I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvelous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalm 139:14
I turned fifty years old today...
marvelous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalm 139:14
I turned fifty years old today...
I did not tell anyone in here that my birthday was coming up. Birthdays are not a big deal in prison, anyhow. Still, I did spend my day rejoicing in the Lord, thanking Him for all He has done for me.
In Biblical times, every fifty years, the Jews celebrated a special Jubilee (Leviticus chapter 25). And these Jubilees were important and sacred.
When the trumpet (shofar) would sound throughout the land on a fiftieth "Day of Atonement," (Yom Kippur) which always falls on the first day of the seventh month in the Jewish calendar, the priests were to proclaim liberty to all those who were in captivity.
Slaves were released by their owners. No one was to remain in bondage to anyone. All debts were cancelled. It was a time for a new and a fresh beginning.
So, looking at this from a spiritual standpoint, now that I am 50 years old, I am ready for a fresh start. And I hope that now is the time when the Lord will place a new anointing upon my life.
Perhaps, beginning sometime this year, God will start to use me in new and different ways. This is the hope of my heart. For like the prophet Isaiah, each day my voice shouts to heaven, "Lord, here I am. Use me!" (Isaiah 6:8).
D.B.
In Biblical times, every fifty years, the Jews celebrated a special Jubilee (Leviticus chapter 25). And these Jubilees were important and sacred.
When the trumpet (shofar) would sound throughout the land on a fiftieth "Day of Atonement," (Yom Kippur) which always falls on the first day of the seventh month in the Jewish calendar, the priests were to proclaim liberty to all those who were in captivity.
Slaves were released by their owners. No one was to remain in bondage to anyone. All debts were cancelled. It was a time for a new and a fresh beginning.
So, looking at this from a spiritual standpoint, now that I am 50 years old, I am ready for a fresh start. And I hope that now is the time when the Lord will place a new anointing upon my life.
Perhaps, beginning sometime this year, God will start to use me in new and different ways. This is the hope of my heart. For like the prophet Isaiah, each day my voice shouts to heaven, "Lord, here I am. Use me!" (Isaiah 6:8).
D.B.
