tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post115724542806037474..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Things Look GoodKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-1157390301986964652006-09-04T10:18:00.000-07:002006-09-04T10:18:00.000-07:00Joel, very funny.ILA, mushy, melancholy, and misty...Joel, very funny.<BR/><BR/>ILA, mushy, melancholy, and misty. Good points.<BR/><BR/>Don, I'll look up that word and see where it brings me. Amazing memory of one of your professors. You mean you learned something in school?Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-1157356799169252412006-09-04T00:59:00.000-07:002006-09-04T00:59:00.000-07:00Kent, you should do a study of the Hebrew word 'se...Kent, you should do a study of the Hebrew word 'segolah'. It is used in Mal 3.16 for one, translated 'jewels'. I heard one of my professors talking about the word, it means a valued possession. He used the illustration of some of his daughter's art work that he keeps, done when she was five. It is of no value to anyone else, but 'segolah' to him. That's the word picture in Mal 3.16 where God speaks of his 'jewels', those who fear him.<BR/><BR/>It's a word that makes for good preaching, and fits with all the stuff we find 'precious'. As Joel said above, I am valuable to God, not by anything intrinsic, but by God's estimation. Will anyone bring a charge against God's elect? Not hardly, eh?<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Don Johnson<BR/>Jer 33.3Don Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332212749734904541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-1157330375206702102006-09-03T17:39:00.000-07:002006-09-03T17:39:00.000-07:00Keeping your "stuff" is most likely akin to being ...Keeping your "stuff" is most likely akin to being within your own comfort zone. I love my stuff around me regardless if it is good or not; pretty or ugly; useful or useless. It's my stuff which makes it very personal. Every time I decide to "downsize" by getting rid of that stuff, I seem to become soft, mushy and melancholy, not in a bad way but thinking of those people whose lives are represented by "MY STUFF". I sometimes hold a book in my hand and think of the time and person that was kind enough to give it to me. Nope, never did get around to reading it, but that's not the important thing. <BR/>I have a small box of totally "unrecognizable" stuff from I can't remember where. I would get rid of it, but what if I need it before I leave here? You just never know about that stuff...but then again it does'nt really take up much space. I'll just let sleeping dogs lie.<BR/><BR/>ILAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com