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I wouldn't want to say anything about remembering that or anything Brad.
Ha.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:49 AM
Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] Insult to compliment
> When I was a kid, it was an everyday occurrence for kids to call each
> other names. We won't go into most of them, but some were done in a sense
> to harm, and some were spoken as a light "shoulder slug" type joke. One
> of the phrases we'd here if we messed up or made a mistake , and perhaps
> you are familiar with it if you are seasoned or mature in age enough?
> *smile*, was "Way to go you Nimrod!". Well? As we are told, we refer to
> the Bible for counsel and direction. And would you believe that very name
> was addressed even way back then? All the way from shortly after this
> world reached four digits old into the 60's kids were calling out that
> name, isn't that amazing. Well, here is what God's word says about the
> name Nimrod, which is a little different than us kids had intended.
>
> "One of the descendants of Cush was Nimrod, who became the first of the
> kings. He was a mighty hunter, blessed of God, and his name became
> proverbial. People would speak of someone as being "like Nimrod-a mighty
> hunter, blessed of God."
>
> Brad
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