Ezekiel

God strengthens us.  Ezekiel lived during the time of the Babylonian captivity.  His book starts out with him among the captives on the banks of the river Chebar.  He marks the time with a reference to Jehoiachin who was only king for three months and I guess may have only been a baby or a child.  But it makes me wonder why the reference is there.  Pastor Murray explains what he thinks about it.  Then God tells Ezekiel to cut off all of his hair and his beard and weigh it out in three equal parts.  I think some of it he burns, and some of it he scatters around on the ground.  Ezekiel talks about the coming of Jesus and talks about how even Noah, Job, and Daniel could not save themselves without Jesus.  I think it is Ezekiel who prophesies to the dry bones.  The leg bone's connected to the thigh bone.  The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone.

I'm glad for folks like Dave Ramsey who teach good solid financial advice.  With better financial decisions I could be doing very good by this time.  But I thank God that I am doing as good as I am.  I have to believe that this is where God wants me at this time.  I need to work on my giving.  I think I'll give a little more to Life Tabernacle.  It would be hard to go to church all the time and make my life completely revolve around the church.  But it would probably be a good thing.  I think if freedom was lost in America I would do it but as long as the church is there it seems that we will have freedom in America.

Election is coming up on Tuesday.  We'll see how it goes.