hey guys wassup? I know I said I wasn't going to rant to you but I have to get this out! Ok so it's been a few days and nothing from anywhere I have applied! It's very frustrating that not one damn person wants me to work for them, I know I don't have any experience whatsoever in the work world, oh you know except for common sense, but no that's not valuable to anyone! Can anyone out there help me!? Sorry I shouldn't even ask that, but I am past the point of desperate! I want to be able to help my mom out and save up for a place of my own. I may end up moving to Dallas and see what I can get out there. I just am at the end of my rope here! I want to make a life for myself! College isn't for me, I have learned that, but right now it would be an improvement form the shitty situation I am in right now. Yes that is selfish of me and yes there are people far worse off than me, but right now I am concerned about myself, nothing I can do to help those people until I help myself. I just can't take it anymore! That is affecting every aspect of my life, especially my health. I feel sad again and depressed and I cry again at nothing. It is just too much for me! Okay so I hope ya'll like this, sorrynotsorry if you don't. Have a great night of rest and I will see you awesome people next blog!
P.S. Thanks for reading and letting me rant again!
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
wassup?
hey errrrrrbody?!!! how are you on this lovely morning!? I am having a nice fresh start to an awesome day. I was feeling a little crappy when I woke up, but I had some breakfast and now I feel better. So far today I haven't done much, but I am about to do a LOT! I am going to reorganize my closet to where everything actually fits! I am gonna clean and possibly do the dishes again. I will hopefully stay as vegan as possible. I had some wheat toast for bfast, 3 pieces; but bread is so high in sodium so I am going to try to stay away form it. Now in this journey I wish to embark on I will have a back up plan. My first plan is to go high car, low fat, low sodium, raw vegan. Plan B is to go cooked vegan, which is just eating faux foods, like faux mac n'cheese and so on and so forth. I hope I can do this, I really believe the cooked food cravings are leaving because I saw my family eating a burger yesterday and I didn't even have an urge to go and make myself one. I see commercials about all these cooked foods and animal products and they just don't appeal to me like they used to.
Ok so today's scriptures are Hebrews 1 and it is amazing, it's about what God made Christ for and what He made angels for. I love it! The second is Genesis 45:1-46:27, and that is a continuation of yesterday's and it is still captivating. The last is Psalm 36, that is about how the wicked and evil doers plot against the Godly and how think and how that when God conquers them, they don't return. I hope you read those verses!
So I hope everyone had a great time reading this and I hope it was relevant to your day. I will be posting again later today if I can, and that may include some pictures! Ok so I am gonna go because my computer is about to restart, but I wish you a great day and I will see you awesome people next blog!
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Ok so today's scriptures are Hebrews 1 and it is amazing, it's about what God made Christ for and what He made angels for. I love it! The second is Genesis 45:1-46:27, and that is a continuation of yesterday's and it is still captivating. The last is Psalm 36, that is about how the wicked and evil doers plot against the Godly and how think and how that when God conquers them, they don't return. I hope you read those verses!
So I hope everyone had a great time reading this and I hope it was relevant to your day. I will be posting again later today if I can, and that may include some pictures! Ok so I am gonna go because my computer is about to restart, but I wish you a great day and I will see you awesome people next blog!
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Hi Loyals!
Hey guys wassup? Oh my gosh it's been such a great day! I have had so much fun today. I made some plain mash potatoes and a bunch of salad today! Salad is so amazingly satisfying, I can't even believe sometimes. I feel so full, overly full almost! So I watched a Freelee the Banana Girl video today, a new one, and it made me cry! I have seen a video about the slaughterhouse before, but never something quite like this. I will never touch meet again! I will never eat another animal by product again if I can help it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD0RTBtl0Pc I recommend you go watch this right away, in my opinion if you are gonna eat a burger you should at least know what is in it. I just am absolutely gutted by all of this. I can't believe that people would actually do that to these poor defenseless animals. It makes me sick to my stomach that I used to eat these animals, and that I shoveled all this crap into my system.
Anyways, today has been a productive day! I washed the dishes, cleaned out the fridge about halfway and I did some laundry. I just completed my vision book! It is comprised of things that I want out of life, what I want to look like, and inspiration. I also put some foods in there that I can eat to my heart's content! I think that is gonna be the way I jump start this life style! There is this other video that I absolutely love, it is a parody of Roar by Katy Perry and it's pretty awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mx5p954rjU Def watch this too! It is very catchy.
Okay so that is pretty much it for now,I will post tomorrow if I can. Until then I will see you awesome people next blog! God Bless!
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~Ciao~
Anyways, today has been a productive day! I washed the dishes, cleaned out the fridge about halfway and I did some laundry. I just completed my vision book! It is comprised of things that I want out of life, what I want to look like, and inspiration. I also put some foods in there that I can eat to my heart's content! I think that is gonna be the way I jump start this life style! There is this other video that I absolutely love, it is a parody of Roar by Katy Perry and it's pretty awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mx5p954rjU Def watch this too! It is very catchy.
Okay so that is pretty much it for now,I will post tomorrow if I can. Until then I will see you awesome people next blog! God Bless!
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~Ciao~
good morning
Hey guys! I should apologize for yesterday, I was stressed out and overheated. I'm sorry. I have anger issues that I need to deal with. I need to realize that when something doesn't go as planned I just need to take a step back and breathe. I shouldn't take it out on anybody, especially you guys, you, my loyals, are awesome. So no more! If I feel the need to scream or be angry I am going to try a different outlet to express it. So how is everyone today? I am feeling great, I hope you are too. Last night I stress ate, I won't tel you what it was, but it was bad. I gotta learn not to emotional eat anymore. I'm trying, it's an uphill battle, but I am committed! I am going to win this battle.
Ok today's scriptures I would like to share are Luke 24:13-53, it's awesome; it continues the story about Jesus and it amazes me how people interacted back then. The next verse is Genesis 44, now that is a continuation and still very captivating. It is how Joseph wants to keep his little brother there with him. To me it's all about family, family is what holds everyone together, and we should cherish what family we have. The last verse of scripture I would like to share is Psalm 35, that is an awesome psalm about how the Lord will protect his people if we just ask. You know if you ask you will receive, knock and the door will be opened. I hope you like those and you actually look them up and devote some time to God.
So today I don't have much planned I am going to try to eat healthy and try to exercise, but I don't know how much I will get done. I am feeling a bit lazy today, it isn't the best to be lazy, but everyone needs some rest every once in awhile. So I will update you later if I still have internet, but I wish you a great rest of the day. I hope you found this mildly entertaining and I will see you awesome people next blog. God Bless
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Ok today's scriptures I would like to share are Luke 24:13-53, it's awesome; it continues the story about Jesus and it amazes me how people interacted back then. The next verse is Genesis 44, now that is a continuation and still very captivating. It is how Joseph wants to keep his little brother there with him. To me it's all about family, family is what holds everyone together, and we should cherish what family we have. The last verse of scripture I would like to share is Psalm 35, that is an awesome psalm about how the Lord will protect his people if we just ask. You know if you ask you will receive, knock and the door will be opened. I hope you like those and you actually look them up and devote some time to God.
So today I don't have much planned I am going to try to eat healthy and try to exercise, but I don't know how much I will get done. I am feeling a bit lazy today, it isn't the best to be lazy, but everyone needs some rest every once in awhile. So I will update you later if I still have internet, but I wish you a great rest of the day. I hope you found this mildly entertaining and I will see you awesome people next blog. God Bless
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Monday, February 3, 2014
This world is f**ked up!
America is a screw up system where no one and I mean no one can get a job! I have applied an applied everywhere and not a damn thing! I was just trying to apply at Olive Garden, but no the website has to log me out of it and just stop my application. This world is so stupid! This is my rant so bear with me and if I cuss and you don't like it then get off of my blog! It's like the universe doesn't want me to have a job, doesn't want me to succeed! You know? You catch my drift? UGH!!! I JUST WANT TO SCREAM!!!
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Ok now that it is out of system virtually, I may go scream into a pillow! I know I need to calm down, but I am just so damn mad! UGH! There's is my mini rant!
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Ok now that it is out of system virtually, I may go scream into a pillow! I know I need to calm down, but I am just so damn mad! UGH! There's is my mini rant!
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It's gonna be the best day of my life, my liiiife!!!
Good morning everybody! How are you?! I am having such a great day already! I realized that sharing the entire scripture may be a little too much for some people. Now I know not everyone has all the time in the world to read this, even though I believe we should all always strive to make time for God. I also realize not everyone reads the NLT version of The Bible so I will just give you the verses and it will be up to you to go read them. The first verse of scripture is Luke 24:1-12. It's about Jesus' resurrection. The second verse is Genesis 43, and it's a continuation about Joseph and his brothers and the famine. It's very captivating, I can't wait to read the next part. The last verse of scripture I would like to share is Psalm 34. I like this psalm because it gives us a tidbit of a guideline, but then it gives us hope for a future! Well I hope that you will take the precious time to read those verses and devote some time to God. I know I always feel better when I do, and I always have a better day when I start it off with God.
So today so far I had some toast, I know that it isn't raw, but that is all I got. I am going to try to eat as healthy as possible. I will be eating a lot of potatoes today! You know I used to eat this chicken rice and I ate it for years not knowing what it was truly made of. It turns out that it has chicken fat in it. I was disgusted to the point where I wanted to throw up. I will NEVER eat that again. Now I just hope I can get my family on board soon.
So guys I may not be posting for awhile, because the internet and cable will be cut off for a few months. I am just letting you know I won't post because of that , not because of lack of inspiration.
Well I hope you found this interesting and I will see you awesome people next blog.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014
RAWESOME Day!
Today was amazing! I have eaten raw all day! I ate oranges and oranges and a salad until 4 p.m. and then I baked some potato wedges with no oil, salt, pepper, and the best part they tasted amazing! I feel amazing too! I didn't eat as much as I should have because we don't have enough food in this house. I mean we have food, but not the right kind of food. I also didn't get as much filtered water as I should have, but I have been eating fruit and veggies which sort of makes up for it. I sort of fruited and rooted myself today! I'm proud, today was a victory. My first full day as a raw vegan! In a sense it was absofruitly rawesome! I just hope I can keep doing this! I resisted temptation when my mother made fish sticks and I resisted frying up the potatoes with some pepper and ketchup. I had no idea that potatoes had a natural salty taste and I haven't been this happy and satisfied and full in a while! So now for a little rant. For the first time in a while my ex roommate talked to me on Facebook. It just made me realize why I never want a friend like her in my life again. I told her about this lifestyle I want to be a part of and she just knocked me down. I explained it to her and she said that that it was, and I quote," Ewh..... Blech..... Boring ass food I like good ass food.." Really? Since when are yummy fruits and veggies boring or gross? They are the best things in life for you. When my mother was pregnant with me she mainly ate salads and I LOOOOVE me some lettuce and tomato! I wasn't raised on just plain veggies and fruit, but I always made sure to eat a lot of them. Now that I think about it when I was younger I did eat more veggies and fruit than I do now and I was a lot healthier! I started to gain weight because I started to eat a bunch of crap. Well no more! I am NEVER eating at a fast food restaurant ever again. I actually haven't in awhile, a good long while and I feel better knowing that there is an alternative to eating all these animals and animal products! So here is another rant of mine. Yesterday my mother made a comment about the Baptist church and the Baptist beliefs. She was talking how she wanted to go to church and that I could go with her, but I told her that I will only go to the Baptist church and she said she doesn't like Baptists because we put on a show and we only want the money from donations and the publicity, that it is all fake. I am astonished by this! I literally was shocked to see her say that. I have never in any way knocked any denomination's beliefs and there she was mocking and knocking the denomination and beliefs that I very much believe in! I was speechless! The Baptist denomination is in now way what she said and it hurt to hear that. I feel like I have to defend that all the time and that is just ridiculous! Today when I was watching a church program on t.v. she began to make snarky comments and throw a fit when she saw that I was watching it. It's just awful! Anyways those are my rants for the night, I hope you found this entertaining and useful or hopeful! That is it for now I am off to bed! I will see you awesome people next blog! Good night and God Bless!
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Cornerstone
That song is resonating in me right now! It's by Hillsong and if you haven't heard it go listen right this moment! So do you like it? It's a great way to praise God and to start off your day! Well this morning I slept in a little and I had such vivid dreams! I actually felt like the dream was happening! Then I wake up, but they felt so real. One of the dreams I saw the skyline of this beautiful paradise and it felt like I was there! I woke up shortly after, but for that brief moment I felt such happiness and so at peace with everything. I can't adequately describe it, it was just the best feeling ever. So I watched First Baptist Texarkana on t.v. again this morning and the message was absolutely amazing! They are starting a new series called True Worship. It's going to be about growing in our relationship with God and becoming TRUE worshipers. Today's message was titled What is Worship? It was about defining worship and highlighting the essentials we all need to have knowledge of to truly and honestly worship. The passage we focused on was Psalm 95:1-8 It is an awesome part of scripture and you should def check it out! The pastor there talked about how quiet some people expect you to be in church. He says that it's all a lie because in the Psalm it talks about SHOUTING to the Lord and rejoicing in the fact that we get to worship Him and praise Him. See to me that is so true because I don't like to be quiet, not just in church, but in all aspects of my life. I am not a quiet person and if you tell me to be quiet I usually get louder. So when there are singing songs of praise to God I sing with my full voice, I SHOUT my amen's, and I love to get all jazzed up for the Lord. You know Pastor Jeff Schreve asked if we are all the way 100% jacked up for the Lord! He used the example of grandparents and their grand babies and how excited they get around them. He pointed out something in me that I intend to change. I don't get as excited about worshiping the Lord as I used to. I get so excited and jacked up about music and my health and life. I mean it's good to be excited about those, but I need to be more excited for the Lord! So I'm going to do the K-Love 30 day challenge! For 30 days I will listen nothing but K-love music. K-Love is a GREAT radio station and I def recommend it! So wish me luck, but I know this is gonna be a great 30 days! So back to what the message was about. The 3 essentials needed to know are 1. To worship God, you have to see who God is. The Lord is a GREAT God who can do anything. 2. To worship God, you have to see who God is to you. The Lord loves you and He is your Father that is proud to be our Dad and to be our God. 3. Lastly to worship God, you have to respond to him. You respond with reverence and awe and with ALL that is within you. Worship can be defined as our loving, adoring "all that is within me" response to the revelation of God and of all that he is and does. Now we can all get a little bit distracted, but when we go to worship the Lord we should those distraction and go fully in with Him. I really loved that sermon and worship service, now I know how to TRULY worship God. Ok so now here are my daily devotionals of scripture.
34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”[e] And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.[f]
35 The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. 37 They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” 38 A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
39 One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!”
40 But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die?41 We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
43 And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Isn't that just horrible what they did to Him?
6 Since Joseph was governor of all Egypt and in charge of selling grain to all the people, it was to him that his brothers came. When they arrived, they bowed before him with their faces to the ground.7 Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where are you from?” he demanded.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We have come to buy food.”
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn’t recognize him. 9 And he remembered the dreams he’d had about them many years before. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
10 “No, my lord!” they exclaimed. “Your servants have simply come to buy food. 11 We are all brothers—members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”
12 “Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
13 “Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a man living in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is back there with our father right now, and one of our brothers is no longer with us.”
14 But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies! 15 This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt unless your youngest brother comes here! 16 One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don’t have a younger brother, then I’ll know you are spies.”
17 So Joseph put them all in prison for three days. 18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man. If you do as I say, you will live. 19 If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families. 20 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth, and you will not die.” To this they agreed.
21 Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn’t listen. That’s why we’re in this trouble.”
22 “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn’t listen. And now we have to answer for his blood!”
23 Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter. 24 Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them again. Then he chose Simeon from among them and had him tied up right before their eyes.
25 Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instructions to return each brother’s payment at the top of his sack. He also gave them supplies for their journey home. 26 So the brothers loaded their donkeys with the grain and headed for home.
27 But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he found his money in the top of his sack. 28 “Look!” he exclaimed to his brothers. “My money has been returned; it’s here in my sack!” Then their hearts sank. Trembling, they said to each other, “What has God done to us?”
29 When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened to them. 30 “The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of being spies scouting the land. 31 But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies.32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at home with our father in the land of Canaan.’
33 “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home. 34 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give you back your brother, and you may trade freely in the land.’”
35 As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man’s sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money. 36 Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!”
37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. I’ll be responsible for him, and I promise to bring him back.”
38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.[b]”
Wow can you imagine not recognizing your own brother and having to go through something like that?
Lastly I would like to share:
That is a great Psalm, as they all are, but it's amazing because it gives you a little guideline to follow and some expectations we should all want.
So I hope that was helpful to you and I hope you have a great day and I will post more in a few hours! God bless!
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Luke 23:26-56
New Living Translation (NLT)
The Crucifixion
26 As they led Jesus away, a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene,[a] happened to be coming in from the countryside. The soldiers seized him and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women. 28 But Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’ 30 People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us.’[b] 31 For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?[c]”
32 Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him. 33 When they came to a place called The Skull,[d] they nailed him to the cross. And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left.34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”[e] And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.[f]
35 The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. 37 They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” 38 A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
39 One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!”
40 But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die?41 We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
43 And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
The Death of Jesus
44 By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. 45 The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle. 46 Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!”[g] And with those words he breathed his last.
47 When the Roman officer[h] overseeing the execution saw what had happened, he worshiped God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.[i]” 48 And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow.[j] 49 But Jesus’ friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.The Burial of Jesus
50 Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council, 51 but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come. 52 He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock. 54 This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation,[k] as the Sabbath was about to begin.
55 As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.Isn't that just horrible what they did to Him?
Genesis 42
New Living Translation (NLT)
Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
42 When Jacob heard that grain was available in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you standing around looking at one another? 2 I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwise we’ll die.”
3 So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain. 4 But Jacob wouldn’t let Joseph’s younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, for fear some harm might come to him. 5 So Jacob’s[a] sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.6 Since Joseph was governor of all Egypt and in charge of selling grain to all the people, it was to him that his brothers came. When they arrived, they bowed before him with their faces to the ground.7 Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where are you from?” he demanded.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We have come to buy food.”
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn’t recognize him. 9 And he remembered the dreams he’d had about them many years before. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
10 “No, my lord!” they exclaimed. “Your servants have simply come to buy food. 11 We are all brothers—members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”
12 “Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
13 “Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a man living in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is back there with our father right now, and one of our brothers is no longer with us.”
14 But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies! 15 This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt unless your youngest brother comes here! 16 One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don’t have a younger brother, then I’ll know you are spies.”
17 So Joseph put them all in prison for three days. 18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man. If you do as I say, you will live. 19 If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families. 20 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth, and you will not die.” To this they agreed.
21 Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn’t listen. That’s why we’re in this trouble.”
22 “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn’t listen. And now we have to answer for his blood!”
23 Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter. 24 Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them again. Then he chose Simeon from among them and had him tied up right before their eyes.
25 Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instructions to return each brother’s payment at the top of his sack. He also gave them supplies for their journey home. 26 So the brothers loaded their donkeys with the grain and headed for home.
27 But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he found his money in the top of his sack. 28 “Look!” he exclaimed to his brothers. “My money has been returned; it’s here in my sack!” Then their hearts sank. Trembling, they said to each other, “What has God done to us?”
29 When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened to them. 30 “The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of being spies scouting the land. 31 But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies.32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at home with our father in the land of Canaan.’
33 “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home. 34 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give you back your brother, and you may trade freely in the land.’”
35 As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man’s sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money. 36 Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!”
37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. I’ll be responsible for him, and I promise to bring him back.”
38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.[b]”
Wow can you imagine not recognizing your own brother and having to go through something like that?
Lastly I would like to share:
Psalm 33
New Living Translation (NLT)
Psalm 33
1 Let the godly sing for joy to the Lord;
it is fitting for the pure to praise him.
2 Praise the Lord with melodies on the lyre;
make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.
3 Sing a new song of praise to him;
play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.
4 For the word of the Lord holds true,
and we can trust everything he does.
5 He loves whatever is just and good;
the unfailing love of the Lord fills the earth.
it is fitting for the pure to praise him.
2 Praise the Lord with melodies on the lyre;
make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.
3 Sing a new song of praise to him;
play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.
4 For the word of the Lord holds true,
and we can trust everything he does.
5 He loves whatever is just and good;
the unfailing love of the Lord fills the earth.
6 The Lord merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
7 He assigned the sea its boundaries
and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
8 Let the whole world fear the Lord,
and let everyone stand in awe of him.
9 For when he spoke, the world began!
It appeared at his command.
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
7 He assigned the sea its boundaries
and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
8 Let the whole world fear the Lord,
and let everyone stand in awe of him.
9 For when he spoke, the world began!
It appeared at his command.
10 The Lord frustrates the plans of the nations
and thwarts all their schemes.
11 But the Lord’s plans stand firm forever;
his intentions can never be shaken.
and thwarts all their schemes.
11 But the Lord’s plans stand firm forever;
his intentions can never be shaken.
12 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.
13 The Lord looks down from heaven
and sees the whole human race.
14 From his throne he observes
all who live on the earth.
15 He made their hearts,
so he understands everything they do.
16 The best-equipped army cannot save a king,
nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
17 Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—
for all its strength, it cannot save you.
and sees the whole human race.
14 From his throne he observes
all who live on the earth.
15 He made their hearts,
so he understands everything they do.
16 The best-equipped army cannot save a king,
nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
17 Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—
for all its strength, it cannot save you.
18 But the Lord watches over those who fear him,
those who rely on his unfailing love.
19 He rescues them from death
and keeps them alive in times of famine.
those who rely on his unfailing love.
19 He rescues them from death
and keeps them alive in times of famine.
20 We put our hope in the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
22 Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord,
for our hope is in you alone.
He is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
22 Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord,
for our hope is in you alone.
So I hope that was helpful to you and I hope you have a great day and I will post more in a few hours! God bless!
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
hey guys!
So wassup?! Ok my day was amazing, how as yours? I have had a LOT of energy today and that is because I stuck to the water! I didn't buckle under and drink soda! However, I did eat something I probably shouldn't have! I ate a few fish sticks! I know that is was bad, but then I chased it with fruit! It's never good to chase cooked foods with fruit because it doesn't digest properly. Other than that I was good all day! I was actually raw! I was asleep until 10 something so I didn't eat breakfast, which is bad I know! I had a salad of just plain lettuce and half a tomato. It was very satisfying, granted it should have been a bigger salad, but I used what little food we have here. I drank water the rest of the day and when my mom got back she brought food home. I ate an orange. After awhile she cooked some fish sticks and fried some potatoes! I did NOT eat those potato wedges at all! So that's really good, and I know the process of fully committing to raw food and living a high carb raw vegan lifestyle is going to take a bit. I mean I don't have the money to bank-roll it right now, and my mom won't help because she doesn't believe in veganism. So I will have to put it off for now, but that doesn't mean I'm going to shove a bunch of crap into my body. I am going to try to eat as raw as possible or at least cooked vegan for awhile. Anyways today was great I felt less crappy, actually I've been feeling good all day! I got a lot done as well! I cleaned and cleaned and I put God's message out there! That was the most satisfying and freeing part of my day. I felt so good about myself after doing that! It felt amazing to see how many page views I have gotten too! 29 today! Can you believe that?! Before I used to get only 1 and now it's is so much more! I just hope a positive message is getting across! Well that is all I have for now I will see you next blog! God bless!
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Oh Glorious Day
good morning everybody! i am gonna share some scripture with you this morning! So the first part I will be sharing is in the Gospel of Luke 23:1-25. So open your Bibles, my version is the New Living Translation so if your is said differently, sorry.
Luke 23:1-25:
Jesus' Trial before Pilate
Then the entire council took Jesus over to Pilate, the Roman governor. They began at once to state their case: "this man has been leading our people to ruin by telling them no to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming he is the Messiah, a king." So Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of Jews?" Jesus replied, "Yes, it is as you say." Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, "I find nothing wrong with this man!" Then they became desperate. "But he is causing riots everywhere he goes, all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!" "Oh, is he a Galilean?" Pilate asked. When they answered that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod's jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time. Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long to see perform a miracle. He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer. Meanwhile, the leading priests and teachers or religious law stood there shouting their accusations. Now Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. They put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate. Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day. Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people, and he announced his verdict. "You brought this man to me, accusing him of leading a revolt. I have examined him thoroughly on this point in your presence and find him innocent. Herod came to same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty. So I will have him flogged, but then I will release him." Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, "Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!" (Barabbas was in prison for murder and for taking part in insurrection in Jerusalem against the government.) Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus. But they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" For the third time he demanded, " Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. I will therefore flog him and let him go." But the crowd shouted louder and louder for Jesus' death, and their voices prevailed. So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded. As they requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he delivered Jesus over to them to do as they wished.
Isn't that just horrible!? I know He had to go through that so we can all be alive today, but it is just awful. It goes to show that human nature really hasn't evolved that much. I mean we don't go around demanding to crucify people, but the violent nature is still around. Now the next part of scripture I am going to share with you is Genesis 41.
Genesis 41
Pharaoh's Dream
Two years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River. In his dream, seven fat, healthy-looking cows suddenly came up out of the river and began grazing along its bank.Then seven other cows came up from the river, but these were very ugly and gaunt. These cows went over and stood beside the fat cows.Then the thin, ugly cows ate the fat ones! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up. Soon he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain on one stalk, with every kernel well formed and plump. Then suddenly, seven more heads appeared on the stalk, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind. And these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream. The next morning, as he thought about it, Pharaoh became very concerned as to what the dreams might mean. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt and told them about his dreams, but not one of them could suggest what they meant. Then the king's cup-bearer spoke up. "Today I have been reminded of my failure," he said. "Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard. One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had a meaning. We told the dreams to a young Hebrew man who was a servant of the captain of the guard. He told us what each of our dreams meant, and everything happened just as he said it would. I was restored to my position as cup-bearer, and the chief baker was executed and impaled on a pole." Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was brought hastily from the dungeon. After a quick shave and change of clothes, he went in and stood in Pharaoh's presence. "I had a dream last night," Pharaoh told him, "and none of these men can tell me what it means. But I have heard that you can interpret dreams, and that is why I have called for you." "It is beyond my power to do this," Joseph replied. "But God will tell you what it means and will set you at ease." So Pharaoh told him the dream. "I was standing on the bank of the Nile River," he said. "Suddenly, seven fat, healthy-looking cows came up out of the river and began grazing along its bank. But then seven other cows came up from the river. They were very thin and gaunt -- in fact, I've never seen such ugly animals in all the land of Egypt. These thin, ugly cows ate up the seven fat ones that had come out of the river first, but afterward they were still as ugly and gaunt as before! Then I woke up. "A little later I had another dream. This time there were seven heads of grain on one stalk, and all seven heads were plump and full. Then out of the same stalk came seven withered heads, shriveled by the east wind. And the withered heads swallowed up the plump ones! I told these dreams to my magicians, but not one of them could tell me what they mean." "Both dreams mean the same thing," Joseph told Pharaoh. "God was telling you what he is about to do. The seven fat cows and the seven plump heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity. The seven thin, ugly cows and the seven withered heads of grain represent seven years of famine. This will happen just as I have described it, for God has shown you what he is about to do. The next seven years will be a period of great prosperity throughout the land of Egypt. But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the prosperity will be forgotten and wiped out. Famine will destroy the land. This famine will be so terrible that even the memory of the good years will be erased. As for having the dream twice, it means that the matter has been decreed by God and that he will make these events happen soon. "My suggestion is that you find the wisest man in Egypt and put him in charge of a nationwide program. Let Pharaoh appoint officials over the land, and let them collect one-fifth of all the crops during the seven good years. Have them gather all the food and grain of these good years into the royal storehouses, and store it away so there will be food in the cities. That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come. Otherwise disaster will surely strike the land, and all the people will die." Joseph's suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his advisers. As they discussed who should be appointed for the job, Pharaoh said, "Who could do it better than Joseph? For he is a man who is obviously filled with the spirit of God." Turning to Joseph, Pharaoh said, "Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, you are the wisest man in the land! I hereby appoint you to direct this project. You will manage my household and organize all my people. Only I will have a rank higher than yours." And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt." Then Pharaoh placed his own signet ring on Joseph's finger as a symbol of his authority. He dressed him in beautiful clothing and placed the royal gold chain about his neck. Pharaoh also gave Joseph the chariot of his second-in-command, and wherever he went the command was shouted, "Kneel down!" So Joseph was put in charge of all Egypt. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am the king, but no one will move a hand or a foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval." Pharaoh renamed him Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife -- a young woman named Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. So Joseph took charge of the entire land of Egypt. He was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And when Joseph left Pharaoh's presence, he made a tour of inspection throughout the land. And sure enough, for the next seven years there were bumper crops everywhere. During those years, Joseph took a portion of all the crops grown in Egypt and stored them for the government in nearby cities. After seven years, the granaries were filled to overflowing. There was so much grain, like sand on the seashore, that the people could not keep track of the amount. During this time, before the arrival of the first of the famine years, two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, "God has made me forget all my troubles and the family of my father." Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, "God has made me fruitful in this land of my suffering." At last the seven years of plenty came to an end. Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There were crop failures in all the surrounding countries, too, but in Egypt there was plenty of grain in the storehouses. Throughout the land of Egypt the people began to starve. They pleaded with Pharaoh for food, and he told them, "Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you." So with severe famine everywhere in the land, Joseph opened up the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. And people from surrounding lands also came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.
Wow! Could you imagine that now? I mean a famine now would devastate this entire world! The last part of scripture I want to share with you is in the Book of Psalms Chapter 32
Psalms 32
A pslam of David,
Oh, what joy for those
whose rebellion is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!
Yes what joy for those
whose record the Lord has cleared of sin,
whose lives are lived in complete
honesty!
When I refused to confess my sin,
I was weak and miserable,
and I groaned all day long.
Day and night your hand of discipline was
heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in
the summer heat.
Interlude
Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide them.
I said to myself, "I will confess my
rebellion to the Lord."
And you forgave me! All of my guilt is
gone.
Interlude
Therefore, let all the godly confess their
rebellion to you while there is time,
that they may not drown in the
floodwaters of judgment.
For you are my hiding place;
you protect me form trouble.
You surround me with songs of victory.
Interlude
The Lord says, "I will guide you along the
best pathway for your life.
I will advise you and watch over you.
Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and a briddle to keep it
under control."
Many sorrows come to the wicked,
but unfailing love surrounds those who
trust the Lord.
So rejoice in the Lord, and be glad, all you
who obey him!
Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are
pure!
Now isn't that amazing!? I mean it was relevant back then and it still is today! You know it's saying to confess your sins so that you will be saved, so you can spend eternity with God! Now sorry for the font issues if you see them, there was a technical difficulty. I highlighted unfailing love in the Psalm because all throughout The Bible I read about God's unfailing love! I think it is amazing and wonderful that His love never fails and never gives up on us!
I hope you liked this I think I'm going to a daily sharing of scripture from now on! I am off for now, I have a busy day ahead! I will post more later! Have a great day and an even greater tomorrow! Good bye and God Bless!
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~Ciao~
Luke 23:1-25:
Jesus' Trial before Pilate
Then the entire council took Jesus over to Pilate, the Roman governor. They began at once to state their case: "this man has been leading our people to ruin by telling them no to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming he is the Messiah, a king." So Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of Jews?" Jesus replied, "Yes, it is as you say." Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, "I find nothing wrong with this man!" Then they became desperate. "But he is causing riots everywhere he goes, all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!" "Oh, is he a Galilean?" Pilate asked. When they answered that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod's jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time. Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long to see perform a miracle. He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer. Meanwhile, the leading priests and teachers or religious law stood there shouting their accusations. Now Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. They put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate. Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day. Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people, and he announced his verdict. "You brought this man to me, accusing him of leading a revolt. I have examined him thoroughly on this point in your presence and find him innocent. Herod came to same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty. So I will have him flogged, but then I will release him." Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, "Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!" (Barabbas was in prison for murder and for taking part in insurrection in Jerusalem against the government.) Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus. But they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" For the third time he demanded, " Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. I will therefore flog him and let him go." But the crowd shouted louder and louder for Jesus' death, and their voices prevailed. So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded. As they requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he delivered Jesus over to them to do as they wished.
Isn't that just horrible!? I know He had to go through that so we can all be alive today, but it is just awful. It goes to show that human nature really hasn't evolved that much. I mean we don't go around demanding to crucify people, but the violent nature is still around. Now the next part of scripture I am going to share with you is Genesis 41.
Genesis 41
Pharaoh's Dream
Two years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River. In his dream, seven fat, healthy-looking cows suddenly came up out of the river and began grazing along its bank.Then seven other cows came up from the river, but these were very ugly and gaunt. These cows went over and stood beside the fat cows.Then the thin, ugly cows ate the fat ones! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up. Soon he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain on one stalk, with every kernel well formed and plump. Then suddenly, seven more heads appeared on the stalk, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind. And these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream. The next morning, as he thought about it, Pharaoh became very concerned as to what the dreams might mean. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt and told them about his dreams, but not one of them could suggest what they meant. Then the king's cup-bearer spoke up. "Today I have been reminded of my failure," he said. "Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard. One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had a meaning. We told the dreams to a young Hebrew man who was a servant of the captain of the guard. He told us what each of our dreams meant, and everything happened just as he said it would. I was restored to my position as cup-bearer, and the chief baker was executed and impaled on a pole." Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was brought hastily from the dungeon. After a quick shave and change of clothes, he went in and stood in Pharaoh's presence. "I had a dream last night," Pharaoh told him, "and none of these men can tell me what it means. But I have heard that you can interpret dreams, and that is why I have called for you." "It is beyond my power to do this," Joseph replied. "But God will tell you what it means and will set you at ease." So Pharaoh told him the dream. "I was standing on the bank of the Nile River," he said. "Suddenly, seven fat, healthy-looking cows came up out of the river and began grazing along its bank. But then seven other cows came up from the river. They were very thin and gaunt -- in fact, I've never seen such ugly animals in all the land of Egypt. These thin, ugly cows ate up the seven fat ones that had come out of the river first, but afterward they were still as ugly and gaunt as before! Then I woke up. "A little later I had another dream. This time there were seven heads of grain on one stalk, and all seven heads were plump and full. Then out of the same stalk came seven withered heads, shriveled by the east wind. And the withered heads swallowed up the plump ones! I told these dreams to my magicians, but not one of them could tell me what they mean." "Both dreams mean the same thing," Joseph told Pharaoh. "God was telling you what he is about to do. The seven fat cows and the seven plump heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity. The seven thin, ugly cows and the seven withered heads of grain represent seven years of famine. This will happen just as I have described it, for God has shown you what he is about to do. The next seven years will be a period of great prosperity throughout the land of Egypt. But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the prosperity will be forgotten and wiped out. Famine will destroy the land. This famine will be so terrible that even the memory of the good years will be erased. As for having the dream twice, it means that the matter has been decreed by God and that he will make these events happen soon. "My suggestion is that you find the wisest man in Egypt and put him in charge of a nationwide program. Let Pharaoh appoint officials over the land, and let them collect one-fifth of all the crops during the seven good years. Have them gather all the food and grain of these good years into the royal storehouses, and store it away so there will be food in the cities. That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come. Otherwise disaster will surely strike the land, and all the people will die." Joseph's suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his advisers. As they discussed who should be appointed for the job, Pharaoh said, "Who could do it better than Joseph? For he is a man who is obviously filled with the spirit of God." Turning to Joseph, Pharaoh said, "Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, you are the wisest man in the land! I hereby appoint you to direct this project. You will manage my household and organize all my people. Only I will have a rank higher than yours." And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt." Then Pharaoh placed his own signet ring on Joseph's finger as a symbol of his authority. He dressed him in beautiful clothing and placed the royal gold chain about his neck. Pharaoh also gave Joseph the chariot of his second-in-command, and wherever he went the command was shouted, "Kneel down!" So Joseph was put in charge of all Egypt. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am the king, but no one will move a hand or a foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval." Pharaoh renamed him Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife -- a young woman named Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. So Joseph took charge of the entire land of Egypt. He was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And when Joseph left Pharaoh's presence, he made a tour of inspection throughout the land. And sure enough, for the next seven years there were bumper crops everywhere. During those years, Joseph took a portion of all the crops grown in Egypt and stored them for the government in nearby cities. After seven years, the granaries were filled to overflowing. There was so much grain, like sand on the seashore, that the people could not keep track of the amount. During this time, before the arrival of the first of the famine years, two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, "God has made me forget all my troubles and the family of my father." Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, "God has made me fruitful in this land of my suffering." At last the seven years of plenty came to an end. Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There were crop failures in all the surrounding countries, too, but in Egypt there was plenty of grain in the storehouses. Throughout the land of Egypt the people began to starve. They pleaded with Pharaoh for food, and he told them, "Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you." So with severe famine everywhere in the land, Joseph opened up the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. And people from surrounding lands also came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.
Wow! Could you imagine that now? I mean a famine now would devastate this entire world! The last part of scripture I want to share with you is in the Book of Psalms Chapter 32
Psalms 32
A pslam of David,
Oh, what joy for those
whose rebellion is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!
Yes what joy for those
whose record the Lord has cleared of sin,
whose lives are lived in complete
honesty!
When I refused to confess my sin,
I was weak and miserable,
and I groaned all day long.
Day and night your hand of discipline was
heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in
the summer heat.
Interlude
Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide them.
I said to myself, "I will confess my
rebellion to the Lord."
And you forgave me! All of my guilt is
gone.
Interlude
Therefore, let all the godly confess their
rebellion to you while there is time,
that they may not drown in the
floodwaters of judgment.
For you are my hiding place;
you protect me form trouble.
You surround me with songs of victory.
Interlude
The Lord says, "I will guide you along the
best pathway for your life.
I will advise you and watch over you.
Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and a briddle to keep it
under control."
Many sorrows come to the wicked,
but unfailing love surrounds those who
trust the Lord.
So rejoice in the Lord, and be glad, all you
who obey him!
Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are
pure!
Now isn't that amazing!? I mean it was relevant back then and it still is today! You know it's saying to confess your sins so that you will be saved, so you can spend eternity with God! Now sorry for the font issues if you see them, there was a technical difficulty. I highlighted unfailing love in the Psalm because all throughout The Bible I read about God's unfailing love! I think it is amazing and wonderful that His love never fails and never gives up on us!
I hope you liked this I think I'm going to a daily sharing of scripture from now on! I am off for now, I have a busy day ahead! I will post more later! Have a great day and an even greater tomorrow! Good bye and God Bless!
<3
~Ciao~
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