"We Couldn't Play Marbles..."
 

Old lady, one of the church mother's is talking about the old days and how her parents would not let her play with mables because the Bible said, "Marble not."

Thing is, she is serious. Her parents misunderstood the scripture, but they were sincere.

No marbles. No cards. No dice.


Marble not.

She is praising God now, looking back where God has brought her from. I think she is in her 80's.


Marble.
Not.

?

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Stuck on marble not.

Is church attendance ever a waste of time?

Not today I guess. I praised the Lord earlier but I could have done that in my car.

I am here with my brothers and sisters.

There is value in being here, even when it is not clearly apparent.

Marble not. :(
How does that happen?

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Neither does this thread

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Are you trying to say Marvel not?

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There is glorying in the Cross....and then there is glorying in ignorance.

I respect my elders...but I know plenty of old people with bad ideas...

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Stan Lee is understandably saddened by that scripture.

She must be a fan of DC.

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Service is over.

Pastor tried to clean up the women's day service speaker's "sermon". Service is over.



They have services 3 times a week. I only come twice. I joined two weeks ago. A couple members have approached me about not coming to the service that I consistently miss.


The marbe not mother knows me by first name. Her mins is very sharp. She calls me to her, hugs me and tells me that she really hopes I got something out of the service.


I smiled and said yes ma'am.

My stomach hurts.

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Thanks.

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EDITED:

No. That is the point of this thread. She knows NOW that scripture says MARVEL not but not sure if MARBLES are still allowed in her house.

Cards and dice are not. This was plainly stated.

I guess it is good to believe in something...

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lol!

Thanks sir!

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If you do a quick Bible search for "Marvel Not" there are several where Jesus Himself marveled.

Poor thing needs to read the rest of the verses she's quoting partially....there's always a comma after, Marvel Not.

Context context context

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The First Church of the Speech Impediment?

Did someone teach her she wasn't to have "marbles?"

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First Church of Missing Marbles?

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Sooooo why is that pastor allowing a crazy person in his pulpit who can't rightly divide the Word of God?

Either he agrees with her...or he's trying to smooth things over.

So ignorance or cowardace.

Dude I'm just being honest here.

People taking things out of context is a huge pet peeve of mine even when it makes the sermon sound good.

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Service is over.

Did I mention that already?

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Jermyn,
You just have to keep soldiering on. There are a lot of people who thought Cornelius played in a band and Jesus couldn't see for the press (Jerusalem post and arutz sheva I suppose) but it's not a willful ignorance - just the words in the King James version versus what they've heard. Keep your chin up! ;) .....

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It's the Pastor's wife or mother?

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Yes and she implied that she believed this for quite sometime.

This is part of how she was raised-- part of her story.

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Relative, I think maybe aunt-- not sure.

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I think it is called respect.
Did I mention that service is over?

Honestly, I am not sure if she is against marbles.

I think she brought it up to emphasize where God has brought her from.

Honestly, not sure. Honestly.

I edited an earlier post on this thread to emphasize the lack of clarity.

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Exactly.

:highfive

Marble not.

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But we are bored and we have nothing better to do than to armchair quarterback this church experience. Ok ok...church is over...I get it.

I think what you need to do is invite her over for a game of Chinese Checkers and when she whips out her crucifix just say,"Calm down mother...it's just checkers." and show her the box.

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Poor thing will likely be among the first in line for a crown of gold because unlike a lot of people, she just simply obeyed Scripture as best she knew rather than try to debate God over to seeing her side of things.

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Thank you for this.

WOW!

Thank you!

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But but but I like my marbles!

I can see that point man.

He's chosen the simple things to confound the wise.

I'll be the first to admit that I get worked up and focus on things that really should be low priority.

I'm trying to do better...just pray for me.

For the record I wasn't trying to insinuate that she wasn't right with God.

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I'm glad you went to church thing morning even if you are feeling a bit down.
If you are prayed up and fired up, you can go to give something rather then get something. Acts 20:35.

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:yourock

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You are right. Thank you very much. It is better to give than to receive.

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I chuckle at some of the standards from way back then.

People express devotion to God in different ways. Or they go a little too far in distancing themselves from the world.

Does it make me chuckle ? Yes. But do I judge how others express devotion to God ?? Not at all.

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Yet, these churches with odd standards had congregations. The people were more than happy to adhere to whatever they were taught. If anyone didn't like what was being taught there was always a door which led to the outside. Guess what, the Branch Davidians still get converts, Nation of Islam still get converts, FLDS still get converts, and Baptists still get converts. All these dangerous cults with their odd standards and beliefs still get converts. Listen, there is a rear end for every seat. No matter what the teachings may be.

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Some folks just misunderstand sometimes. I knew of a man who once preached a whole sermon on the "sweet smelling Savior" misunderstanding the word "savor." Another gent spoke quite movingly about the "statues" of God misunderstanding the word "statute."

My six-year-old granddaughter made us all laugh last Sunday as she talked about someone being baptized. Instead of saying "baptized," she used the word "backwashed." Makes perfect sense to me!

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BACKWASHED!!!!

ROFL!!!

I'm gonna find some way to use that term...

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I'm sitting in my truck. Had a horrible day pouring mud (concrete) slab.
I was feeling worn out until I thought about some guy preaching a sweet smelling savior. :lol

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:heeheehee

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I know a pastor who preached on King David killing 200 Philistines and bringing back their foreskins. He loved Louis L'Amour books and wrongly thought foreskins were scalps. He mentioned these "scalps" more than once in his message. One preacher on the platform laughed so hard he almost feel out of his chair.

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Maybe they meant Marvel comics not. :D

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Once a fervent but misguided Christian was trying to convert me to his doctrine, I made the mistake of explaining to him what circumcision really was, big mistake the guy was horrified and left my presence in total shock. :D

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Oh .... WOW !! :blush

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LOL

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Dude, concrete is some hard work....I mean at first it's all slushy.