Whiskey’s whinings….

From my original blog on May 6, 2009
Whiskey’s whinings….: "I’m reading “Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus” for a Foundations class I’m taking at Kingsland. It’s all about the Jewish customs and history that would have been a part of Jesus’ life. By becoming more familiar with his everyday life, we should begin to understand many things written in the Bible that we may not have caught before. One of the old customs was to go about your day blessing God in all the ways that he touched your life, good and bad. For instance, when you got up in the morning you might say “Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for returning my soul to me another day.” Or as you got dressed “Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for clothing the naked.” This would tend to give perspective to your day, don’t you think? The Jews give blessings like these all day long. For us Westerners, we feel uncomfortable with “blessing God” because it feels a little blasphemas. How can we bless God with anything? Think praise instead of bless. We most certainly can and should praise God for everything good and bad. This might just go a long way towards understanding that we did not do it on our own. We would have nothing without God. So, Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for provided everything we need, down to the minute details and caring enough to look past our sins to provide for us at all."