“For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
Have you ever tried clearing a path for the first time? I haven’t, but before we moved into our new house, we rallied some men from the church to come and help us clear the backyard. No one had touched it for what was likely several years and it was a mess. The patch of trees and branches and vines was so thick that you could just barely see through to the land behind us. It took the group of us several hours, several chainsaws, a tractor, and two different days, but we got it done. With all the mess and poison ivy (which I discovered the hard way I can get…twice) now gone, it’s well on its way to be a great space. Eventually. I can’t imagine how much work it would have been to have tried doing all that work on my own. Read the rest…
The Nexus 