Bert's Musings

Part of my Scripture reading this morning was Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman (John 4:1-42). I tend to be a “look the glass is already half empty”, instead of “look the glass is still half full”, kind of guy. (I know that as a Christian I should not be this way but it is one of many issues in my life where I still, even with the Lords help, have been unable to align myself with Christ.) When the disciples returned from buying food they urged Jesus to eat something, He declined saying (the Message, John 4:34-35) The food that keeps me going is that I do the will of the One who sent me, finishing the work he started. As you look around right now, wouldn’t you say that in about four months it will be time to harvest? Well, I’m telling you to open your eyes and take a good look at what’s right in front of you. These Samaritan fields are ripe. It’s harvest time! Without God’s intervention our nation, probably the greatest nation ever on our planet, will continue “Slouching...

I was cleaning out some papers and came across the following calculations I had some some time ago. I'm throwing the papers away but putting the information here in case, for some reason, I want it in the future. Numbers 1:44 (NIV) These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. [45] All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel's army were counted according to their families. [46] The total number was 603,550. I think it would be conservative to estimated that there were at least 1.2 million Israelites (men, women & children) traveling from Egypt to the Promised Land. (The total population of Boone, Cole, Osage, Moniteau, Miller & Callaway counties is 352,000.) The following is data on meat consumption during different time periods: 1851-2# of meat per day per family, 1900-slaves consumed 150# of meat per year & 1909-the poorest American individual consumed 136#...