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Wednesday, August 19, 2026
There is Power in the Blood
Lewis E. Jones (1865-1934) was a YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) worker who wrote the hymn, There is Power in the Blood (1899). He is recorded as having said, "I want to be so full of Christ that when a mosquito bites me he flies away singing there is power in the blood."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeTE0W7K4sU
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Biblical Sources of Common English Language Phrases: The Eyes Are the Windows of the Soul
The exact earliest origin of the
phrase "the eyes are the window of the soul" is debated but the
concept is ancient.
The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius
Cicero (106-43 BC/BCE), said “The face is a picture of the mind as the eyes are
its interpreter.”
The phrase does not appear in the Bible
but the concept is echoed by Jesus in Matthew 6:22–23 where he says "The
eye is the lamp of the body … if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be
full of light…”
The first known use of the phrase in
its modern form was by the 16th-century French poet Guillaume de Salluste Du
Bartas (1544-1590), who spoke of the eyes as "windows of the soul".
As I was growing up, I was taught that
it was rude to not look people in the eyes as you talked to them. The idea was
that to not do so made you appear to be evasive or uninterested. But … there
are numerous cultures which believe the exact opposite, that avoiding direct
eye contact is a sign of respect and deference to the other person. They see
direct eye contact as aggressive and as an invasion of their personal space.
So, I am either very open and direct
or I am very rude, because I will look into you and allow you to look into me.
It is just part of who I am.
I am in my over 60 years period
of life so, through the decades, I have occasionally met numerous
internationally known persons, usually for only a few minutes or even seconds.
I am just a regular person. Let’s just say that I don’t normally run in
their circles and that meeting most of them was incidental.
I will discuss what I saw in the eyes
of some of them but I will respect their privacy and will not personally
identify them.
One of them was a retired National
Football League quarterback who was posthumously inducted into the Professional
Football Hall of Fame. His eyes told me that he was friendly and easy-going,
fun to talk with, and that he was surprised that I did not ask for his
autograph.
Another was a politician who was
involved with the peace negotiations during the Vietnam War. His eyes told me
that he did not see me at all.
The eyes of the legendary daytime soap
opera actor whom I met told me that he would have rather been anywhere else
than where he was.
Highly respected as a radio announcer
in numerous sports, one man showed me friendly eyes and even invited me to sit
and talk with him about sports during his lunch hour.
An Israeli business executive showed
me eyes that told me that she respected my politeness and competence. Whenever
she visited, she sought me out before meeting with my superiors.
My co-worker of African ancestry
showed me eyes of deep friendship, great professional competence, and ambition.
He ended up in a national governmental health position.
The historic singer looked deep into
my eyes with what appeared to be panic and repugnance as if I were an
unexpected intruder into her home. I must have pushed her personal space and
privacy buttons.
I was sitting on the second row in the
coliseum when an internationally known Christian singer came down from the
stage and began to personally interact with people in the crowd. When he
stopped to talk to two pre-teen girls, he was about four feet away from me. He
noticed me and we locked eyes.
What I saw was kindness, generosity,
gentleness, sincerity, and a love for the people who had come to his concert.
What I saw was a Christian man. His wife has said that he is the purest soul
she has ever met. We all should hope that our eyes show the same thing.
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Three Religious Truths
Subjects in the Labels List Which Begin with the letters bia to boys
Monday, August 10, 2026
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What Did Jesus Eat?
What did Jesus eat? Well, he was poor and he ate what was available. There was very little meat and no real refrigeration other than storing food in cooler places like caves.
Like everyone else, he ate what he could get and what was allowed under the Jewish definition of clean and unclean foods. Foods which were available included fish, birds, lamb, lentils, whole grains, vegetables, dates, pomegranates, honey, olives and olive oil, grapes, wine, vinegar, figs, bread, cumin, barley, raisins, apples, almonds, pistachios, dates, dill, mint, cinnamon, cumin, and eggs. The only meat he is specifically mentioned as eating was fish, but he also ate lamb since he participated in Passover celebrations where lamb was the required meat.
Vegetarianism and veganism are acceptable lifestyles for practicing Christians but Jesus did eat meat.
Exodus 12:8; Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 7:19; Luke 1:12, 2:41, 22:7-15, 24:41-43; John 2:13, 5:1, 21:9-14; Acts 10; Romans 14; 1 Timothy 4:1-5; Colossians 2:16-17