1st Samuel 4

The Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Bible didn't say they had god's approval so this could be really bad. So it turnes out we lose. When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why did the LORD bring defeat upon us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the LORD's covenant from Shiloh, so that it may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies." That's gonna work! COME ON! What's gotten into thier heads? Eli's two sons, were appointed to bring the Ark Of The Covenant onto the battle field. So once the Philistines found out they were sceered.
So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. Just as God said they would die. So a man fled from the battle feild and told the bad news. Eli asked: "What is the meaning of this uproar?"
The man hurried over to Eli, who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes were set so that he could not see. He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day."
Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"

The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured." Then Eli fell back in his chair, broke his neck, and died.

1st Samuel 2 and 3

Then Hannah prayed a thankful prayer to the Lord.
Eli had evil sons. His son's did really, REALLY, bad stuff. But Samuel was ministering before the LORD -a boy wearing a linen ephod. Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice. Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, "May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD." Then they would go home. And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD. One day, an Angel came and said to Eli that his son's were wicked and their going to die on the same day. He also said that all his descendants will die when they're still young. Poor Eli. So a few days Later, God called Samuel while he was in his bed. So he went to Eli. "Did you call me?" "No" After this happened a few times, Eli Found out that it was God.So when God called again, Samuel said "Speak, for your servant is listening. God told him that all that was said about Eli would come true soon. Samuel was afraid to tell Eli. But Eli asked him and he told.Then Eli said, "He is the LORD; let him do what is good in his eyes." He takes that so well. But soon it became obvious that Samuel was Going to be the new preist.

1st Samuel!

Okay so whats happening here is here is a guy that has two wifes. One of them, just one, has kids. That one makes fun of poor Hannah, the other wife. One day while they had gone up to sacrifice offerings and stuff at Shiloh, Hannah prayed desperately that she would have a baby. Eli, the preist, saw her lips moving but no words coming out and he thought she was drunk. Then he said : "How long will you keep on getting drunk? Get rid of your wine."
"Not so, my lord," Hannah replied, "I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD. Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief." Then Eli said: Eli answered, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him." So she did have a baby. So she named him Samuel and dedicated him to the Lord, then after he was weaned, she gave him over to Eli. She is good to her promise. We should be like that.

Halloween?

Today I wanted to talk about Halloween, since it's coming up. Our family had been talking about it and we've decided it's entirely evil. And that's why were not going to the Church Festival. Why? You ask. Maybe you dress up as a fireman and play in a bounce around and what's the harm in that? What happens when you get older and the fireman is 'lame'? You'll want to dress up as something scarier. My Mom used to be a fan of Halloween, and she's got big experience on it and how evil it really is. But don't ask me how she does. So this year, were not gonna even give trick-or-treat people candy. It's evil. Maybe a month ago, our pastor was talking about one of the Johns. In there it said: 'Do not let them even come into your house' Cuz your associating with evil.

Today, there was something really cunfuzuling in my bible. Okay, so Ruth's sleeping at Boazez field. I mean feet. So Bozo wakes up, and blesses and praises her, but here's the part I don't understand: And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character. Although it is true that I am near of kin, there is a kinsman-redeemer nearer than I. Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to redeem, good; let him redeem. But if he is not willing, as surely as the LORD lives I will do it. Lie here until morning." what does he mean 'redeem'? Well when they got up, he gave her a scarf full of barlely and sent her to her mother. Then she told her everything that happened. Then Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today."
Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat there. When the kinsman-redeemer he had mentioned came along, Boaz said, "Come over here, my friend, and sit down." So he went over and sat down. Well they chated a little about it and it turned out the man couldn't do it.
Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, "Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon's widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from the town records. Today you are witnesses!" So, Ruth agreed with that last part right? And in the end, she had a little boy.

Ruth - again

"May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord," she said. "You have given me comfort and have spoken kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servant girls."
At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar." When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, "Even if she gathers among the sheaves, don't embarrass her. Rather, pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don't rebuke her." He's hitin' on her. So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah. She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough. She got to keep all that? Hmm. Her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!" So Ruth told her all about Boaz. Naomi said "The LORD bless him!" Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, "That man is our close relative; he is one of our kinsman-redeemers."

"He even said to me, 'Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.' "

Naomi said to Ruth, "It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with his girls, because in someone else's field you might be harmed."

So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Ruth

I'm in Ruth. The first part is where Naomi, with her husband and to sons go to Moab becuz a famine is in their land. Eventually, Her husband dies. Her sons get married to Moabite women and they die too. As in, the sons. When she heard the famine was gone, she started going with her two daughter-in-laws. But she said to them: "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons- would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD's hand has gone out against me!" But they wouldn't leave. Eventually, Orpah left, but Ruth wouldn't. So she stayed and kept after Naomi. Faithful girl. I wish I was that faithful. So when they got to Bethlehem, Naomi got everybody to call her Mara, which means "gloomy." So later on Ruth went to glean. she just so happened to be gleaning boazes field, who was a relitive of Naomi. Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "The LORD be with you!""The LORD bless you!" they called back. That must be a really nice greeting. We should do that. Then he spied Ruth. "Whose she?" He askes.
The foreman replied, "She is the Moabitess who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.' She went into the field and has worked steadily from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter." So he came to her and said for her to not go to glean in another field, follow along with my servant girls, the guys won't touch you, and you can have a drink whenever. At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?"
"I've heard how good you've been to your mother-in-law."
Olay, I know I'm kinda in the middle of it but that's it for today!

So much to post about. Or not as much as I think. Either one.

This weekend we did a lot of stuff. this is the soccer section:

• Saturday was soccer game day. Sticks, Mom and a friend went to Boulder to play a game. He won 3 to 2. By the way, he scored two of them! Good job!


• Dad coaches Fire, Jess's team. He scored a lot and so did every one else on his team. Most of them anyway. They got patches to iron onto their shirts for scoring or something else good. Cute. Your a good coach Dad. Good job Jess!


• I'm not very interested in watching soccer games:(( But I love playing them. Even though watching J man juke people out of their shoes, I didn't watch all of it though.The babies were fussy cuz they hadn't been down for a nap the whole day. Luckily, mom came. They were still fussy though. But he won. Of course! Good job!

This is the other section:

We were going to have dinner with friends from our home school group at a park. We didn't know them very well. When we got there we unloaded and checked out the place. It was a great park. Complete with a mini football field. That was complete with field goals. Awesome.

They came! We had taken the flags to play flag football. After we ate, we played. Flag football that is. We kept on tying the game up until we tried field goals. We tied that up too. Eventually, my team lost. Oh well. It got dark, so after we ate some pie, we played kick ball. How appropriate. It was so dark we could barely see! The moms played too and the parents won. After that we went home.

This is the other other section:

This was Sunday. Mom had to stay home cuz of the babies. They were sick. And so were J man and Jess. I got Lane as a back-up bulletin passer-person to cover for J man. Since were members Meggy does the keyboard, Dad does the drums, Lane takes turns doing keyboard, sticks does waypiont, which is the controls to the big screen, I do bullietin passing out, and J man helps. Thats just about it!

Today

So far today:

• Got up really early with Lane, ( Okay, it was 7:12 A.M) but still, it was dark and you would think it was six. I've somehow grown into the habit of waking up early. But anyway I did my bible time and get my chores done. We're supposed to do that before breakfast.
• By then people started to get up. Since it was so dark no one thought it was time to get going!
• Ate a simple breakfast of eggs.
• Brushed me and Bird's teeth. Birdie is my new Buddie.
• Morning meeting. That's when Mom tells us whats going on today, reads the Bible and maybe tell us some news we didn't know. By then it was 9:00.
• Started to get my school done. Starting with math.
• Later on in the day, Meggy and Mom went to lunch bunch. It's something that a few people participate with in church that they do every 1st Thursday of the month. Of course, they have lunch at a restaurant. Mom takes turns taking us.
• They stayed a long time and I got done with school. Meanwhile, Lane got a call from mom saying to tell Me and sticks to get ready to go to a flea market. I had been waiting for this all week. So he and I waited in the garage for about 45 Min. Then Lane came saying they were on their way. "You said that 45 min. ago!" We thought. They came to pick us up. We drove up there. That was a flea market you had to flee! They had some naughty things there. Big disappiontment. I love garage sales! Oh well.

It's over. - Not a bad thing.

Oral reports are done, for now. I think I have to do another one. *GULP* I hope not. Well, from what people said I did good. WHEW. I'm happy. :D