Seeds

A year ago my daughter and I began reading the Tyndale 1536 Bible at the same time comparing it word for word to the King James. It took us a year to read it. Much of it was the same but there were differences. And they were significant. The most obvious one was found in the Ten Commandments where the wording for the seventh one in the Tyndale Bible reads," Thou shalt not break wedlock" (Exodus 20:14 [Deuteronomy 5:18, Matthew 5:32, Mark 10:19]). It was the breaking of the marital covenant vow which exists between a man, a woman, and God that is forbidden and counted as sin. This vow is to be until death. (Proverbs 2:16,17; Deuteronomy 23:21,22; Malachi 2:15; Romans 7:3)

All remarriage with the exception of widowhood is adultery (Luke 16:18; Romans 7:1-3). The exception clause given in Matthew 19:9 is not given as permission for remarriage but in our modern church it is used that way. Rather it is given for permission to separate which harmonizes with 1 Corinthians 7:10. The other exception clause given in Matthew 5:22 is for fornication [pre-marital sex].

Divorce was not allowed in the church until 1534ish when King Henry the VIII started the Anglican church which gave him the divorce he wanted.

The American Fly Honeysuckle grows in the woods on our land. In the spring it has non-distinct, yellow-green flowers. In the fall when the foliage of the other shrubs has begun to fade this shrub is colour brilliant. I found a specimen with the seeds still attached and as I drew it I contemplated Luke 8:11, "Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God." Tyndale lost his life through the hands of the church for the Seed and I ask myself- what am I doing with it?


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Comfort

My daughter, who is thirteen drew this warbler and penned these words. "Recently I had been thinking that all (but the Yellow-rumped Warblers that grab flies off the cabin) had gone south. Not so! God always sends surprises waiting out the back door. My mom and I met a tiny warbler in the garden this afternoon. A few minutes later, we spotted it again in an elderberry bush, eating what few ripe berries were left. It was such a tiny, delicate bird with a very olive back, and a faint eye stripe. Protected from above by foliage, and to the side by the low wire fence that the bush had outgrown, she was very relaxed, feeling not afraid, trusting solely in her Creator. We can do the same. That little female Tennessee Warbler was a perfect example for others to feel the same as I do, that no matter what happens, God is in control, and in the long end, all is for our good and the good of other's. Place your trust in God, feel comforted, unafraid, satisfied just like the itty-bitty bird."