It didn't take long for the Israelites to abandon the Lord and take up the customs and the religion of the land they inhabited. They need to "toughen up" and learn how to defend themselves as well as possess the land that they were given. The 5 tribes that were the Philistines were Gaza, Ekron, Ashkelon, Ashdod and Gath. The struggles to remain independent and pure were already getting tougher due to intermarriages which the Lord forbade. This would plague the Israelites throughout their future as a nation as I experienced in Chronicles.
My day went pretty well. The major coup was getting off on NYE and that was big in my mind - the first in decades. My thoughts and prayers are for my first cousin, Ping who is undergoing a procedure today to hopefully regulate his heart rate. He is very, very near and dear to me.
Praise for today: The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him. Psalm 37: 40.
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