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To: ConorMacNessa

**CORINNA’S GOING A-MAYING.**

Cool! Thanks Conor! I wrote my last month’s article on May Day. Most people don’t realize May day was originally a pagan celebration, basically a reason/excuse to cut loose and celebrate “fertility” without being penalized.

Green gown was a euphemism for the grass stains the girls would get from trysting in the woods and fields. I didn’t get all those references, but I got most of them, and some you can figure out.

Neat poem!


282 posted on 06/04/2008 4:20:39 AM PDT by gardengirl
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June 4, 2008
Don’t Go Down There
This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. —2 John 1:6

In his book Lessons Learned Early, Jerry Jenkins tells a story about his freshman year in college. It was 1968, a year of tremendous political and social upheaval in the US.

Riots had broken out in many major cities. From the rooftop of his dorm in Chicago, Jerry heard sirens and saw fires burning. Students had been told to stay on campus, but Jerry wanted to see what was happening.

As he ran toward a store that was blazing a few blocks away, a police car pulled up beside him. “Don’t go down there,” the officer warned.

Jerry waited till the car pulled away and then kept walking. The officer returned. This time he made it more clear as he repeated, “Don’t go down there”—and leveled a shotgun out the window.

Our rebellious or willful streaks often lead to unhappy outcomes. In anger, Moses struck the rock to get water rather than just speak to it as God had commanded. He forfeited the privilege of entering the Promised Land with his people (Num. 20:7-12). Jonah disobeyed an order to go to Nineveh and was given 3 days to think about his choice—inside a big fish (Jonah 1).

What does it take for us to obey Him? Will we obey simply because we love Him? (John 14:15,21).

Nothing between, like worldly pleasure:
Habits of life, though harmless they seem,
Must not my heart from Him ever sever—
He is my all! There’s nothing between. —Tindley
© 1968 by Singspiration, Inc.

Obedience is another word for love and loyalty.


Bible in One Year: 2 Kings 13–15; Proverbs 22:17-29


283 posted on 06/04/2008 5:26:10 AM PDT by The Mayor ( In GodÂ’s works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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