Lev. 12

Lev. 12:⁶ “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.^c]">[c] ⁷ The priest will then present them to the Lord to purify her.^d]">[d] Then she will be ceremonially clean again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are the instructions for a woman after the birth of a son or a daughter.


Got this image in my head of this woman trying to get to her purification ritual.... baby in arms, tugging on a stubborn lamb, carrying a cage with a pigeon or turtledove and no husband in sight.

fireproof

Lev. 6:¹³ Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.

Lev. 7:¹⁵ The meat of the peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the same day it is offered. None of it may be saved for the next morning.

(our offering of thanksgiving must be fresh every morning and our love must be kept burning on the altar of our hearts at all times)

fireproof

Lev. 6:¹³ Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.

funeral

epitaphs are interesting to me. this is one on a grave stone in a small older graveyard in Calhoun, LA that i found doing a grave rubbing for a Sr. year in H.S. project. it is one that will forever be etched into my memory. i don't know the person or even remember when he or she died. the first word of the last line is the most important.. PREPARE.

Remember friend as you walk by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now you will surely be
Prepare thyself to follow me.

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dirty walk

holding my friends hand and walking down the road. so happy to have you walking with me. trees surround us and the pathway is dirty. my ear tunes to the sound of a pick up truck coming in behind us or may be just me. had this feeling someone was watching our every move. He has found us. my heart stops one beat. got the aroma of fresh brewed coffee in my nostrils. i awake from this dream walk.


Matt. 26: 58 Meanwhile, Peter followed him at a distance and came to the high priest’s courtyard. He went in and sat with the guards and waited to see how it would all end.

got this feeling Peter knew too. he knew that though he followed at a distance that HE saw him and was watching his every move. his pathway was dirty. he could have changed the story ending. yet, he chose to do nothing.

wait

Ps. 27: 14 Wait patiently for the Lord.
Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.

sometimes i think i would rather have a "no" from God than a "wait". but more often it seems that is HIS response to me. it is hard in the waiting, but we are stretched and it seems that God can use us more in the aftermath of our want, desire or need. WAIT. just wait and see. it will turn out for HIS good in HIS time. just wait.

losing

a piece of me exploded and you don't know how i feel. doing this one more day yet hating it all the less. got my list of things to do, get out of my way super girl has her torn cape and faded suit again. so many things out of order and disarray. just want to stop or run away. got a quarter in my pocket would you hear me if i told you. can't seem to do it. can't seem to be the person that i wish i was. got my disappointments and i don't know how to undo this spider web that has me trapped. got a heavy heart and no one knows. i hate it and i am not suppose to say it.