M10 Show week #89

 

Elvis:  So what're we eatin' tonight?

Sorry, bub, we ordered last night and finished it off tonight.  You're on your own tonight.

Ah'm gonna waste away ta nothin' round here!

When you passed, you were between 250 and 300 pounds... I think some wasting might be in order...

If'n you noticed, I am the 50's an' 60's version, therefore much lighter...

And you are imaginary, so you weigh whatever I say!  Anyhow, we have a show to do, so put on our first debut.

If'n ah c'n find the strength... Oh, wait, here's a pretty young gal with some beef in her voice!  Innerducing to the M10- Amira Elfeky at #10... ************************************************

Hey!  Yer video din't have a picture of her!

True dat.  Let's fix this problem...

This week, we stop off in 1960, where the US #1 was Connie Francis and My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own; Canada has Let's Think About Living by Bob Luman (#14 here this week), and Australia again has a Johnny O'Keefe number at the top, Come On And Take My Hand.

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And our Song I wouldn't Turn off from this week in '60 is a 6-song battle, as usual whittled down to a top three:

#3 would be Hank Locklin and Please Help Me I'm Falling, on it's way out at #99 here this week, while having peaked at #6- and at #1 in Canada, #22 in Australia.

#2 would be the Big O...

Hey, din't he tell ya not ta call 'im that?

Quite right, Roy Orbison and Only The Lonely, at #58 this week on his way down from #2, while topping out at #2 in Canada and #5 in Australia....

And the top song this week I wouldn't turn off...

Sam Cooke and Chain Gang- at #4 this week- and a high of #3 next week- while in Australia he only managed a #21, but in Canada #4.

Ya gonna play the other video?

I was going to let you, grump, but since...

No, I got it, I got it.  Good enuff ta work, not good enuff ta feed... 

You know what, I have just the thing!  With a push of this button...

Wait!  Whut...

...I send you right on down to your commissary for some delicious bologna casserole!  ZOOOM!!

Ahem, with that taken care of, here once again is Buck Meek with his latest on the M10 at #6....

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Buck, would you like to give the rest of the M10?

BM:  Why sure, pardner!  

10- down from 4 is Cole Swindell with She Had Me At Heads Carolina...

8- Casting Crowns holds onta the spot with Praise You In This Storm...

7- Lovin' that pedal steel and harp from Mikaela Davis an' Far From You, moseyin' down one more spot in her 10th week...

5- More pedal steel from Dan + Shay an'd Neon Cowgirl, up from 10...

4- Down one for Smash Mouth an' Underground Sun...

3- Slippin' back a spot for Jason Isbell an' Save The World...

2- Up three for Aiden Bissett an' Ultravoilet...

And still at #1, a song about a state a couple notches north of my boyhood home...

Kansas, by Whitney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Say, can a feller get a bite to eat round here?

Sure, just hit that big red button again!  But Buck... don't get what HE'S eating....

Wednesday Bible Study: God in Proverbs III

 

This week I want to shift to Jesus as Understanding in Proverbs.  And there are just two points that I want to make this time, that stood out for me as I studied the word used here- a word called בּינה bı̂ynâh (pronunced bee-naw').  The first involves what the word CAN mean.

In the KJV Concordance, the first meaning is what my Bible translates it as- understanding.  But according to the KJVC, there are two other ways it is translated more than once- and not surprisingly, those translations are "Knowledge" and "Wisdom".  You cannot separate the words, just as you cannot separate the Father, The Son, and the Spirit.

But there are other meanings which have only one occurrence, and they are important as well, to gain knowledge of Christ in Proverbs and elsewhere.  One of them is from Daniel 8:15 on...

Dan 8:15  And it happened when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me the form of a man. 

Dan 8:16  And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called and said, Gabriel, make this one understand the vision. 

It is the word translated "meaning".  When Daniel sought for meaning, the Pre-Incarnate Christ answered Him through Gabriel.  What Daniel had sought for was the understanding of something shown him in a vision; and Jesus both IS the Word (remember in John?) and is the means of comprehending the Word.

The second comes in Jeremiah 23...

Jer 23:18  For who has stood in the counsel of Jehovah, and hears His Word? Who has listened to His Word and heard it? 

Jer 23:19  Behold, the tempest of Jehovah has gone forth in fury, a whirling tempest. It shall whirl on the head of the wicked. 

Jer 23:20  The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until He has done and until He has set up the purposes of His heart; in later days you shall understand it perfectly. 

The word here is, oddly to our way of constructing things, "perfectly."  How does this work?  Let me have John Gill explain:

...in the latter part off time, when the Jews shall be converted, and seek the Lord their God,  then "shall they understand it with an understanding", as it may be rendered; when they shall have the veil removed from them, and turn to the Lord; then they shall have a true and thorough understanding of these things; of the cause and reason of them; and of the mind of God in them, and the ends to be answered by them. 

To put it in Chris speak, they will understand things from Jesus's eyes.  We might think of these two as, "meaning given", and "sight given".  And the third comes from Isaiah:

Isa 33:19  You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand. 

Isa 33:20  Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. 

Isa 33:21  But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass. 

This passage links us to the concept that in Jesus we will be separated from those who cannot comprehend Him.  The fool and the scoffer will have no place before Him.  As 'separate' is the true meaning of "holy", we might call this "Holiness given."

Now, the other thing I learned this week stems from yet another word that occurs only twice in the whole Bible.  First, where it is in Proverbs:

Pro 7:4  Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinsman, 

My paper Bible changes it to "kinswoman", in I suppose an attempt to match genders with Wisdom.  But it is in most translations "kinsman" or "relative".  But the word (which has many diverse meanings) as  'kinsman' itself appears at only one other spot:

Rth 2:1  And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech. And his name was Boaz. 

Now, Boaz, as you remember from the story in Ruth (I hope), became the kinsman-REDEEMER, who redeemed at a price that a nearer relative (also translated in some places 'kinsman', but was a different word) was unwilling to pay- the price of marrying Ruth.  Let me now apply this all to our understanding of Jesus:

- Through Christ we are redeemed, yes, but He becomes our brother through adoption by God.  Thus the meaning for the Boaz 'kinsman' is more of knowing them personally, where the other 'kinsman' implies only the buying aspect.  Jesus did more than redeem us- He KNOWS us. He understands us.

- Naomi's life had become bitter to her, until she saw that Boaz would redeem her life.  Once all that was hers was redeemed by Boaz, she received blessings she thought she'd never have.  Just the same, when we are redeemed by Jesus, the Bible becomes more than a book of faerie tales, and Jesus more than a figure on a crucifix.  He becomes the promise of Heaven- blessing we could never imagine happening.

-Just like Naomi would not have found redemption without the Gentile Ruth- whom she had tried to drive away- the Jews of today have to be brought to Christ through the preaching of (for the most part) Gentiles, because on a spring day in around 30 AD, they had tried to 'send Christ away'.

Next time, we will hit (God willing) the notes that take us from Jesus to the Holy Spirit.

Picture time

 This week, I have just Friday and Saturday- but they are definitely eventful...

Just after 7AM

Bunny barely moved, until Misty was right on her

It was just a little misty (so to speak), so believe me when I say that lighter dot at wood's edge was indeed a deer

Duck hens. They stayed right there, even while Misty was in the water about 6 feet away

Somebody has drawn the line at the cricket pitch- not straight either, I might add

The difference an inch or so of rain water makes

Next up was a fun story.  We had rounded the corner near the woods and were about halfway to the bend that would take us over the hill to Groundhog Road and then home.  I spotted this buck rocketing towards us from clear over at the canal, and Misty watched in amazement as, just like the bunny last week, it roared past us...

...then got to the woods and looked back to see who he just passed.

I have to apologize for the spots.  This camera allows for dirt to get to the inner lens, but thus far has shown me no way to get it out.

Second bunny of the day.  I was beginning to think the coyote had ate them all.

Then we come to Saturday- a vastly different kind of day...

Probably the foggiest walk we ever went on...

Figured this might be the only clear picture we got, lol

You can't see them, but since we got up late, the fields were swarming with hundreds of socceristas and their families.  No lie!

I told this group, "They'd better let you sit in the middle of the field if you want to actually see anything!"

By my reckoning, visibility varied between a a tenth and just over a 20th of a mile...

Literally hundreds of people all around- you could hear them, but see no more than a dozen at a time.

Even the river was mostly MIA

See the little bonesy popping out of the jack o'lantern?  It has a motion detector- comes out whn you approach, returns when you leave.

And now, for scenes from Grayson's fourth birthday party...

Isaiah doing Isaiah things

Birthday boy

Camera wasn't happy inside, either...

Monster truck on the cake... keep this in mind...

Blowing out the candle

The haul

Birthday boy, Mommy, Sis, Daddy

They're still in the boxes, but the one from the cake is ready for play...

I did a much better job of catching Mommy's reactions...

M10 show week #88

 

Well, due to crybaby over there, we will be interrupted tonight so HE can eat with us!

Elvis:  An' I appreciate that- 'ceptin' the 'crybaby' part...

So this week we feature 1961, one new debut, and a new #1, so let's start out by getting that debut in!  This is country duo Dan + Shay at #10...

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That'll be stuck in mah head all week...

It'll probably get lonely in there!  Anyway, I said we were going to 1961 this week- and while Canada matches us at #1 with Bobby Vee's Take Good Care Of My Baby, Australia had some homegrown talent at the top.  In fact, he was the very first native to hit their top 40 charts anywhere in the country!  He tried- twice- to make it in America.  The first time, idiot promoters labelled him "the boomerang boy" and made him do exhibitions where anyone who could throw farther than he did won a prize.  He paid off pretty good- until the day he got drunk first.  That changed their mind about the exhibitions.

The second time, however, was after a very serious accident that really impacted his mental health.  The trip went miserably, he flew to London and woke up three days later in a straightjacket, only getting released 

*****NOTE:  RAMPANT FACE-STUFFING INTERLUDE****

when an expat in the hospital identified him.  Unfortunately, it would become an ongoing thing until his death for Johnny O'Keefe, who was at the top this week in 1961 in Australia with this tune...

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Man, that there story sure is a shame.  What a talent!

I agree.  Now this is the first week of "before we were born", Jo-Anne, so my Song I Wouldn't Turn Off was a bit harder, but nothing like a challenge.  I found 8 that I picked out, slashed that to 3, and here are my picks for this week in 1961:

3rd place goes to a song that... well, it was the number one this week here and in Canada- Bobby Vee's Take Good Care Of My Baby- a song that reached #6 in Australia.

2nd goes to the song that was #9 this week here- a song that peaked #3 in Australia, but apparently got no higher than #11 in Canada- Ray Charles and Hit The Road, Jack.

And this week's song I wouldn't turn off-  

...the Highwaymen and Michael, which was #3 here this week, and peaked at 2 in Canada and at the top in Australia (possibly, as in Canada, under Michael Row The Boat).  

Man, good food!  Ya should get us wings more offn!

You're the one with the $500 million estate, you pick up a bill once in a while and we'll talk.  Anyway, get the M10 finished!

Food din't help yer disposition!  Anyway, here ya go...

9- back up a notch for BORNS an' Suddenly...

8- Holdin' at the spot, Casting Crowns and Praise You In This Storm...

7- down a spot in week #8, Talk an' A Little Bit Happy...

6- Nine weeks an' down a pair, Mikaela Davis an' Far From You...

5- Up 4 for Aiden Bissett an' Ultraviolet...

4- Back up a spot fer Cole Swindell an' She Had Me At Heads Carolina....

3- Droppin' from the top is Smash Mouth an' Underground Sun...

2- Slidin' up ta #2 is Jason Isbell an' Save The World...

An' a new #1 by a first timer at the top...

credit Elrika Henriksson

...Whitney an' Kansas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so now go jog off your dinner, and we'll be back next time!

Wednesday Bible Study: God in Proverbs II

 

One thing I've learned about God the Father in studying Him in the light of the word דּעת (da‛ath), or 'knowledge' in Proverbs is that, separating Him from Jesus (understanding) and the Spirit (wisdom) is nigh unto impossible.  Just as the Lord Himself said...

Joh 14:6  Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 

Joh 14:7  If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him." 

Nor can you separate Him from the plan He has had from the beginning for you- just as Paul told it to us...

Eph 1:7  In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 

Eph 1:8  which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 

Eph 1:9  making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 

Eph 1:10  as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 

But what you CAN learn is how he deals with us.  And that depends, as I said 2 weeks ago, on whether you value Him, or deny Him...

Pro 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

So the Father is Knowledge; and, to know Him requires reverence FIRST.  And the first couple chapters in Proverbs describe in more detail the differing KINDS of people there are, in how they relate to God.

First, there is the fool, who has two components; First, in his thoughts, he hates God:

Pro 1:29  Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, 

Pro 1:30  would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof, 

Pro 1:31  therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices. 

And second, he lies to himself about this by denying there is a God...

Psa 14:1  To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. 

The counterpart to this in those who choose God is the effort to call upon the Lord...

Pro 2:1  My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you, 

Pro 2:2  so that you attend to wisdom, you shall extend your heart to understanding; 

Pro 2:3  yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice for understanding; 

Pro 2:4  if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, 

Pro 2:5  then you shall understand the fear of Jehovah and find the knowledge of God. 

Keep this passage in mind, because we'll keep coming back to it.  The next type of person is the Scoffer.  Unlike the fool, who has a definite thing against God, a scoffer has one attitude towards everything- and runs his mouth about it:

Pro 1:22  How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? And will scorners delight in their scorning? And will fools hate knowledge? 

The scoffer is the hardest to turn from his ways, because it isn't so much their philosophy that drives them, but the action of being 'against' everything that comes their way.  Thus, they'll have a answer- a wrong one- for everything:

Pro 29:20  Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 

So where a fool might be convinced he is wrong, always being right is what defines a scoffer. The answer to this man comes in that same passage from before...

 ...and lift up your voice for understanding; 

Where the scoffer will take no positive steps, one who values God will take that next step and call upon Jesus...

Rom 10:9  because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 

Why is this confession- the speaking out towards God towards Christ, so important?  Well, I kind of stumbled onto (read: was lead to) a passage that explains that:

Pro 11:9  With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. 

Peering into this passage, I found an interesting root to the word 'mouth':

A primitive root; to puff, that is, blow away: - scatter into corners.

Which put me in mind of Genesis and Adam...

Gen 2:7  then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 

God's blowing brings life; the blowing of man brings destruction.  From chapter 5 on there are many references such as this:

Pro 5:1  My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, 

Pro 5:2  that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. 

Pro 5:3  For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, 

Pro 5:4  but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 

Where your "lips", your words, are the final barrier between yourself and sin.  The word translated "guard" means also "protect, maintain, obey", so your words are the key to keeping God in your mind and heart.  This is why we will be judged so strictly on them...

Mat 12:35  The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 

Mat 12:36  I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 

Mat 12:37  for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." 

So finally, we come to the last sinner's group, the simple.  Remember what it said in our previous passage:

Pro 1:22  How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? 

The simple are those who know nothing of God, and believe they are happier for it.  They are neither directed, as the fool, nor malicious, as the scoffer.  They are merely ignorant of God, and haven't been given a reason or motivation to learn anything.  Maybe the motivation end of it is the key; because the answer to them, from our previous passage, is:

...if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, 

Pro 2:5  then you shall understand the fear of Jehovah and find the knowledge of God. 

Wisdom must be SOUGHT.  I made that statement (parenthetically fixed) about 'stumbling onto' a bit of knowledge, but you never just stumble onto such things; you have to be looking.

With that, I have just 3 more quick points, and they basically are the key points to our journey to find God in Proverbs this week.  First, as we have said, the journey begins with value.  Do you value God?  You have to understand WHY He is to be feared/reverenced in order to find Him.

Second, you have to be willing to be TAUGHT.  And that means, you have to handle being corrected at times...

Pro 12:1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. 

(This is a passage which, in different wordings, can be found throughout Proverbs).

And finally, if you want a God who will deliver you from problems, you HAVE TO have this kind of relationship with him:

Pro 2:10  for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; 

Pro 2:11  discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, 

Pro 2:12  delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech...