Well, these are our friends from Baltimore, Maryland. Yes that is Jeanne, Don and Meg. They drove in form Orlando and are going to stay with us for a little while. Don loves to go Mexican Restaurants and enjoys talking with the staff. Most of the time they speak Spanish. Which Don has always had a fancy for learning more and just talking with them. Okay, enough about that.
Now I have a short story about Don, I have known him since I was 7 years old. he came to my birthday party, and I guess we became friends then. When Meg and Don got married, I was there. So ever since then, we try to keep in touch and text back and forth. So, as Don was telling me, that his son (Bob and his family were going to Orlando (Walt Disney) Meg and him would be here too. So, Don and Meg drove to Orlando, Lat week and spent about five days with his son and family. Don was asking if meg and him could stay with us a while? Sure can. So, they have been staying with us since the 19th to today, 24th. Hey, we have been taking them here and there and just enjoying our time with them.
Getting back to the dinner, you can see what we ordered.
Hey, I just enjoy having Naco's and the fixings. But Jeanne ordered something else. So, I got the Taco Salad. It was so nice to get talking about all that each of us have been doing and how the families are doing and just hanging out.
Today I just finished up the Book of 2 Samuel. (New Living Translation) These last chapters are about King David and his final days on this earth. Chapter 24 id talking about how King David asked his commander of his army to go around and take a CENSUS. Now you got to understand God didn't tell anyone to take a census. This means David sinned. So now God gives him some consequences for the sin King David did. First conscience begins to bother him. And he said tout o the Lord, I have sinner greatly and shouldn't have taken the census. Please forgive me Lord, for doing this foolish thing. The next morning the word of the Lord came to the profit Gad, who was David's seer. This is the message: Go and say to David, this what the Lord says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will do ir. So gad came to David and asked him, Will you choose three years of Famine throughout the land, three months of Fleeing form your enemies, or three days of severe plague throughout your land? Think this over and let me know what answer to give the Lord. This is a desperate situation! David replied to Gad. But let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great. Do not let me fall into human hands. So the Lord sent a plague upon Isreal that morning, and it lasted for three days, seventy thousand people died throughout the nation, But as the death angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented and said to the angel, Stop! That is enough! When David saw the angel, he said to Lord I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are innocent-what have they done? Let your anger fall against me and my family. That same day Gad came to David and said to him, Go and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Aranunah the Jebusite. So, David went to do what the Lord had commanded him. Down a way (24 But the king replied to Araunah I insist on buying it for I can cost me nothing, So David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the threshing floor and oxen. David built an altar there to the Lord and offered bunt offerings and peace offerings. And the Lord answered his prayer, and the plague stopped.
So, folks have you sinner against the Lord? I can tell you this, I really understand how King David, just did his own thing (Census). Hiow many times do we do our own thing?
My prayers are that I try to keep in God's will.
I know we have grace, but it still is sin.
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