Have you ever?

 

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, 

for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 

Hebrews 13:2

Hebrews 12:1-2

 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 11:32-24

 

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Hebrews 9:27 & 28

 

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Hebrews 7:15-17

 

This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, 

but by the power of an indestructible life. 

For it is witnessed of him,

 “You are a priest forever,

 after the order of Melchizedek.”

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Part 1: here.

She stepped through the wall like before, entering the past from the distant future. Her comfortable apartment became an old office in an old building in the capital of an old nation. Yesterday had a distinct aroma.

"What are you doing here?" The leader asked, surprised at her reappearance. At least this time she had come through on purpose, yet still dressed too casually. 

"I need a hero," she said.

He winced. He made a terrible hero.

"Not you," she explained.

"Oh."

He drew a long, reluctant breath, then asked, "Why do you need a hero?"

"Something unexpected has happened."

"So you came to the past to look for a hero?" He understood immediately her problem was fear and said, "Perfect love casts out all fear." 

He wasn't sure how he knew that until she reminded him it's in the Bible. "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18."

He must have read it when he was a child.

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6," she said. 

He nodded. 

She was the one who was trained up, but here she was needing to be reminded. 

He didn't make such a terrible hero afterall.

I did it, People.

 

I roasted chestnuts. 

How do they look? 

They taste like...like...like nothing else in this world. 

A fluffy acorn? Chewy bread? 

Bland. Warm. Toasty. Nice. That's the word. Nice. 

The Internet said they can be dipped in mascarpone cheese. Hmm.

I salted one of mine. An improvement. 

They were a delight and, curiosity cured, pretty okay.

There. That's my food review. 

I think I should be doing this on TV. Does anyone watch TV anymore?

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