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