Thanks. I’m a tough old bird. I will probably make it through a few more years. Haven’t been a big smoker, drinker, or drugger. If I get my threescore and ten, and I can get to feeling better, most of what’s left should be pretty good.
Re-learning guitar. Got a book or two to write.
parsy, the optimistic
Thanks. I’m a tough old bird. I will probably make it through a few more years. Haven’t been a big smoker, drinker, or drugger. If I get my threescore and ten, and I can get to feeling better, most of what’s left should be pretty good.
Re-learning guitar. Got a book or two to write.
parsy, the optimistic
There’s more to that Hezekiah tale. The rest of the story:
During his bonus 15 years, Hezekiah fathered a son named Manasseh, who became a boy king when Hez’s time was up. Manasseh became the worst king in the history of Judah. Despite his descendants’ best efforts to clean up Manasseh’s idolatry and corruption, Jehovah lowered the boom and let the Babylonians take Jerusalem and the Jews into captivity.
“Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn away from the heat of his fierce anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke him to anger. So the Lord said, ‘I will remove Judah also from my presence as I removed Israel, and I will reject Jerusalem the city I chose, and this temple about which I said, There shall my Name be. . .’ “ II Kings 23: 26-27
Moral of the story: Be careful what you ask for, and if your prayer is granted, you dang sure better use the gift wisely.
Sorry about the off-topic post, but it’s an important point to ponder.