In the beginning of this study, we follow David to Hebron where he is annointed King over Judah - and we note he begins his reign at age 30 (sound familiar?)
Now, the Arc remains up to this point in a moving tent, like God wandering with Adam and Eve in the garden (see Gen 3). David decides to build a house for the Arc, but it is God who says He will build a house for David - meaning actually a great dynasty. Thus in chapter 7 is the covenant for one holy kingdom, which Saul previously united, and now David is expanding (2 Sam 7:14) Also see Luke 1 30-33.
BUT THEN just like many in our day, David's sin begins with his eyes. As Cavins says, "So he got on the internet..." actually he looked across at Bathsheba bathing - and the sin began.
Now just as it does today, sin leads to death. Here they were faced with a problem pregnancy, so in order to save face, someone had to die. In this case, it was Uriah. I believe we can all recall times we were caught in sin and forced others to suffer for it, rather than face up to it. And, of course, many do this by abortion!
HOWEVER, Nathan calls David out on this, and he is instantly sorrowful and repentant, see Psalm 51 (Cavins recommends taking this Psalm into the confessional). In God's justice, they lose this baby, but in His mercy, they go on to have Solomon.
FF to 2 Sam 23:8 - the 3 Warriors - here is a depiction of 3 men who work in tenacity for their king, even when faced with overwhelming odds. Eleazer grips his sword so hard, his hand cleaves to it - and Shammah guards a field of lentils, an insignificant bean field but it is his King's so he FAITHFULLY guards. This can remind us of our children - small to the world but infinitely important to God. Are we faithfully guarding them?
On to 1 Kings 1:11 and 2:13-20. Here we see Nathan and Adonijah both going to the Queen Mother with their requests for the King. Again, this should sound familiar, or rather foreshadowing, but see these passages as well: 1 Kings 14:21, I Kings 15:9-13, 2 Kings 24:12-15, Jer 13:18-20, and FINALLY Luke 1: 33-40 - THE VISITATION where Elizabeth says "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"
And that is why we as Catholics venerate our Blessed Mother, as we have been taught in Sacred Scripture.
Okay, back to Solomon...so while Saul and David were conquerors expanding the Kingdom, Solomon was a builder. It took him 7 years to build the temple (recall Creation), but 13 years to build his own palace. To get the money for this, he taxed the people - using them for his own gain. He did make alliances with many nations, and in the wisdom he was given by God at his asking, thrived at first. But he obtained many wives from these foreign nations, and eventually turned his heart away from God to their foreign gods, even including one who was represented as a stone monster with 2 bowls for hands, each set on fire, in which newborn babies were placed as sacrifices.
No wonder the title of our next study of 1 and 2 Kings is titled "Divided Kingdom".
Saturday, April 17, 2010
The Ressurrected Blog!
Home Through Rome comes back to life! Woohoo!
Dear husband had the excellent idea to post notes from his men's group study "Epic" that traces Church History here, and I thought I would do the same with my Bible Timeline Study by Jeff Cavins (my notes will also appear on Facebook).
Anyway, here you can snoop, catch up, and comment on our synopsis of these awesome studies. Conversations welcome - and I ask as Jeff Cavins says, please pray before you read and comment.
Enjoy in Christ!
Dear husband had the excellent idea to post notes from his men's group study "Epic" that traces Church History here, and I thought I would do the same with my Bible Timeline Study by Jeff Cavins (my notes will also appear on Facebook).
Anyway, here you can snoop, catch up, and comment on our synopsis of these awesome studies. Conversations welcome - and I ask as Jeff Cavins says, please pray before you read and comment.
Enjoy in Christ!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Dan Fogelberg reaches out...
Okay well take this for what it is, but when I painted our bedroom...I chose the color by its name on the paint chip. I know, dumb! But, I do love it. Fastforward, so I just found out Dan Fogelberg died of cancer in '07, so I went to YouTube to get a few of my favorite videos to share, and found this:
The name of the color on the paint chip...
The name of the color on the paint chip...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Signs to say "Merry Christmas"
Mike Setto, storeowner who successfully started a movement boycotting Miller Beer when they promoted San Fran's gay pride week with blasphemous photos has started a new campaign. He has spent $1200 to buy these AWESOME yard signs that say "Jesus is the reason for the season" on one side and "It's okay to say Merry Christmas" on the other in bright red and green. He is selling them from his store - the Lake Orion Keg and Wine Shoppe - on Baldwin Road between Clarkston and Waldon. They are $5 each. I will buy some for the first 5 people who say they want one and deliver them to your yard...He would like Oakland County to be swimming in them by 2011!!!
Let me know, or stop by and see him, and ask him to show you the book Bill Donohue signed for him, thanking him for being a hero. This is a true man of God, folks. Lets rally!!!
Let me know, or stop by and see him, and ask him to show you the book Bill Donohue signed for him, thanking him for being a hero. This is a true man of God, folks. Lets rally!!!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation Establishing Thanksgiving Day
Proclamation Establishing Thanksgiving Day
October 3, 1863
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-eighth.
A. Lincoln
October 3, 1863
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-eighth.
A. Lincoln
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Astronomer to the Vatican
Well, September was a blur for this homeschooling mom. Books cracked, fieldtrips taken already, even a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine in Missouri (will post that soon - incredible!).
Anyway, gotta check out this cool bro - I'm taking the whole family to hear him speak tonight!
Anyway, gotta check out this cool bro - I'm taking the whole family to hear him speak tonight!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Rosary Rally October 10
Hi to all my friends in Christ,
Just to let you know, Bob and I have been contacted by the organization"America Needs Fatima" to lead a "Rosary Rally" at 12 pm on October 10. I have attended one once before, and this is really a beautiful way to pray together and beautifully and peacefully remind everyone Who's really in charge of our lives!
We will be displaying a banner showing our Blessed Mother and reciting a few prayers - including the Angelus, the Rosary, and the Consecration to Jesus through Mary as written by St. Louis de Montfort, among others. We will be reciting prayer intentions, so please send yours along even if you can't attend.
I have not pinpointed the location yet - any suggestions would be appreciated. Somewhere visible, such as a mall entrance or busy intersection. I will be calling the police to inform them of our peaceful rally, and obtain a permit as necessary.
I will also try to keep updates on my blog - www.homethroughrome.blogspot.com.
If you feel shy about this, believe me I am too! But how could I say no to this call? The one I participated in was on the corner of 9 Mile and Woodward, and it was very peaceful - I may contact Michael Voris to see if we can use this spot in front of his studio, if someone else is not. Otherwise, I will try to keep it in the Troy/Auburn Hills/Clarkston area.
Please join me if you can! All that's asked for is your presence and your prayers!
And, please continue to pray for the prolife movie "Tiger's Hope" www.tigershope.com and help this project in any way you can.
God bless you all!
Andrea
Just to let you know, Bob and I have been contacted by the organization"America Needs Fatima" to lead a "Rosary Rally" at 12 pm on October 10. I have attended one once before, and this is really a beautiful way to pray together and beautifully and peacefully remind everyone Who's really in charge of our lives!
We will be displaying a banner showing our Blessed Mother and reciting a few prayers - including the Angelus, the Rosary, and the Consecration to Jesus through Mary as written by St. Louis de Montfort, among others. We will be reciting prayer intentions, so please send yours along even if you can't attend.
I have not pinpointed the location yet - any suggestions would be appreciated. Somewhere visible, such as a mall entrance or busy intersection. I will be calling the police to inform them of our peaceful rally, and obtain a permit as necessary.
I will also try to keep updates on my blog - www.homethroughrome.blogspot.com.
If you feel shy about this, believe me I am too! But how could I say no to this call? The one I participated in was on the corner of 9 Mile and Woodward, and it was very peaceful - I may contact Michael Voris to see if we can use this spot in front of his studio, if someone else is not. Otherwise, I will try to keep it in the Troy/Auburn Hills/Clarkston area.
Please join me if you can! All that's asked for is your presence and your prayers!
And, please continue to pray for the prolife movie "Tiger's Hope" www.tigershope.com and help this project in any way you can.
God bless you all!
Andrea
Monday, July 20, 2009
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