Lord, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me.
Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul,…
O Israel, hope in the Lord From this time forth and forever.
Psalm 131
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.
1 Corinthians 6:12
1. Before the modern state of Israel (established in 1948), there was the British Mandate (1920-1948), not a Palestinian state.
2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire (1517-1917), not a Palestinian state.
3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (1250-1517), not a Palestinian state.
4. Before the Islamic Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, there was the Ayyubid Dynasty (1171-1260), not a Palestinian state. Godfrey of Bouillon conquered it in 1099.
5. Before the Ayyubid Dynasty, there was the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291), not a Palestinian state.
6. Before the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Fatimid Caliphate (909-1171), not a Palestinian state.
7. Before the Fatimid Caliphate, there was the Byzantine Empire (330-636), not a Palestinian state.
8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire (27 BCE - 476 CE), not a Palestinian state.
9. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean Dynasty (140-37 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
10. Before the Hasmonean Dynasty, there was the Seleucid Empire (312-63 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
11. Before the Seleucid Empire, there was the Empire of Alexander the Great (334-323 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
12. Before the Empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian Empire (c. 550-330 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
13. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire (c. 1894-539 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
14. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judea (c. 1050-586 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
15. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judea, there was the Kingdom of Israel (c. 1040-722 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
16. Before the Kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the Twelve Tribes of Israel (c. 1400-1050 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
17. Before the theocracy of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, there was the individual state of Canaan (c. 3000-1200 BCE), not a Palestinian state.
In fact, in this corner of the earth, there was everything but a Palestinian state!
WORDS of WISDOM : Money does make you who you are. MONEY REVEALS WHO YOU REALLY ARE: If you are greedy….more money makes you more greedy. If you are kind….more money makes you kinder. If you are stupid with your money…more money makes you poorer. And if you are smarter with your money…more money makes you richer.
I toast you getting smarter….with your money. Take care.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
-Ecclesiastes 3:11