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Wife was awful sick all yesterday and last night. She sent me next door yesterday afternoon to beg off from "watching" the great-niece: no point in endangering the little one and she probably wouldn't have been a safe guardian anyway. I expected her to be calling the doctor office this morning first thing, but she didn't. She did have me give her another of those effervescent cold things, the Big Box store version, not the more expensive ones from Alka-Seltzer. They do take the edge off the misery, so probably she has another in a continuing series of sinus infections. What it does mean is that she did not take her weekly Humira shot yesterday, won't today, and may not tomorrow either. Humira is for those who. like her, suffer from an immune system on overdrive and attacking the "good" parts of the body. It suppresses that immune response, but at the same time makes it easy for infections to race through the system. Every day is a battle for her. We're choosing to not handicap the "good" response. Bad thing, well, one of several, is that she's scheduled for a regular appointment Friday with the rheumatologist who prescribes this regimen. She says it should not be a problem. We shall see.
And this morning the monthly Social Security check hit the bank. I ran down and got gas about as soon as I was up (and the station opened), as the gas gauge was WELL below the 1/4 mark, probably as a direct result of running A/C for her during the trips she rode with me on. Stopped at the grocery store that is associated with the gas station first: you can get "rewards" for using their loyalty card to get their stuff, the prices anyway aren't bad, and it resulted in a savings per gallon of 16¢, A very nice perk for going to the nearest neighborhood-type market anyway. (and got some fresh-made donuts at the same time. Low calorie, no doubt). Off to the Big Box store in just a bit.
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The Old Testament reading for the morning is Psalms 105 and 106
Psalm 105
1 O give
thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the
people. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the
LORD. 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. 5
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the
judgments of his mouth;
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. 8
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded
to a thousand generations.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of
your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another
people; 14 He
suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes; 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 16
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff
of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. 20
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him
go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 24
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their
enemies. 25 He
turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his
servants. 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their
kings. 31 He
spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their
coasts. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 33
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of
their coasts. 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, 35
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of
their ground. 36
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their
strength. 37
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one
feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. 40
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the
bread of heaven. 41
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry
places like a river. 42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: 44
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour
of the people; 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
1 Praise ye
the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever. 2
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his
praise? 3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at
all times. 4
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O
visit me with thy salvation;
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may
rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine
inheritance. 6
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have
done wickedly. 7
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not
the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the
Red sea. 8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his
mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he
led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10 And he saved them from the
hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the
enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. 20
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth
grass. 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. 23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen
stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should
destroy them. 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. 26
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the
wilderness: 27
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in
the lands. 28
They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the
dead. 29 Thus
they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake
in upon them. 30
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was
stayed. 31 And
that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for
evermore. 32
They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with
Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake
unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their
daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land
was polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a
whoring with their own inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled
against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 And he gave them
into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their
enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under
their hand. 43
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their
counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the
multitude of his mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. 47
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give
thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed be the LORD God of
Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say,
Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
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Our New Testament passage for this evening is verses 1-20 from Romans 15
Romans 15:1-20
1 We then
that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to
please ourselves.
2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
3
For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The
reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
4 For whatsoever things were
written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through
patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
5 Now the God of patience and
consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to
Christ Jesus:
6
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us
to the glory of God.
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision
for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
9 And that the
Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this
cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12
And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that
shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13 Now the God
of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
14 And I myself also am persuaded
of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all
knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have
written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind,
because of the grace that is given to me of God,
16 That I should be the minister of
Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the
offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the
Holy Ghost.
17
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those
things which pertain to God.
18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things
which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by
word and deed,
19
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so
that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully
preached the gospel of Christ.
20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not
where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's
foundation:
