Stephen had orchestra rehearsal last night, so we had a relaxing girls' night here. After putting Mary to bed, I snuggled deep into the covers and read a quick book called Skipping Christmas. As I sipped my delicious hot chocolate and enjoyed the antics of the Krank family, I thought how nice it would be to actually skip Christmas. Of course, we would still quietly celebrate at home the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we simply would skip all the social events, gift giving, etc. I ran the idea past Stephen this morning. Nope. He enjoys all the extra stuff, and I suppose I do, too. And I certainly wouldn't want little Mary to miss out on all the fun, but sometimes the holidays seem so stressful. Well, I guess I really shouldn't write my opinion on extra Christmas activities after spending over an hour grating frozen butter and making homemade pie dough (yes, this is just the dough - not even the pie yet!) for a social this weekend. Oh well... chin up. The true cure for this holiday stress (and every-single-thing else) lies in God's Word:
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. -- Isaiah 26:3
I went to a Baby Greek class offered (for free!) at our church earlier this week. It was outstanding! We learned how to transliterate, the history behind the languages of the Bible, and lots of fun other stuff. I already knew the Greek alphabet from college (sorority girl), but we learned so, so much more about the language. Did you know that the original New Testament Bible was written in all Greek? Okay, you probably knew that one. But did you know that Koine Greek (what the NT was written in) was only capital letters and 
used absolutely NO punctuation?! Wow! So really, every Bible translation is an intrepretation. We've already decided that Mary will study Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Four languages (included English) too ambitious? I don't know, we'll see; I'm flexible. I already know the alphabet songs for all of them, so we'll start there. We probably won't touch the classical grammar until around age 10. You know, there's a good argument out there that a form of classical Hebrew is the true language of God. And Jesus spoke in Hebrew to Paul on the road to Damascus (which He didn't have to do because Paul also spoke Greek). Maybe we'll speak Hebrew in Heaven? Just some food for thought...
used absolutely NO punctuation?! Wow! So really, every Bible translation is an intrepretation. We've already decided that Mary will study Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Four languages (included English) too ambitious? I don't know, we'll see; I'm flexible. I already know the alphabet songs for all of them, so we'll start there. We probably won't touch the classical grammar until around age 10. You know, there's a good argument out there that a form of classical Hebrew is the true language of God. And Jesus spoke in Hebrew to Paul on the road to Damascus (which He didn't have to do because Paul also spoke Greek). Maybe we'll speak Hebrew in Heaven? Just some food for thought...I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday. Get ready for that weekend! Woo-hoo!
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