(credit: Varsha Salome)
Even as you hit the fast lane of life with furious strides that brook no brakes, won’t you pause a moment to grab a grain of scriptural truth embedded herein ? (click on hypertext in the Day’s Reading for reference verse)
No obligations! You are of course perfectly at liberty to skip these Readings altogether. Should that be your choice, go ahead – save 30 seconds!
God bless!
__________________________________________________________
Bring me flesh and bring me wine!
It was rare in Israel to find Governors who didn’t tax the people and impose a levy on them in order to maintain their own high standard of living. This, in spite of the fact that they were only remnants in the land, the majority having been taken captive to Babylon. But Nehemiah was an exception. And why? “Out of reverence for God“. Whatever the precedent, whatever the accepted practice, we need not feel obliged to merely fall in line and follow suit.
We have a God who can and does more than meet our needs, without putting any burden on the people.
“Give us this day our daily bread”!
____________________________________________________________
7 Nov. setting 1 January as Day 1
Oh! This is the meaning of Give us this day, ,our Daily Bread. Do not demand Red Wine & Red Meat! Tks, Judah for the allegory!
Not so fast, Ramkumar! I think that piece was about not claiming entitlement of gubernatorial privileges.