The Life and Times of Joe Suttle

Managed to figure out another part of this “blog” software, and had to go back and re-enter all the files. That created a need to go back in time, since the files are pulled up in calendar and time sequence. Thought about finding some software that would let me change the date/time stamp, but it was just easier to change the computer clock, change the files and change the clock again until I was done. Blog is starting to look much better, now need to work more on the content (LOL). Need to get some work done to make it easier to update this though – will keep you posted. For a little book in The Book, 1 Peter has some gems. This morning, along with everything else, got to verses 8 and 9 in chapter 4 and the words “love for one another” and “hospitality”. Kind of hard to push the “love” thing aside when those were the words of Jesus – and He went beyond talking to Christians – He brought it down to my neighbor. Hospitality kind of catches us up in our perception of being an entertainer, when that is not what the word is about. One commentator says “hospitality centers on the guest, not the host.” It’s doing for the other person – meeting their needs should be the primary concern. I like this from the Life Application Study Bible – “Don’t hesitate to offer hospitality just because you are too tired, too busy or not wealthy enough to entertain.”

At 9:40 a.m. the fog seems to have burned off on our hill – at 7:30, could not see the back of the house across the street. Thought at first that this would be a little quieter day, but don’t think so. Have a bunch of things to do around the house like yard work that I have been putting off for a while (like almost all winter). BTW, you may wonder if in SF Bay Area we really have winter – well, I consider anything below 40 very cold, and when the windshield on the car has ice…well. Tonight Karen is chaperone for a dance for our homeschool group – I’ll go with her. Kids are pretty good, and everybody knows everybody. Anyone bringing a “friend” usually makes sure that they get introduced around. Continued in I Peter 3 this morning, and verse 16 sticks out like a sore thumb – in a word, “why do things that give people ammunition to say bad things (slander) about you.” There were some other tidbits, but that says a lot. Our lives are seen by people, and when we do “wrong”, they see us as what we say we are (i.e.: Christians) and equate what we do with Christ. Check out “Barnes Notes” sometime on this verse. In a nutshell, Barnes says we need to train our conscience to know “right” from “wrong” so that we don’t just assume something and violate God’s law.