We got sick Thursday, the last dig day. It is Saturday noon here, Sabbath is almost over. I think I am feeling good enough to start my second week tomorrow. I am not sure about Barbara. She figured before we started she would lay out some days.
We have moved to a new room. This one opens to the outside. Restrooms and showers and down the outside passage. But we do have our own TV and refrigerator. The refrigerator is full of food.
I was reading in Nehemiah 8 where Nehemiah and some elders open the book of Moses, specifically the rules. They explain them from morning until noon.
When we hear God's word we are to rejoice (Nehemiah 8:9-12). So after the telling and the understanding they have a party. They rejoice together.
But not before worship and conviction. Nehemiah reads the scripture to the people. They were convicted of their sin. They were crying. Nehemiah told them repentance should be followed by rejoicing.
At this point (and at other times as well) the entire nation, men and women, all who were of the age of understanding are said to understand God's word and desire to practice it completely. Unfortunately times like these do not last for the Israelites. They do not last for us either.
God please help us to follow you will completely and with joy in our hearts.
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