This in an unusual extra post, I usually only write one a week… well I only publish one Pew a week. I started in 2013 on a very tentative note. I am not a professional writer, I don’t have any letters behind my name, I am just an ordinary guy that found God late in life. How did that happen? My way back to God was through the word. I started reading reading the Bible, going to church and the reasons aren’t that important. There was no great Damascus Road experience, no great sermon, preacher or any pressure of any kind. I just could not get over how interesting the Bible was and was drawn into the history and this fantastic story of my God, the creator and my place in this world. I could go in to detail but the point is in those early years of finding God, it was the written word that drew me in… God spoke this world into being by the power of his words. Of all the creatures on this planet, only humans can communicate through the spoken word. There is power in words, consider that words have the power to create or destroy. How are we using this power? Do we seek to build others up, or do we use words to destroy them? Where is the one place that words are used to disseminate knowledge in a positive way about this God I found. It is the bible of course and while words won’t led us to that perfect state of Wisdom because that comes only from God, you can ask Solomon about that. Solomon also called Jedidiah, was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. Solomon was the biblical king most famous for his wisdom. In 1 Kings he sacrificed to God, and God later appeared to him in a dream, asking what Solomon wanted from God. Solomon asked for wisdom in order to better rule and guide his people.

I started writing The Pew to share the power of the word and now some 10 years later and over 439 posts I still love sharing the word. I have had over 10,000 reads in that time…bragging…no, it is a testimony to the power of the word. Consider this. A very ordinary guy has been given the privilege to share the word of God…to tell the story of His Son and pass the word on of the greatest gift ever…Salvation and Life Everlasting. The Pew is about the word and I am so thankful to have been blessed to share that word with you. Remember to come back to Pew this Saturday eve when I post my usual blog.

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