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Sunday, September 1st, 2024
the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Bible Commentaries
Bell's Commentary on the Bible Bell's Commentary
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These files are the property of Brian Bell.
Text Courtesy of Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. Used by Permission.
These files are the property of Brian Bell.
Text Courtesy of Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. Used by Permission.
Bibliographical Information
Bell, Brian. "Commentary on Numbers 12". "Bell's Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/cbb/numbers-12.html. 2017.
Bell, Brian. "Commentary on Numbers 12". "Bell's Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/
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Verses 1-16
Poem: Author Unknown
As I watched them tear a building down,
A gang of men in a busy town,
With a ho-heave-ho, and a lusty yell,
They swung a beam and the side wall fell.
I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled,
And the men you’d hire if you wanted to build?”
He gave a laugh and said, “No, indeed,
Just common labor is all I need.”
“I can easily wreck in a day or two,
What builders have taken years to do.”
And I thought to myself, as I went my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care,
Measuring life by rule and square?
Am I shaping my work to a well-made
plan, Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker who walks to town,
Content with the labor of tearing down?
“O Lord let my life and my labors be,
That which will build for eternity!”
Verses 1-16
Poem: Author Unknown
As I watched them tear a building down,
A gang of men in a busy town,
With a ho-heave-ho, and a lusty yell,
They swung a beam and the side wall fell.
I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled,
And the men you’d hire if you wanted to build?”
He gave a laugh and said, “No, indeed,
Just common labor is all I need.”
“I can easily wreck in a day or two,
What builders have taken years to do.”
And I thought to myself, as I went my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care,
Measuring life by rule and square?
Am I shaping my work to a well-made
plan, Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker who walks to town,
Content with the labor of tearing down?
“O Lord let my life and my labors be,
That which will build for eternity!”