The Storyteller | Mary Vee

Photo Courtesy For my regular readers you may wonder what happened to the part two post I said I would do today. Sorry. It is postponed. Something incredibly shiny popped up that had to be shared and discussed. I think you'll be interested, too. While satisfying a huge curiosity of mine about the time between the Old and New Testaments, I bumped into the saying, "Crossing the Rubicon" and learned the significance of these words. You may be aware that the Romans controlled Jerusalem during the New Testament days. I had long wondered how the city went from restoration under Nehemiah and Ezra, to being overtaken by the Greeks, and ending up with Roman power--all between Malachi and Matthew. One page in my Bible. A page that lasted four hundred years. Good stuff to learn and if you are interested in following my research in easy story form you can go to my ministry blog  God Loves Kids  and search for all posts "Time in between Testaments" Fa...

Photo Courtesy My daughter called me one day, her voice a mixture of anger and sadness. For the second time that same week, a friend made arrangements to meet. They were just going to have coffee or lunch. Whatever, just a time to chat and laugh.  The meetings were around 2pm, technically after lunch. She chose to hold off eating to enjoy the meal with her friend.  They lived about an hour and a half away from each other so the meeting place was put somewhere in the middle.  My daughter watched the clock then left in plenty of time to get to the location. She and her friend had made the final arrangements about thirty minutes before she left so there shouldn't be any problems, right? She parked her car just as a text came in. "Sorry," her friend's text read. "I won't be coming. How about if we get together tomorrow?" I suppose it wouldn't have been such a big deal except another friend basically did the same thing two days earlier. ...