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:-D :-D :-D :-D Cynthia you are a tonic.

Amen to that prayer x

Good morning :-)

Keep smiling Emma :-D


Some people are kind, polite and sweet-spirited --- until you try to get into their pew.

The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close.

Most of us spend the first six days of the week sowing wild oats, then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.

Do you know the three times that most people are in church? When they are hatched, matched and dispatched.

Quit griping about your church; if it were perfect, you couldn't belong.



Cx :-)

@ Cynthia :-D :-D :-D. A smile to start the day - great.

Thank you Kandj for your concern. OH and my brother are both making good progress, even though it seems slow to them. I am ever thankful for the medical professionals who have looked after them

Good morning :-)


A smile helps :-D Good to hear that all is going well with your family Vera... <3


Keep smiling.....

A big, burly man visited the pastor's home and asked to see the minister's wife, a woman well known for her charitable impulses.
"Madam," he said in a broken voice, "I wish to draw your attention to the terrible plight of a poor family in this district. The father is dead, the mother is too ill to work, and the nine children are starving. They are about to be turned into the cold, empty streets unless someone pays their rent, which amounts to £400."
"How terrible!" exclaimed the preacher's wife. "May I ask who you are?"
The sympathetic visitor applied his handkerchief to his eyes. "I'm the landlord," he sobbed.


Cx :-)

The Roman Jew named Paul, formerly Saul, who wrote so much of the

New Testement. He was beheaded in Rome because they couldn't

crucify a Roman. Is anything known of his back ground ?

Was he an educated freed slave ?

Hello all

Cynthia having a smile is a good tonic for us all. Thanks for your postings.

David, your question is interesting, but much too deep for me to think of...... over to Cynthia for her thoughts then.

Vera, so pleased that all is progressing well with your OH and brother. We have so much to thank the NHS for. I dread to think how we would all manage without it.

A bright dry sunny day here.Sending Happy Wednesday Blessings to all who pop in.

Hallo David.
Another interesting question. Where did you hear that St Paul could be a freed slave? That had never occurred to me so I googled and didn’t find it mentioned anywhere. There is a fair bit online about his early life and education, as far as it can be ascertained. I googled “St Paul formerly Saul” but anything along those lines will at least bring up the Wikipedia entry and probably other sites too.

Afternoon all :-)

Cynthia thank you once again for your postings.

Vera I am pleased to hear that your OH and brother are improving.

I also have nothing but praise for our NHS staff.

I read, often, that the early population of Rome were captives
ie slaves who were educated. So he was a Jew with an education and
Roman friends. He persuded the new "Christians" with the intention of punishing
them, but was himself converted.

St Paul, also known as Saul, ethnically was Jewish, coming from a devout Jewish family. He was also born a Roman Citizen in Tarsus, Cilicia, South Turkey. He grew up in Jerusalem and was brought up by Gamaliel, a leading authority in the Jewish religious establishment (Sanhedrin).

Martydom of Stephen witnessed by Paul

Accused of blasphemy at his trial, he made a long speech denouncing the Jewish authorities who were sitting in judgment on him and was then stoned to death. His martyrdom was witnessed by Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee who would later become a follower of Jesus and known as Paul the Apostle.

Good morning :-)

Ok. St. Paul - the tentmaker. I would suggest you look at the following site for information on this important man...…..

www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/history/paul_1.shtml

It gives a fair overall view of his life. Other sites are available ;-)



Keep smiling - a touch of tongue in cheek...

GREENFIELD, MA—Citing the ornate icons adorning the walls and the strange chanting in an unfamiliar language, sources in attendance on Friday at the wedding of Dan and Briana Wilcox confirmed the ceremony had some sort of bizarre religious theme. “Knowing the couple, I’m not surprised they wanted to do something a little bit different, but having their officiant dress up in those elaborate robes and drink from a golden chalice seemed a bit over the top,” said guest Mary Henderson, who described the venue’s stained-glass windows and chandeliers as “too gaudy” for her taste and, upon observing the high-vaulted ceilings, speculated that perhaps the building was a renovation of an old barn. “They even made members of their family participate in the theme, having them go up front and read a bunch of weird God stuff. They roped their guests into it, too, asking us to sing for them from these big books full of religious songs. Can you imagine?” Numerous attendees stated that while they respected the bride and groom’s choices, they nonetheless wished the couple had opted for a more traditional ceremony and just had a Star Wars wedding the way normal people do."


Cx :-)

Thank you Cynthia and others :-D <3 <3
I was pleasantly surprised to find there are many referances to Paul.
He was only 29 when he was beheaded at Rome.

It's a wonder the Catholic Church doesn't rank him with Peter.

He was much older than 29 when he died. He died in the reign of Nero so between 54 - 68 AD and I believe he was born around 1 AD.

He may have been related to King Herod, was a small, crooked legged man with a bald head. There are several descriptions of him as a very small man about 3 cubits (4 ft 6 ins roughly) with crooked legs and a shiny head.

Jokes and history lessons :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-DEmma <3

Good morning :-)


Yes, Paul was over 60 when he died. I remember a tv programme from many years ago (now showing my age), when the late Patrick Troughton played the part of Paul. I always see his face when Paul is mentioned. Paul doesn't sound as though he was high in the handsome stakes :-D


Keep smiling

Man: What is a million years like to you?
God: Like one second.
Man: What is a million dollars like to you?
God: Like one penny.
Man: Can I have a penny?
God: Just a second.


Q: Who was the smallest man in the Bible?
A: King David because he was only 12 inches/30cms tall as he was a ruler.


Cx :-)

Good morning, I think there was also a Shuhite (sp)

Shuhite
(decendant of Shuah). This ethnic appellative "Shuhite" is frequent in the book of Job, but only as the apithet of one person, Bildad The local indications of this book point to a region on the western side of Chaldea, bordering on Arabia; and exactly in this locality, above Hit and on both sides of the Euphrates, are found, in the Assyrian inscriptions, the Tsahi , a powerful people. It is probable that these were the Shuhites.

"Bildad
A descendant of Abraham by Keturah, Genesis 25:1,2. Shuah and his brethren were located in Arabia Petraea; and thus Bildad the Shuhite was a neighbor and friend of Job, and came to condole with him in his affliction, Job 2:11; 8:1-22; 18:1-21; 25:1-6. His chief topics are the suddenness, swiftness, and terribleness of God's wrath upon hypocrites and oppressors."

Genealogy note, re Job, you often see the names of his daughters when researching: Jemimah (which means "dove"), Keziah ("cinnamon"), and Keren-happuch ( I'd often wondered where that name came from!).

But also you find transcriptions which give the name Job, but often they are mistranscriptions of Jos short for Joseph ( where the writing on image used the old fashioned S which looks like a B).

Have a good day all :-)