A different happening

 Yesterday my doorbell rang while I was cleaning and when I looked out the upstairs window I thought it was my next door neighbour but could not really see him well and could have checked before I opened the door. However, it turned out the person (male) at the door was going door to door he said to meet people as he had just moved to the street opposite mine from Victoria BC. I did say that people would be rather surprised to have him come to the door and he went on his merry way. 

Still reading the Bible and Joseph is now in Egypt and Lord over the distribution of meal that he has stored up because he predicted a famine which did happen after seven years of plenty. Genesis continues to be the story of the family that lived in what is now Israel and continues to this day with descendants of Abraham living in the land from those times and the return of some of the Jewish people from Europe where they had scattered over the years. They returned because of the Holocaust. When I reach Ezekiel 36:24 we do have the verse: For I will take you out of the nations, I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. But there are more verses Isaiah 11:12, Jeremiah 30:3, and Amos 9:15 that talk about assembling the scattered back to Israel and Judah. Then Isaiah 11:11 the prophecy that points to the modern State of Israel. These ancient writings have been handed down from many many years ago long before six million Jews were put to death in just a few short years during World War II. A person is responsible because he moved a nation to commit an atrocity we cannot forget because whenever we forget the possibility is there that history could repeat itself. Israel needs to feel safe in its borders. I think my one prayer that I would always say would be that no child in this world should go to bed fearing death because of hate. Because the child with that fear has the potential of becoming the adult that creates terror. 

These chapters I have just read are telling me the story of avoidance as two brothers distanced themselves so as not to be in conflict (Jacob and Esau). Is avoidance the way to peace? 

I continue to find reading the Bible to be calming me as the usual somewhat cool/somewhat warm days of June settle in on Canada. We are having lots of rain and the grass is lush but July is usually dry and hot; we will see. 

Prayers for the souls of the three police killed just in this month. A sadness all across Canada is felt with the flags at half mast remembering them.  

Today is cleaning day two and I will start in a bit and the usual summer routine - first clean the bathroom and then vacuum and then dust and then scrub floors. Another busy day and likely no work done. 

Tea all drank and breakfast soon and solitaire puzzles.