Saturday, February 2, 2008
Just a 'word' thing.....
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Hmmm. Thought I had lied to you all by stating that the Bible never mentions diamonds. It does. 4 times. And I never said that, I checked. I think I just THOUGHT it, b/c somewhere along the line in my life I had heard it. What jogged that thought was the first day of my musing about the Proverbs 31 woman I mentioned the whole 'diamond' thing. The KJV uses the gem 'rubies' for their comparison. I got to wondering the difference while reading the last 2 books of Exodus, Moses and those other men making the breastplate and all that stuff for the tabernacle and there in the first row was a diamond. Huh. I think I had been led to believe it was NOT in the Bible b/c it is nothing more than compressed coal. Ok, try to follow this pea brain of mine on this journey. I decided to look up how many times the Bible mentions diamonds. 4 times. All in the Old Testament, twice about the breastplate in Ex., once as a sharp writing instrument in Jer., and once in Ezekiel when he was describing the anointed cherub (Satan) and how beautiful and CORRUPT he was. Then, I thought "how many times does it mention rubies and in connection to what?" So, I looked THAT up. 6 times. 4 of those times in connection to WISDOM. Once in our Proverbs 31 passage and once in Lam., as an adjective, describing the color of something. Huh. I'm not sure about you, but I think I would rather have my character referred to in the same light as wisdom, not Satan. And yeah, I know, I know, God had them put it on the breastplate, but how many of you even KNEW that?? And I may be WAYYY off base here......and I'm sure The Message was just using a gem they thought more people would identify with as far as beauty and worth in today's society...... And I'm SURE they didn't suspect people like me sitting around looking up words and their origins. But......think about it. Look it up for yourself. I've ALSO been told that REAL rubies (not the synthetic ones you can pick up at K-mart for under $100 for a ring or bracelelt) were considered (and still are, I think) more precious (and ultimately should be more expensive) b/c they are harder to mine b/c they are softer AND are harder to find.....there just aren't that many of them and they can only find them in unusual areas. Whereas diamonds are pretty much a dime a dozen. EVERYONE has one in some form or 'nuther (or weight) and they are fairly easy to find. They even are still finding them in Arkansas at the one Crater of Diamonds park. Look up the history on THAT sometime......whew! Huh. NOW you know how my mind works. Pretty weird, huh? But......if a virtuous woman is hard to find.....wouldn't that make her more like a ruby, than a diamond? And much of what is written ABOUT her, bears out that she was an extremely WISE woman, AND beautiful. Rubies AND diamonds?? Huh. Denise aka The Domestic Angel |
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