Every Wednesday Night we have a Bible Study at a local Rest Home. Pastor Randolph does an excellent job!!! Some of the Hymns he finds I have never heard or have not heard since I was a kid (many years ago).
We studied Daniel Chapter 3. I've heard this story a thousand times since I was a kid; Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. If you're not familiar with the story I'll give a quick summary. The nation of Israel was captured by the Babylonians and made slaves. Four young Israelites stood out and were given jobs in the government, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
Daniel gets thrown into the Lion's Den... but that's another story, getting back to Chapter 3. The King makes this big statue and then makes a law that everyone must bow down to the image. The three amigos (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) refuse because they can't worship anything or one except for the true God. The King is furious and has them thrown into a fiery furnace. Before they are thrown in the king is so made turns up the heat so hot the soldiers throwing them in burn to death.
After a while the King looks in and sees 4 men and their clothes and hair are not even singed. The fourth man was Jesus. The thing that stood out to me this time was that if we trust in God and walk with Jesus the only things that will burn up are the things the enemy uses to bind us with. Just like the only thing that was burnt in the furnace was the ropes the King had their hands and feet bound with, their hair was not singed and their clothes didn't even smell like smoke!!!
After the Bible Study Ginger and I went to the 66 Bridge in Rockwall for our Walk/Run workout. It was tough we fought the bugs, flying debris from cars but the temperature was nice. Here are our numbers;
Distance..................2.02 miles
Ave Speed..............3.65 mph
Max Speed..............12.23 mph
Ave Pace..................16:26
Total Time.................33:13
Calories.....................273
I hope this means God will burn off the fat that binds me.
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