___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________March 9
Today, if you need to keep a hog from rooting in your garden, yard or other precious growing spots…..
Well, I’ve only heard one person who had that problem in the last twenty years or so. He has the problem because
a neighbor has a hog but doesn’t keep it up and this man has a visiting rooter. All the other thousands of people
I interact with have not one time mentioned having rooting problems from the swine.
For those of you who are sighing and telling this page of The Lewis County Herald or the Treasures page of
ChristOpenBible.com the reasons people have no rooting problems, let me help you. One-most people have no swine.
Two-most of those who have swine have them locked in concrete floored, steel cages inside a metal building, inside
a barn stall or penned. Few have hogs, even fewer of those have them where they could roam free. Now, do you feel better?
But most of you readers know my mind is on the trail of a Treasures. You are right. I am also in pursuit of another
Proverbs ‘Wisdom-Bit.’ This one is pretty unique to many in today’s world. Well, the swine part is unique. The application
part is ‘way’ and I mean ‘way’ too ‘everywhere’.
Go back a few years to the time when families raised swine. You would have a pen out back or build one. The swine would
root up all the earth in the pen and create what is called ‘a wallow hole’ seeping in mud. Go back farther when the country was
much less settled and families almost totally depended on what they could raise to eat, like gardens, hogs and chickens. The lawn
didn’t exist as we know it today. It was simply a small cleared by hand area and weeds were kept down with sickles and mowing scythe.
Picture the hogs getting out. They went to the grass, garden, corn or food plant area and began to root. Their rooting would up-end
and un-earth the plants spoiling the food source for humans. Much of time they seemed to eat the roots or at least dug them up.
In order to keep the hogs from rooting up food sources men began to put “rings” in their noses. These rings were uncomfortable
or hurt when the hog rooted, thus discouraging rooting.
The little pair of plier-like “ringers” were hollow inside the pinchers to hold the ring which was then closed to insert the ring in the
nose. The rings were usually medal and resembled a wire like look.
Can you imagine a farmer who wanted to keep his hogs out of his crops going to the jeweler and having a gold band with rubies
or diamond insets made for his hog?
How noticeable do you think that hog would have been?
How far known in the region do you think the story would have been told?
How foolish do you think neighbors would have thought the farmer’s use of his money?
Roger is saying to me now, “Wilma, where on earth are you heading with this one?”
Solomon’s wisdom mentioned just such a case. Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman
which is without discretion. Jewelry in gold in a swine’s snout is his allusion source. Then he compares the situation we just
visited with a fair woman. He thought a beautiful woman who did not have discretion similar to our hog with jewelry in the nose.
What a waste of the gold and jewels if they will only be put into mud and ‘slop’ as we called hog food! What a waste of a woman’s
beauty if she puts it into situations where ‘no discretion’ is used.
So, what is discretion?
1. Discreet or showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior.
2. In the Greek, discreet taste and perception.
3. Circumspect or heedful of actions and consequences.
A beautiful woman who watches what she says and speaks wisdom, and uses her behavior to build herself, her
husband and children is being discreet or using discretion. She is not a spectacle like a hog with a diamond and gold band
calling attention to itself. She is not throwing her beauty to the hogs!
Blessings on being a Proverbs 31 woman or man (you can take the qualities and apply them to men).
__________________________________________________________________March 2
A story came to me through email from Joe G. Since many struggle with the grief of being done wrong,
or having family members done wrong, I thought it was worthy to be our ‘wisdom bit’ for the week. Sorry,
I do not know the author.
One day a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the woods. As he thought
about his life that day, he knew many things were not right... He thought about
those who had lied about him when he had a job.
His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him. He
remembered family members that
had passed on. His mind turned to the illness he had that no one could cure.
His very soul was filled with anger,
resentment, and frustration.
Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing all
else had failed him, he knelt at
the base of an old oak tree to seek the One he knew would always be there. And
with tears in his eyes, he prayed:
‘Lord, You have done wonderful things for me in this life. You have told me to
do many things for you, and I
happily obeyed. Today you have told me to forgive. I am sad, Lord, because I
cannot, I don't know how. It is not fair,
Lord. I didn't deserve these wrongs that were done against me and I shouldn't have to forgive. As perfect as your way is,
Lord, this one thing I cannot do, for I don't know how to forgive. My anger is so deep Lord, I fear I may not hear you, but I
pray
that you teach me to do the one thing I cannot do: Teach me to forgive .
As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, the man felt
something fall on his shoulder. He opened his eyes.
Out of the corner of one eye, he saw something red on his shirt. He could not turn to see what it was because where the
oak tree had been was a large square piece of wood in the ground. He raised his head and saw two feet held to the wood
with a large spike through
them.
He raised his head higher, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus hanging on
a cross. He saw spikes
in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and battered body, deep thorns sunk
into His head. Finally he saw the suffering
and pain on His precious face. As their eyes met, the man's tears turned to
sobbing and Jesus began to speak.
"Have you ever told a lie?" He asked.
The man answered, "Yes, Lord."
"Have you ever been given too much change and kept it?" The man answered, "Yes,
Lord. " And the man sobbed more
and more.
"Have you ever taken something from work that wasn't yours?" Jesus asked. And
the man answered, "Yes, Lord."
"Have you ever sworn and used my Father's name in vain?" The crying man
answered, "Yes, Lord.
As Jesus asked many more times, "Have you ever ..... " the man's crying became
uncontrollable because he could only
answer "Yes, Lord.
Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other and the man felt something
fall on his other shoulder. He looked
and saw that it was the blood of Jesus. When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus and there was a look of love
the man had never seen or known before.
Jesus said, "I didn't deserve this either, but I forgive."
It may be hard to see how you're going to get through something, but when you
look back in life, you realize how true
this
statement is.
Read the following first line slowly and let it sink in. If God brings you to
it, He will bring you through it.
Dr. Tom Hermiz preached a message once about forgiveness that will always be with me. He told of Jesus on the cross
with all the different levels of unbelief and belief about Him, including verbal and physical abuse. He then told of Jesus
dying for the sins and wrongs of all people. Jesus died and laid down the gift of forgiveness for each and every soul
who received it. Then, He left the gift at the foot of the cross for each one to decide if and when he/she would accept it.
Blessings. Don’t leave your gift from Jesus unopened at the foot of the cross.
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Sometimes I get to do fabulous things-like spend time with my little eighteen month old Elijah. Readers who have
been with us through the years remember how much I enjoyed teaching, playing and being with our granddaughters.
Now, I have this little friend.
All the gifts The Lord put within me come to life when a little human canvas comes around to paint upon.
It’s exciting for me to watch him solve mysteries, connect and associate different bits of knowledge, try new things,
play with different items and toys, learn new words and sounds-watch him learn.
He is at the stage where his word understanding is ahead of his speech; but he is gaining all the time. When
prompted he can tell you the sound made by a horse, duck, bear, cat, dog and so forth. He can point to his nose,
ears, mouth, belly and body parts. He knows many of the verbal commands most adults use and is able to follow
more of them than one would think possible at his age.
The preacher in me had an experience with him last week. The brief case I use to tape for church was open in my office.
The tiny digital tape player used to prepare radio programs lay exposed inside the brief case. He knew this was mine and
sensed in his ‘inner little man’ that he was not to bother it. But, as humans do, he got it anyway. He could have gone
somewhere in the house and hid it; but having been taught right he came to me. He had it covered as best he could in
little hands. As he neared me his eyes would look up and make contact with mine; then look down to his hands again.
This suspicious activity caused me to inquire what he had. He showed me the tape player. I called him a little scamp
and told him to put it back. He turned, going down the hall to my office. I went behind him quietly to peek. He went
to the brief case, picked up the leather case for the player, looked at it a minute then put the player in the case and the
case back where it belonged.
I hear many people say children aren’t ready to learn at that age. Well, that little scenario blew that theory out of the
water, didn’t it?
Another little episode occurred this week. He and I work on stickers when he is here. (Teacher mode.) We keep his
papers and stickers in a special place in my office. He will go to the desk and point to them when he wants to play with them.
Someone moved them without either his or my knowledge. He came to the desk and pointed. When no stickers were found
I told him they weren’t there. In his nonverbal effort to convince me there was something of his there and he wanted it, he
finally whimpered, fussed and grew more insistent. Telling him they weren’t there didn’t do the job. I lifted him up on the
desk and told him to get them. He came to terms with the fact they were gone. It was amazing to watch his acceptance
of the fact. Later in the day when we found them he again gave a nonverbal expression of happiness, pointing to Donald Duck,
Mickey Mouse and Lightning McQueen over and over for me to say their names. Old friends found!
He likes oranges. I cut a quarter inch slice and divide the parts into bite size for him. Today I was working on the computer
designing a page. It had a picture of a slice of orange on the page. He pointed at the picture and said “Eat. Eat. Eat,” as he tried
to get me to go toward the kitchen. I went with him. He went directly to the counter where the oranges are kept with another
series of “Eat. Eat. Eat.”
Watching his little mind put together such things is awesome! Learning should be this kind of fun!
He still calls birds quack quacks.
He can’t decide if vehicles are car or ‘krucks’ and sometimes his word is a mixture of the two but he knows what
he is looking at and where it is associated.
If you give him foam letters to play with they may all be “E” yet, but he will get there.
A gift from a truck driver friend is a semi and trailer that is just the right size for little hands. He simply loves the ‘kruck’
and plays with it over and over in a day’s time.
He loves the crock pot and its lip so much, I’ve given it a home on the floor at the end of the cabinets. He hides things
in it and returns to it week after week. It has to be given a better washing for this extra task but it is worth it for him to
have his own part of the room.
Since he’s been able to get about I’ve placed a basket on the floor and put things in it he can bite. I put potatoes,
bell pepper, apple, etc. He experiments with them. Some he likes and some he soon puts back. He has come to love
playing with potatoes. He is entertained for several minutes at a time.
Well, I could go on but you get the idea. It is fun for me to watch a little guy build. It is fun for Roger to teach him things.
Roger is his favorite when he is tired. He takes his “B”, gets on Roger’s lap and soon is asleep.
Have you help build any little people lately?
Blessings.
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Another ‘wisdom-bit’ from Proverbs for this week. Proverbs 11:14 (KJV) Where no counsel is,
the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
In order to start chewing on this one we need to determine the Bible meaning of the word counsel.
The root of this word takes one back to days when animals were the power behind much hard work.
In my little girls’ mind, which is still very much intact inside me, there is a giant of a man, Alfred Clark,
who would be plowing a garden in Bentleyville. I can see him with those two huge hands on the plow handles,
the tied together check lines, stretching back from the two horses in front of him, over his head and falling around
his shoulders. This way he could reach up and steer the horses ‘gee’ or ‘haw’ with a word and simple tug on the proper side line.
Counsel means steerage, guidance, good advice or Godly advice.
So counsel means Godly, true guidance and steerage-never otherwise. All else is not true counsel in Bible definition.
And now to the counselor definition from Scripture. Counselor means to deliberately give advice to steer
in a direction with a good, Godly purpose.
So, where there is no counsel the people fall. Where there is no wise and prudent, sound and good
counsel, as the word signifies; a person, a family, a people, a kingdom, a commonwealth, a church,
nation, or city, fall into ruin and destruction, or into schemes which bring them to it.
One could also think of a ship without a pilot, or without a helm, or one to steer it. Even though
all the parts are there to move from one port safely to another, without the pilot, helm or steerage
it will not accomplish the purpose for which it was built. It will run in circles, run across the ocean
until it is out of gas, run aground or into something. It will not be doing what a ship was made to do
without proper steerage or counsel. A counselor needs to deliberately steer in the direction for the
purpose intended.
The definition our Thursday night class seemed to think upon was the family. The last part of the
’wisdom-bit’-in a multitude of counselors there is safety also stirred up our minds.
We thought of the places where so many children are required to stay without Bible based counsel
present in the lives of the adults who rule over them. No counsel - people fall; and no Godly counselors - no safety.
To let this ‘wisdom-bit’ take a full meaning, picture the worst place (called home) you know where
children are growing up. Picture yourself with only the choices these children have. Think of the things
present such as drugs, alcohol, sexual immorality, wicked words and entertainment, perhaps even violence.
Picture yourself trying to lie down and sleep in that place. How much safety do you feel?
You see where no counsel is people fall-no safety.
Now, move to a family who are doing their best to provide Godly counsel to their family. A husband and
wife who attend the house of God, worship Jesus teaching and doing WWJD to the best of their ability. Picture
yourself with the choices these children have. Dad and Mom trying to steer them with Godly counsel. Picture
yourself trying to lie down and sleep in that place (probably you have a ‘bed time’ and a ‘getting up time’ maybe
even daily chores and many, many expectations. How much safety do you feel?
Even though a child’s mind will not relish the discipline and restrictions that are so steady and sure; remember,
a multitude of counselors bring safety.
Blessings on having a safe home and employing this ‘wisdom-bit’.
___________________________________________________________________________________________February 9
Glad to know so many loved their visit with ‘Wisdom-Bits’ writer King Solomon of Israel. Many saw parallels
as plain as railroad tracks to our time-now! Yes, that is why they are called ‘Wisdom-Bits’-they last through time
and are just as relevant now as when penned in whatever ancient method long ago.
That is the way with all the Bible for it is Living Word. Read John the first chapter and realize
The Word is The Christ or The Anointed One.
Remember that truth is truth! (Contrary to what you may hear today.) It is truth because it true, duh! Truth is
verity (you know from the ‘verily, verily’ that Jesus used from time to time) or established, stable, certain, faithful,
firm, surely or founded. So now you know that when Jesus or someone speaking from the throne of God says,
‘verily, verily’ they are saying ‘of a truth, of a truth’ so to speak. It can even be taken one step farther to the ‘Amen.’ or ‘so be it.’
As Sergeant Joe Friday of Dragnet fame would say, “That was just some facts, mme. (short for madame), just the facts.”
So if I gave you a scenario from real life, we could, maybe even should, be able to find a ‘Wisdom-Bit’
for it in the Proverbs and vice versa. Let’s try it.
In your wonderful life and among the wonderful people you know there is at least one who possess an attitude.
They, on a quite too regular basis, treat people as un-knowing, unworthy and beneath them in almost EVERY way.
They are mouthy. They are ‘know it all’ in mouth-even if not in facts. The ones who know the facts are even worse.
They openly scoff, are haughty, rude and even downright hurtful to those about them. They will say things in public
to point out their superiority and others inferiority. You may have learned, or done your best to learn, how to turn
them off from hurting you. You may even steel yourself when you are near them, knowing what lies ahead. And,
no matter how hard you try they seem to penetrate your steeled alligator hide and inject some venom hurt beneath
your skin. You walk away having been the victim of their attitude! Sometimes it takes days or even weeks to clear
yourself of their lethal venom and the wrong attitudes it tries to build within you.
So, where in the Bible and in the Proverbs or ‘Wisdom-Bits’ does it address this situation?
Proverbs 9:7-8 (KJV) He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:
and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner,
lest he hate
thee: rebuke a wise man,
and he will love thee.
For those who are really
taking this trip with me you are asking why the one trying to correct gets the
shame,
hatred or blot and not the scorner.
Go back with me to your scorning friend (well acquaintance). Remember their ‘know it all’, condescending,
hurtful attitude! Remember they have kept that attitude in spite of parents, grandparents, teachers, community, etc. corrections of their entire lifetime. They are set in to retain their scorner stance. They will not take correction!
So, what happens when and if you are forced to face this person and try to ‘straighten out’ or ‘correct’ something
with or about them or in their sphere of domain? They do NOT correct! They begin stepping up their affront of you!
They give their attitude about you to all they meet. They might even become a sniper of your name and deeds!
They will call ‘out and out’ warfare with gossip, backbiting, pouting, or any of their arsenal of tools and generally being themselves-scorning.
You, my friend, who does not live that way, will be left with the feeling of shame for the confusion that follows
(victim or not you will hate the flaring nostrils and emotionally draining climate). You will fight to keep yourself
from feeling, thinking and doing as you have seen. You will feel like a blot on your life has occurred.
They will simply move on the next part of their day and their business as usual. Remember, they do not correct.
In some cases Christians will mourn, grieve, and have Godly sorrow that they are feeling un-righteous They
will admit to Jesus that they have thoughts that condemn them. They will need to spend time with Jesus for healing.
They will have to guard their hearts against ‘a root of bitterness’ springing up within them. They will admit to
The Lord that a wrong spirit caused them to trip over themselves and be less that He expects. They will apologize
for their unkind thoughts. They will even apologize to the scorner-who will promptly tell them they were wrong-and admit no fault themselves.
The end usually plays out one of several ways:
1. Both end up acting badly and leave bad, un-finished business forever.
2. Both end up acting badly but after time the victim quietly nurses the hurt and outwardly avoids the scorner.
3. The scorner receives an apology. The one who apologizes goes free before The Lord and themselves.
The scorner remains.
4. I’m still hopeful to see the time when the scorner swallows a ‘wisdom-bit’, becomes wise and takes correction.
Blessings and may you have several snacks, even meals, of ‘Wisdom-Bits’.
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“How about a few articles on applying Bible wisdom, Wilma?” the person asks. “People need the old, tried and true,
wisdom from The Lord. They’ve lived so long in this dark and heard advice from greedy, glory and power seeking,
cursing, blasting, self-serving, destructive minds that do not know wisdom. They need to hear where wisdom is and
how to access it today. Now.”
The simple thought partnered the person who had recently requested a study in the book of Proverbs because
they thought we all needed to re-visit the simple, sometimes one sentence, ‘wisdom-bits’ of The Bible.
But, before some ‘wisdom-bits’ let’s take a look at the man who wrote many of them.
God gave Solomon wisdom. One has to note that a simple study of Solomon will show that simply knowing
what to do (even a personal gift from The Lord Himself) will not work unless applied to one’s own life.
Solomon was NOT a good example of the great wisdom he was given. Oh, he built the great pattern God had
given for his house and the house of The Lord; and, he assembled the largest collection of riches, agriculture, and
prizes in all areas; but he didn’t apply the wisdom to himself.
I found the other day in 2 Chronicles 8:11 that Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of
David to the house he built for her because he knew his heathen worshipping wife should not dwell in the house
of Israel’s king or near the place where the Ark of The Lord was because they were holy.
So, why did he bring other gods into such a holy place that he himself admits was not right? Same old, same old.
He wanted gold, silver, cedar, peacocks, talents from all over his world (same old, same old money, power,
glory you see today) and making allegiances with other nations’ religions, even idol worshippers, was part of the price.
Sound familiar?
I Kings 11:1-4 tells that Solomon loved many strange women, including Pharaoh’s daughter. Many were
of the nations God had warned not to marry into for they would ‘turn the hearts away after their gods’. Solomon
took 700 princesses as wives and 300 others as concubines and-you guessed it-GOD WAS TELLING THE TRUTH-OH YES-
they turned his heart away and it was not perfect with The Lord, his God. He did have the wealth, the power and man’s glory.
The price-he lost his perfect heart before God. One would think I was writing about the 2000s, huh?
Imagine the complex it took to house 1,000 women and the families that resulted!
Imagine the myriad of statues in the hallways, perhaps the very bedrooms or eating rooms of these women;
and, picture Satan’s pleasure when the man God gave wisdom walked near them. He knew cats, calves and
such were animals not gods, much less The God of Israel. He knew! The very God-given wisdom, re-directed,
had allowed him to assemble such pomp. He had literally descended into a baser life, using the wisdom for external
purposes only. He had lost the perfect heart which he earlier had asked for so he would know how to go out and
come in and judge this great people.
Powerful on the outside. He even had a brazen pool resting on the back of twelve oxen.
Imperfect, empty and feeling all is vain-on the inside.
In the Ecclesiastes Book, which I always want to think he wrote as an old man turning back to God, whether
this is absolutely true or not I cannot say, he talks about the man at the end of a road such as we have just described.
He uses the Ecclesiastes or Preacher word for his title. He knows he was, and always will be, the man chosen to lead
Israel, regardless of what he does with his calling-it is his nonetheless-and answerable for as well. He begins Ecclesiastes
with the word that seems to represent how he is feeling as an old rich, powerful man in failing health and about to
‘be spilled upon the ground’ and never gathered up again to mortal life-death!
His word is vanity! Vanity means emptiness or unsatisfactory state in the Hebrew. Excessive pride and too little real
worth has brought him to this state of mind. In dying the external is of absolutely no value. Job’s ‘naked you came and
naked you return’ comes into play here.
Vain here means Solomon is seeing all the things he did in life as vanity. He wonders what profit it is in the end,
when he passes away and another, less than he sees himself, taking over. He sees that in all his power and glory that
without him the wind will still follow its course, the rivers will still run into the sea, men’s ears and eyes will never be
satisfied, etc. God’s world will go on without the great Solomon!
He tells us that he said in his heart he would prove mirth, enjoy pleasure and found it vanity. He reports giving
himself to wine and trying to ‘lay hold on folly’. He reports the houses, vineyards, gardens, orchards, trees of all kinds,
servants, maidens, great possessions, cattle, silver, gold, peculiar Kings’ treasures, men singers, women singers, music
instruments and artists, having his wisdom into old age, on and on he has possessed and possessed and ruled and ruled
and indulged and indulged only to find vanity, vanity, vanity.
Vain here he tells is hatred of one’s life, “vanity and vexation of spirit” he reports.
Vain here is having to leave all ‘his’ to what he sees as lesser men.
Eventually he gets around (read the Book) to vain meaning facing the One who gave life and gifts and not having
God’s desired outcome to your record. Facing The Ancient of Days with piles of vanity and disobedience.
Here, in his words, is his conclusion. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (KJV) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into
judgment, with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
As I sat at my desk and began writing this article the Precious Holy Spirit
witnessed to me names of many people,
who even in the last decade fell for, or are falling for, the same ‘FOOLISH-BITS’ that Solomon did. No doubt names
ran through your mind as you read. Simple history repeating itself in far too many lives.
Blessings on having ‘Wisdom-Bits’ often. Heed Solomon’s warning on the ‘Foolish-Bits’, please!
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He is only three or so in years and sitting still in adult church is a real task for him.
He is absolutely adorable but we do try to teach the right thing so I advised him he needed to sit down during the prayer.
The Holy Spirit checked my spirit immediately, “He could pray with you.”
I extended the invitation to him as a choice, “You either need to sit while we pray or you could go pray with me.”
“I go pray with you,” he quickly decided.
We knelt down. He folded his arms on the altar. We began to pray. Again, The Holy Spirit checked me,
“Listen to him, Wilma. He is trying to pray what you pray.”
I stopped my prayer and asked The Holy Spirit to lead me to pray with and for him to follow.
I prayed for his mother. He prayed for his mother. I prayed for each of his family.
He prayed for each of them. I told Jesus how much He was loved. He did too.
It was almost impossible to keep myself from crying, in blessing, but knew I should be composed for him.
My voice halted and choked with emotion but I urged it on to finish.
“We pray in Your Name, Lord Jesus,” I ended my prayer.
He prayed, “We pray in Your Name, Lord Jesus.”
We began getting up from our kneeling position. I could see the man who was knelt near us was overcome with
emotion just as I had been. After the little guy went to his seat, the man told me how moved he had been by what he heard.
One on the other side said he had to quit praying and just listen to this little guy.
Today, I heard on the news that a father had killed his son and a mother had suffocated hers after
she had given him drugs to put him ‘down’ to keep him from being scared. My mind could only think of the little boy and the prayer.
Oh, how Jesus would build people lives if they would only listen to His Good Shepherd voice.
Then, on the radio there was a song about the children crying themselves to sleep at night because of the troubles in their lives.
It makes me want to challenge all who do pray to remember our children.
Haiti has hundreds, maybe thousands, who will have no home or parents and too little food.
I read of children who are being sold for lustful purposes (many times by parents needing a ‘fix’).
My mind cries out to The Lord for the world’s children. Oh, how they deserve to be taught right things, good things, Godly things.
Let’s pray for the children.
Blessings.
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