Ecclesiastes 4:1-6:12 ~ 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:7 ~ Psalm 47:1-9 ~ Proverbs 22:16
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Old Testament - I heard a good chunk of today's readings in the book of Ecclesiastes at a wedding a few years ago. And really, these verses work out quite nicely for a wedding if you think about it. Chapter 4 verses 9 through 12: "Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labor. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. And on a cold night, two under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken." Pretty good stuff for a wedding, eh? The kicker is that last little bit about the triple-braided cord. The pastor at the wedding I was at said that God is the third strand in the triple-braided cord in marriage. I like that! Two people come together in marriage, and it's good. But, throw God into the mix of the marriage, as I'm sure we would all want to do, and you've got a very strong triple braided cord! Great stuff. If you are married, is there a triple braided cord in your marriage? Is God always part of your marriage? Part of your every day life? Billy Graham has a few words to say on all of this in our modern world today...
New Testament - Second Corinthians chapter 7 verse 1 today is powerful - "Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete purity because we fear God." How does this verse speak to you? What promises do we have as followers of Jesus Christ? In light of these promises, should we cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body? And cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile our spirit? Are you living your life in such a way that you are moving toward complete purity? Do you believe that the Cross of Jesus Christ purifies you? What does the Cross of Jesus ultimately purify you for?
Bible.org's commentary on today's readings in Second Corinthians titled "Choosing Sides" is at this link.
Psalms - Psalm 47 is an awesome Psalm! I can almost hear and feel music and a drum beat as I read this Psalm today! This Psalm was used in later Jewish synagogue liturgies for Rosh Hashanah, the New Year Festival. This Psalm has also been used by the Christian church in the Celebration of Jesus' ascension, in particular with emphases on verse 5 - "God has ascended with a mighty shout. The LORD has ascended with trumpets blaring." Do you hear and feel the music as you read this Psalm? Verse 1 sets the stage so very well for verse 2 in the image below - "Come, everyone, and clap your hands for joy! Shout to God with joyful praise!"
Proverbs - There is an interesting "or" statement in Proverbs chapter 22 verse 16 today - "A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty." I hadn't really ever thought that showering gifts on the rich might put one in the same boat as oppressing the poor. Oppressing the poor seems like the obvious no-no. But showering gifts on the rich... why do you suppose this is a no-no as well? What's wrong with showering the gifts on the rich? I'm wondering if it is because our gifts would be better given elsewhere? e.g. to the poor? Hmmm... this actually is going to take me into a random tangent that will probably get me in trouble here... :) But, I have to confess. I don't typically buy wedding gifts for my friends any more. Yes, I know this is probably a horrible thing to admit to and say publicly. And perhaps this will cut down on my wedding invites... :) But, truly, I don't buy wedding gifts for my friends. Well - unless it's maybe a One Year Bible, :), a book or CD or something simple. I have a very hard time going to wedding registries and buying "stuff" for people that already really have a lot of stuff, generally speaking. So, what I've been doing instead lately has been to buy a goat from World Vision in honor of the wedding couple. And then World Vision nicely sends the wedding couple a card letting them know that a goat was bought in their honor. And this goat will go to a poor family somewhere in the world. A family that doesn't have much stuff at all. A family that can milk the goat for drinking milk or cheese. And can start a goat family and sell goats and feed themselves and generate some business. Somehow I just feel like this is a better investment of my $75, rather than buying a napkin holder or fork for my newly married friends. This may be really wrong...? But I guess it's where I am now with wedding gifts. If you invite me to your wedding, be forewarned. You are getting a World Vision goat! :)
If you are interested in learning how you can give a goat and other farm animals in honor of your friends for their weddings coming up (your friends are not gonna like me...), check out this website - www.worldvisiongifts.org/ Below is a powerful video from World Vision called "One Life":
Comments from You: What verses or insights stand out to you in today's readings? Please post up by clicking on the "Comments" link below!
God bless,
Mike
Mike, my wedding gift to a couple now consist of a family Bible with their wedding recorded on the family history page plus a donation in their honor to a charity. I think buying a goat would be a wonderful wedding gift! My only exception to this is when I know a young couple is running short on funds then my wedding gift consist of a family Bible and cash. I also don't buy flowers for funerals but instead give to a charity in the name of the deceased. Again I think a goat would be a wonderful substitute for flowers.
God Bless!
Pat
Posted by: Pat | August 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM
Looking back on all the stuff we got for our wedding, I think I would have preferred to have had families receive goats or chickens or beehives instead. What a great idea. Way to be countercultural and not give into materialism. Your right--most every couple in the US is going to have everything they need already--and then some.
Posted by: MG | August 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM
A comment on Psalms 47:7 = In my Bible study I am using and comparing the Scripture in two versions, the NIV and the NKJV. I realize that the NIV is today’s most commonly used version of the Bible but I feel in the case of this verse that it omits a very important part of 47:7 that is clearly stated in the KJV and NKJV versions.
NIV gives this verse as: “For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.”
NKJV gives this verse as: “For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with UNDERSTANDING.”
What the KJV and the NKJV says to me is when you sing praise to the Lord it should be done with meaning and not just lip service. It seems that “Praise the Lord” has become a common phrase today that is kicked about lightly. It’s raining today – PTL! Its sunny today – PTL! The store had my favorite kind of ice cream – PTL!
Before “Praise the Lord” comes from one’s lips, the praise should first be sung in the heart by truly recognizing the greatness of the Lord and His hand in the everyday events of our lives.
God does not take us lightly. He walked on earth and died on the cross for each separate one of us! Therefore, we should never take God lightly or be perceived by others as taking God lightly.
God Bless!
Pat
Posted by: Pat | August 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM
I think it is great that you buy a goat for a wedding gift. Have any of your friends complained? Many probably have a moment of unselfishness and are thankful.
Posted by: Sheri | August 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM
RE goats as wedding gifts: A great idea! Or to give to any other charity in honor of someone. I am always in favor of those ideas. I think it might work well at Christmas time to give gifts to charities in honor of the recipient. Christmas, as we all know is so commericalized. When I think of rich people getting more gifts than they need, this is the time of year that strikes a cord with me.
Does anyone else feel this way about Christmas that I do? I wish that as Christians we can unite and do away with the part of Christmas that has nothing to do with honoring Christ. Like trees, decorations, gifts, baking, cards,Santa and all the stress and anxiety that comes with the holiday season. I wish that we can all get together with our friends, family and fellow believers to truely worship God and celebrate the birth of Christ. Can't we just have one glorious and special service instead. Make it a day of worship. I know the retailers and capitolistic America would not go along with this plan.
At our church we do "Operation Christmas Child" We fill shoe boxes with toys, gifts etc... and it goes to the charity where the gifts are distributed. I know everyone still celebrates Christmas the old fashioned way too. Well enough of that holiday. We will have it come upon us soon enough.
The whole concept of giving to the rich can apply to wedding, birthdays and holidays. We should all give goats or other items needed to those in need. I am very much in favor of the idea.
Posted by: Laura | August 31, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Mike, maybe “…showering gifts on the rich …’ flows from the same motivation as, “oppressing the poor,” the desire for wealth. If someone is rich then what gift can you really give them that they can’t get for themselves, and I’m using “gift” with a tone of sarcasm. If a gift is something you give with no strings attached to someone who supposedly has a need, then what can you really give someone who has more than you do?
The reason why people give a gift to the wealthy is that they want something. They are in reality not giving a “gift” but a bribe, something to smooth the way for a reverse exchange, they are priming the pump. They are looking to get ahead, jump the line a head of everyone else.
Why is the poor oppressed? To keep someone down in an attempt to devalue their self-worth and obscure their true value. If a person sees themselves as valueless, then whatever they have in their hands to do be it raw material, human labor, you can give them less than what their labor value is worth and reap a greater profit on the sale of the finished product.
To God, the one who made everything we value as being priceless and precious, we, the peeps (people) are his treasured possessions. So we worship the one’s who we think have the stuff and we oppress the ones who label is worthless so we can acquire more of the stuff from the profits
What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn't treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand. (Romans 1:21-23 MSG)
Posted by: R | August 31, 2007 at 11:18 AM
2Cor6:14-18;7:1
This is another time - I think one is better off reading Bob Deffingbaugh's commentary than my post :)
http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=1228
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2Cor6:14a "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers..."
I wondered why Paul went to such great lengths up to this point in 2Cor to point out travails of his ministry and the reassurance of what God is doing (or should be doing) in all their lives, and what God will do in their lives. It seems to lead up to 2Cor6:14a.
OK. The yoking reference goes back to Deut22:10 and Deut14:1-8. The ox and the ass should not be yoked together because one is clean (oxen) and the other is unclean (ass). Also, as someone in here (Ramona?) pointed out back in Deut. - they are incongruent with each other - they do not walk in the same step (gait), unequal strength, etc.
The path cleared by the two animals will more than likely be a screwed up path - not the one intended. I think that is the underlying concern for Paul. If you are yoked together, you will walk the same path. Like the unmatched animal pair - it is likely to be a screwed up path. And it will necessitate the believer adopting some (or most/all) of the values and goals of the unbeliever. If for no other reason than to get along, as the unbeliever will see the Christian way as "foolishness".
Upon initial reading I thought: Got it. Do not marry an unbeliever, do not become inextricably tied up with an unbeliever in fellowship and/or business and politics. Not isolationism from unbelievers, just NO close "bonding" or yoking with them.
[In John 17 Jesus prays: "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one" (Jn. 17:15). Paul also mentions relations with the world in 1Cor5:9-13. Neither is promoting isolationism.]
Then I read Bob Deffingbaugh's commentary,and while the above is true,in this specific case Paul may very well be referring to unbelievers (false apostles) in the Corinthian "body of Christ".
Paul goes to great lengths to re-establish the apostles authority and intent for spreading the Gospel. Re-establishing what God has done for the Corinthians and will do in the future. Perhaps it is not the influence of "Greek" love of man's wisdom that caused Corinthians to screw up so much in 1COR, but man's wisdom as taught by "false apostles" (using that strategy as a pinpointed weakness in the Greek culture) within the "assembly".
Being yoked to or following the teachings of a "false teacher" within the church can have devastating effects - as it has in Corinth. Paul is saying to separate yourself from these people (teachers) - do not follow their (screwed up)path.
[NOTE: Implications of this for today are in Bob's commentary - and it may be a tough read for some.]
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WHY?
Paul lists five rhetorical questions to which the answer is "No" or "none"
Can the wicked and righteous be:
-Partners
-In Fellowship (deep bonding type)
-In Harmony
-Personal compatibility - "New creation" with the "flesh"
-In Worship*
[* NOTE: this last is what leads me to believe that Paul may very well be referring to False Apostles in Corinth.]
"For we are the temple of the living God."
The "assembly" is the temple of God. Again the Gk. word "nous" is used for temple. Meaning the "Holy of Holies" - the innermost part of the temple where God once resided and now resides in you.
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Lastly I find it interesting how Paul used the OT to validate his point.
-Promise mixed with prophecy.
-Prophecy for end times
-Promise.
The promises Paul refers to in 1Cor7:1
"I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
"I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
We will be a communal family with the Father and the Son as adopted children of God!
Therefore purify yourselves (*to do a completed act) then pursue (*in an on-going manner) holiness out of reverence for God.
* by the Gk. verb tenses
Posted by: John | August 31, 2007 at 11:18 AM
In regard to this scripture: "Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labor. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. And on a cold night, two under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken."
It sounds nothing like what Paul preaches about staying single & focused. I do understand the "theory" of this Proverb verse - but it also makes me feel left out at this time in my life cause I don't have that second person (male or female). I wish I did!!! :)
But I sure think I may start to remind God of His Word & perhaps He will remedy my situation.
Regarding purity: I just read "The Purity Principal" by Randy Alcorn, a very short little profound book (93 pages) for sure & also bought "Every Single Man's Battle" guide for personal & group study for my 23 yo son (like to read a book before giving it away). I plan on buying "Every Young Man's Battle" for my nephew - he is 15 & asking me questions today about sinning & asking forgivness - will he still go to heaven. He attends church regulary, but still has quesitons. I told him a little about the book & said I would get it tomorrow & mail it to him. He said he keeps doing the sin & I think I know what he is talking about - perfect book for him at his age.
AND - I have a wedding present to give the end of October & I'm going to check out the site about giving beneficial animals for people that desperately need them in honor of my soon to be wedded couple. They are very strong Christains, they have been dating for 2 years & not kissed yet - except a peck on the cheek or forehead - saving that passionate kiss for marriage & I respect them so much & I have seen how God has honored & rewarded them in doing this. They would love the idea of giving life sustance in their name/honor for their wedding.
Posted by: Jan | August 31, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Ecclesiastes 4:1-6-12
Clearly, Solomon wrote this book because he was an observer of life and people so there is much meat in these words.
8 If you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and justice being miscarried throughout the land, don't be surprised! For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice only get lost in red tape and bureaucracy. 9 Even the king milks the land for his own profit!
10 Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness! 11 The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what is the advantage of wealth--except perhaps to watch it run through your fingers! (5:8-11)
Verse eight is one I need to get way down in my spirit. I see so many people in leadership oppressing those they are either called to lead or who have been given supervisory positions yet despise, mistreat and totally abuse those they have been given charge over. I see leadership who fail to take responsibility for their departments; homes and businesses playing the Blame Game trying to pass their responsibilities unto those they are suppose to be leading. Justice fails when the attitude or understanding of the word justice is defined by a “just us” attitude, right behavior, actions and outcome are only just for us and not for them.
We were not placed on this earth to self-consume, we will not get a prize for gathering the most “toys.” God gives each and every person gifts, saved and unsaved, so that they will realize that what they have they did not get because they are so great are so talented, no one makes themselves. God’s gifts are given without repentance. (Romans 11:28-30; Acts 17:26-27
In reading this book, I must constantly remind myself that Solomon wrote this book under the sun and not under the Son or hopelessness will take over.
II Corinthians 6:14-7:7
14 Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can goodness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15What harmony can there be between Christ and the Devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? 16 And what union can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:
This admonishment by Paul can be applied to every area of life, not just marriage. Amos 3:3 states, Will two walk together, except they have agreed? (JPS)
I see this violated so many times by Christians single women who are so desirous of getting married at all cost that they marry an unbeliever, and an unbeliever can be someone who goes to church. They scope out a man they want then manipulate them onto their hook. Once they catch them, scale them and fry ‘um up they then complain about the taste.
What you see is what you get, you can’t change people unless they want to be changed and if they want to change they have to change we can’t make them or create them to be into the image we want. God does not even do that. If you can’t live with the man you see standing in front of you with all his flaws, leave it alone, don’t begin a construction project, you will fail. In fact what you really are doing is Practicing Witchcraft!! In reality witchcraft is the practice of trying to control someone else’s will, it aint ‘bout black cats and cauldrons folks it’s about manipulation.
Psalm 47:1-9
When I read the Psalms of Praise that encouragement that instruct people to clap, shout, praise God with tambourines and cymbals and the like, I think Heaven is not going to be a quite place and that sometimes at church we are to make a lot of heavenly noise so we won’t be shocked when we get there. Of course this “noise” should be in a manner that is deceit and in order.
Proverbs 22:16
This Proverb may be dealing with giving actual gifts but there is another Proverb, in the next chapter that warns of receiving gifts from the “rich,” the gift of a meal, or those who have power over you. Mike maybe this is because the writer understands the human nature of our “gift” giving. Are we giving a gift because we want to bless the person or are we giving a “gift” as a disguised bribe hoping we will find favor with the wealthy person who will give bigger gifts in return or at least get the crumbs from the ruler’s table.
WHEN YOU sit down to eat with a ruler, consider who and what are before you; For you will put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to desire. Be not desirous of his dainties, for it is deceitful food [offered with questionable motives]. Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. [Prov. 28:20; I Tim. 6:9, 10.] Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. Eat not the bread of him who has a hard, grudging, and envious eye, neither desire his dainty foods; For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost]. The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and your complimentary words will be wasted.
(Proverbs 23:1-8 AMP).
In fact this verse, 16 A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty, would not be out of place with today’s reading in Ecclesiastes dealing with the seeking of wealth (Ecc 5:8-20)
Posted by: R | August 31, 2007 at 11:20 AM
What a wonderful idea! I have two weddings coming up and guess what I am going to do??
I bet goat buying will go up.
God Bless
Posted by: Rhodora | September 03, 2007 at 08:05 AM
The scripture 2nd Cor 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:7- really stopped me in my tracks today. In meditating over these verses I sensed a warning from the Lord in this passage. Then in reading the bible.org's commentary titled "Choosing Sides", a greater understandign of this passage has begun to open up for me. Like most people I alwasy thought of this "unequally yoked" passage as mainly related to relationships with unbelievers in the world... but I never thought about the explicit waring it holds to not partner with those even in the church- claiming to be believers who in fact are not. Below is the tail end of the commentary... really GREAT stuff... Thanks for todays posts and the link.
Sometimes Christians who wish to “market” the gospel try to make it look as if it is merely something we “add” to our life, which does not radically change anything. This is a lie! Christianity is not something we add to our life; Christianity is something which replaces what we once were with something completely new (2 Corinthians 5:17). Christianity turns our life upside-down. Christianity is not compatible with unbelief nor any other form of belief. When we turn to faith in Christ, we turn from all that we once trusted in, placing all of our faith and trust in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Any representation of Christianity as an add-on is a misrepresentation.
A second principle underlies our text which is fundamental: There are, and will continue to be, counterfeit Christians who come into the church to lead men and women away from Christ to something or someone else. These people most often profess to be genuine believers, and they may even be religious leaders. The Old Testament, our Lord, and His apostles all warn us about such people. We need to be on guard, ever alert to the existence of such folks. And when we recognize them, we must disassociate ourselves from them. Evangelical Christianity is plagued with many such hucksters, and all too many believers are being taken in by them.
Our first choice is to turn from the world, from our own good works, and from our misplaced trust, and trust in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins and the certain hope of eternal salvation. We must realize that when we do turn in faith to Jesus Christ, we are turning from that which we valued, from that which we trusted in the past. Following Christ means that we cannot, and we must not, follow anyone who leads us away from a simple, pure devotion to Him:
1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf, and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order that no one may delude you with persuasive argument. 5 For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ. 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ (Colossians 2:1-8).
We are to follow Christ by following the apostles. But the apostles are dead and gone. How can Christians today follow Paul and the apostles, and turn from false apostles? We follow the apostles by knowing and obeying the Scriptures, which they have written under the control of the Holy Spirit:
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”— 18 and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19 And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God (2 Peter 1:16-21).
1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will (Hebrews 2:1-4).
27 “For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. 28 Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29 I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears. 32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified” (Acts 20:27-32).
13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them; 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:13-17).
Let us continue to look to the Holy Scriptures to lead and guide us so that we may follow our Lord (and His apostles) as we obey His Word. Let us not use this text as an excuse for avoiding association with unbelievers, so that we may live Christ before them, and point men to Christ. Let us obey this text as we recognize and shun those who claim to be followers of our Lord and are not. And let us look to the Holy Spirit to illuminate us so that we may be able to do that which this text requires us to do, in obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Posted by: Rita | September 03, 2007 at 05:54 PM
What a wonderful idea. I do already support World Vision, but I will now be giving goats etc. to others. It is such a materialistic world and so many have so little and many have WAY more then they need. Great Idea! I will be sharing this idea with others.
I also want to say how much I appreciate the bible in a year blog. I have kept up and always learn from your extra information you present each day. Thank you.
Posted by: Cheryl | September 03, 2007 at 08:25 PM
I quit giving Christmas gifts years ago. Instead months in advance, I told people of my plans and asked what charity would they like me to make a donation to. Consequently in December, I make a donation to their favorite charity in their honor. I had not thought of doing that for weddings, but I prefer it. The last wedding I attended, the ceremony/reception probably cost more than my house! They did not need my contribution to more "stuff".
Posted by: Margaret | September 03, 2008 at 05:12 AM
A great supporter of World Vision is AIDtoCHILDREN.com.
AIDtoCHILDREN.com is a dual-purpose site for building an English
vocabulary and raising money for under privileged children in the most impoverished places around the world.
Check it out at http://www.aidtochildren.com
Posted by: Gord Hunt | September 04, 2008 at 05:20 AM