Gary P.’s Journal
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2013
Apr 03
Numbers 4:49
At the Lord 's command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry.Thus they were counted, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Gary P. from Fort Gratiot, MI said:
Keeping over 600,000 people together and taking care of EVERYONE required a community effort working together with each person doing what they were assigned to do. What a testimony of what can happen when people work together not for themselves but for each other. What an inspiration for us. I pray for the day P & L once again stands for People and Lives rather than Profit and Loss.
2013
Apr 03
Numbers 2:34
So the Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.
Gary P. from Fort Gratiot, MI said:
When I came to this verse Jeremiah 29:11 came to my mind, "For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." While I am not sure why the LORD wanted each tribe where he wanted it I also know enough there are times when questioning the LORD is not a good thing to do because there are things I cannot understand.
There can be no doubt that leading over 600,000 people was a nearly impossible task and somehow keeping families and tribes together helped to do so.
2013
Apr 03
Numbers 1:54
The Israelites did all this just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Gary P. from Fort Gratiot, MI said:
I have a real difficult time reading the book of Numbers because to me it seems so out of date. I am not saying it isn't important but that there's not much I can find that can help me in my faith journey. However, having said that verse 54 is significant to me because it is a testimony of following the LORD's Commandments no matter how mundane they seem to be.
One of the things that jump out at me is the fact that GOD already knew the life of every individual that was counted so the census wasn't for GOD but for Moses and the people themselves. So much information is gained by census taking and that would especially been true for Moses because they would be facing many new things.
2013
Mar 30
Leviticus 27:26
" 'No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord; whether an ox or a sheep, it is the Lord 's.
Gary P. from Fort Gratiot, MI said:
There are times when I believe some chapters of the Old Testament are not relevant to our days. I suspect that there are deeper meaning in this chapter than I understand. For me Leviticus chapter 27 is one of the chapters. However, I do have a comment on verse 26. I am the first born to my parents and if I am not mistaken according to what I've read and heard as a first born child I am already God's. I have never really thought about this before but if I would have been in Egypt the night the Angel of Death made an appearance I may have been killed.
One thing I have noticed is as the first born of 3 brothers and 1 sister I am the only one that has been faithful to the church I belong to and to Jesus. We were all baptized into the church but I am the only one who has taken my water and spirit baptism and formed an unbreakable intimate relationship with Jesus. And our first born of 2 sons is following in my footsteps. Which leaves me wondering about what it really means to be a first born.
Gary
On Psalms 127:3 by Elena G.
“Children are a blessing sent from above. I have been blessed with five…”