Threshing

Just as God elected the Israelites, He has also elected me to be one of His children and disciples. I have never considered myself important enough for God’s attention. However, I now realize that God chooses the imperfect people to be his disciples. God chose people such as Abraham, Jacob, and Gideon to carry out his will and be influential characters in ancient times. God has also chosen me to carry out his will and to influence the people in my life. Gideon was a young man who freed the…

“Friendship, I suppose, comes at a price” Robert Louis Stevenson, Big World The road rushes past me as I stare down at the never-ending highway lines, listening to the Volkswagen’s engine threshing away behind us. Never thought that I’d be doing something that I’ll regret for the rest of my life, but here I am, a whole milestone away from my family, speeding down the highway before the sun rises, and as the sky turns a soft blue. I see the sun breaking the horizon as it shines its warmth down…

“There came no more abundance of spices as these which the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon” (Kings 10: 10). In the ancient world, Gentiles had perfected the technique of gently threshing spices with sticks. Similarly today, music is crafted and refined with precision outside the Church in the world. The world, not the church, is the leading authority on music. Like Solomon, the Church must humbly assume the world's expertise, consume…

cattle ranch. This influenced him to grow up as a farmer later in his life. Onas learned to work hard at a young age. He didn’t grow up with tractors to help him with his chores on the ranch; instead, he had horse teams. Some of his chores included threshing grain, rolling hay, and hauling logs down from the mountains and then cutting them by hand to help build their barn. Grandpa always had a love for being outdoors. When he…

Life was a harsh reality for the Europeans who were peasants from the fifth to fifteenth century. In the Middle Ages, the livelihood of a person depended on their rank. The Feudal System set up the entire society for the people. Unfortunately the peasants fell under one of the last categories in this ranking system. This system was, according to dictionary.com, “the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the…

If you were to control a business how would you organize your way of doing things? For today’s story we will be talking about the rise of an industry. As well as its impacts that were made after the rise of king cotton, and how it impacts the world after it. To begin with, in the 1800’s cotton was in high demand and textiles was rapidly expanding. “[In order] to keep up with the new speed of production, the manufactures needed more and more cotton (South Carolina Journey, pg. 118)”. Many…

with a plan to build a windmill on the farm. He believed that building a windmill will help make the lives of the other animals much easier because it would provide electricity and would cut their work loads. “Electricity, he said, could operate threshing machines, ploughs, harrows, rollers, and reapers and binders, besides supplying every stall with its own electric light, hot and cold water, and an electric heater. By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the…

Then go to the threshing floor. Be sure you notice where he lie down. He will tell you what to do.” Boaz sleeping near the pile of grain. Ruth secretly join him. She glides over to him and slips under the covers at his feet. Boaz await to see Ruth at his feet. Ruth…

When a young girl celebrates her Bat Mitzvah, the ceremony is often seen to be one which celebrates her becoming an adult, and while this may be true, this is only the surface of what it means to be a Bat Mitzvah. Literally meaning “daughter of the commandment”, a Bat Mitzvah is when a young girl makes the free choice to accept and abide by Jewish laws, and take responsibility for her Jewish faith. This is why the passage she reads from the Tanakh at the ceremony should be about a person whom…

Common weaponry during Medieval Times Clashing swords, flaming ballistae, gleaming armour, all images of battling knights riding in to save the damsel in distress. We all have an image of a knight engrained in our heads. Silver helmets, large sword, shield with an intricate crest emblazoned on it. These were all commonly used in thee times, but there was so much more to medieval weaponry than just a sword and shield. The weapons used were diverse and sophisticated and set a precedent for some…