Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... September, 2008

September 1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[MEG33]

Good Sunday Morning to you!

[The Mayor]

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September 21, 2008

Rightly Dividing The Word

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READ: 2 Timothy 2:14-19

Be diligent . . . rightly dividing the Word of truth. —2 Timothy 2:15

In 1879, James Murray was hired as the editor of The Oxford English Dictionary. He had little advanced education, but he was a gifted linguist. Murray enlisted a large number of volunteers around the world to read widely and send him usages of assigned words. At Oxford, he and a small staff of scholars cataloged and edited the definitions they received.

During his lifetime, Murray was knighted and awarded an honorary doctorate from Oxford. Today, the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is still recognized as one of the most accurate and comprehensive dictionaries in the world.

Murray’s legacy of precision and accuracy with words reminds me of what the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, a young pastor of the Ephesian church: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). The phrase “rightly dividing” is a metaphor derived from the stonemason’s craft of cutting stones straight to fit into their proper place in a building.

Precision with words is essential to an accurate interpretation of God’s Word. Let’s be people who care deeply about what the Bible says and what it means.

Correctly handling the Word of truth
Takes diligence and care;
So make the time to study it
And then that truth declare. —Hess

Rightly dividing the Word multiplies our understanding.

Bible in One Year: Psalms 111–113

[MEG33]

Rus, For Our Daily Bread...Amen

[Lady Jag]

[Kitty Mittens]

Breathtaking Post, Meg! Blessings to All on this Beautiful Lord's Day.

[MEG33]

Thank you, Kitty and
Thank you for the beautiful butterfly post and message.

[MEG33]

ROFLOL!

[MEG33]

Silky and Sassy

Silky is hanging in there with the herd of cats..The now grown Sassy caused the first crash jumping on top of bookcases in the guest room..Nothing broken so far..LOL..I wonder if she will"adopt" the smallest kitten as she did the 5 orphans when we were at my daughters.

[Lady Jag]

' Gratitude '

Thank you is not only said and done It 's a bloom of a flower big as sunflower smile coming deep from the heart and soul Ency Bearis

[Lady Jag]

' Gratitude '

Thank you is not only said and done It 's a bloom of a flower big as sunflower smile coming deep from the heart and soul Ency Bearis

[Lady Jag]

Well, it was worth posting twice even though I didn’t mean to.

[Majie Purple]

Thanks Ladies!! for Your pings last night... Quite lovely!!

[MEG33]

Thank you, Lady J...Beautiful

[MEG33]

;o)

[Majie Purple]

[Majie Purple]

Oh sooooooo beautiful, all of Your post is!!!!
The word and words;the butterfly;the frame.

[MEG33]

Thank You, Majie.
Hope your day is lovely, too.

[Majie Purple]

Very sweet,that!
T Y, Meg...Blessings to You too.

[MEG33]

;o)

[yorkie]

FRIENDSHIP

"Oh, the comfort,
the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,
having neither to weigh thought nor measure words,
but pouring them all right out,
just as they are,
chaff and grain together,
certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them,
keeping what is worth keeping,
and with a breath of kindness,
blow the rest away."