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Posted on February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 by Pam

In the last few days I have read, received, studied, and been around really smart people. I have ideas as I process. If you are like me, somedays there is no time to process or write well enough to give these ideas service. Here are just a few snippets…

Who’s Your Mama

I hope I have figured out why all of the Kings of Israel and Judah name the mother when announcing, “And he slept with his fathers”. I am still reading Chronicles. When I get to Heaven there will be an infinity to deal with all of my questions. I don’t understand Solomon’s 700 wives and many concubines. What was this obsession with collecting women and were they oversexed and was this God’s design to grow His people? I hope not. At least the woman who birthed the next king was given some credit. I know it was a different time but I can only consider how I would feel if I lost my virginity one night with the King and was pushed aside for the rest of my life. There has to be a better explanation.

The Seer

Another interesting word. In the Old Testament there are kings, prophets, priests, and an occasional mention of a seer. Who were these men? Gotquestions.org describes a seer as a person who sees and is just another name for prophet. Samuel 9:9. Specifically – they saw visions, pictures, or scenes in dreams or in the minds eye. This is the same insight into what God is saying or doing and is not like astrology or spooky stuff. “Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the records or Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Neat?” – 2 Chronicles 9:29.

Text Easter

A decade ago I’m not sure this would make sense. A century ago – not a chance. On the radio today an excited DJ person was encouraging us to receive a bible verse each day leading up to Easter. OK.

Approval

I know God loves me but today does He approve of me? Am I listening? Am I wise in these last days or, at least, my last-ish days? I just looked it up and there are 62 verses on God’s approval. Here are a few:

Exodus 18:23, Proverbs 18:22, Luke 1:30, John 12:43, and 2 Timothy 2:15. I’ll just summarize these teachings. God’s approval is related to some of the following: follow God, follow God, follow God, accept God’s approval/favor, don’t love the approval of men – ouch, and study the Word. There is no mystery to this. Carry on.

"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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