June 2008
Monthly Archive
…and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemie
Posted by mistic on 11 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: God, funny, myspace
I was reading Genesis this morning and I came across this verse:
Gensis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And that last bit struck my interest because a) the idea of stealing someones front door and walking off with it amuses me, and b) I seemed to remember Sampson actually doing it. (Talk about a piratical joke. And people think God’s no fun…)
Judges 16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
So it turns out that he had a good reason. It was a preemptive strike, but they were going to kill him so hitting second wasn’t such a good option. I just wonder how he kept himself from snickering (or waking anyone up while he was ripping the gates out of the ground for that matter.)
What he actually stole was the gate from the wall around the city, and the posts that hold them in place. This is a bit more important than anyone’s front door, because it was what kept attacking armies outside. (And if you read how much Samson kicked these guys asses, you’ll realize that they needed any protection they could get.)
And in case you’re wondering, Samson is in Abraham’s blood line. He was of the tribe of the Danites. The 12 tribes of Israel were from the sons of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham.
Also, if you havn’t seen it yet, The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses over on cracked.com is very amusing. (And just a bit dirty)
It’s like pangea all over again
Posted by mistic on 06 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: myspace
You guys probably know that I tend to “wear my heart on my sleeve.” I’m willing to share my thoughts and feelings with prettymuch anyone. About the only time I hold something back is when I think it might hurt someone.
Well, I’ve had this thought in my head for some time that I needed to break up with Nikki. She’s a sweet girl, I really like her. But I don’t want to marry her. We don’t have quite the same goals in life.
I was mostly worried that it’d be rough on her. I couldn’t see any gentle way to do it. But I didn’t talk to anyone else, because I wanted Nikki to be the first to know. I only talked to God. I asked him to help me out, and to take care of her. I was really dreading it. But I was hiding my feelings.
I am a little bit sorry about telling a number of you that we were doing alright when that wasn’t my true opinion, but I think you can understand. I might do it different in the future, but I decided that this was how I wanted to handle it this time. And maybe, just maybe, I won’t be in this situation again.
It was a bit amusing how the breakup happened. Earlier this week I made up my mind that I needed to do it. But I wanted to do it in person. She has been busy all week and I’m going to be out of town all weekend. So I wasn’t really sure when I’d get to see her next.
Then yesterday I got a text message that she wanted to break up with me. She thought I was going to hate her. My first thought:
That was easy.
I called her up and we talked a little bit and I’ve still got a great friend.
I’m pretty sure that this was the first time I’ve ever gotten dumped as an answer to prayer.. Hopefully it won’t happen again.
God’s pharmacy
Posted by mistic on 04 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: God, myspace
Daniella sent this to me in an email and I thought it was pretty awesome:
It’s been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish… all before making a human. He made and provided what we’d need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We’re such slow learners…
God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!
God’s Pharmacy! Amazing!
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye.. and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocados, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? it takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like the body’s cells. Today’s research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.