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I was looking for a ring just a few minutes ago. No not a gold ring. Not my wedding ring. That never leaves my finger. It was just a metal ring. A “tool” ring. Metric and United States customary units are different if you didn’t know. We’re used to two liters of pop and a ten k run but not so much with centimeters, millimeters, kilos and such. My ring was to jury rig a Black and Decker grinder to a metric measure disk. I had a small, “washer” type ring made up that fits into the grinder disk hole so that it fits just right. Slick when you can find the dumb thing! I knew that I had seen it just a while ago. I had handled it, I had looked upon it. I had put it in a safe place so that I wouldn't forget where it was. That was my problem, the place was so safe that I forgot where it was. I looked for nearly half an hour. I took tools out of my tool box that hadn't been moved in years. I put them back. I took tools out of my tool pouch. I put them back. I took tools out o

Asa was a king who soared to victory as he followed God with his life and kingdom. In 2 Chronicles 14 Abijah’s son takes the throne and builds on his father’s tradition of following God. Look what he did: “Asa pleased the LORD, his God, by doing what was right and good. He removed the foreign altars and the pagan places of worship, broke down the sacred stone columns, and cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah. He commanded the people of Judah to do the will of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his teachings and commands. Because he abolished the pagan places of worship and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, the kingdom was at peace under his rule.” He was dedicated to the God of his fathers. All seemed to be going very well. And then it happened. A one million man army descended on Judah from, of all places, Ethiopia. Zerah and his troops came with 300 chariots; the drones of his day. Doom was certain. Why when someone is

Abijah was the new king of Judah. He sat on the throne of his departed father Rehoboam. Jeroboam was still king of Israel. Trouble was ahead as a million two hundred thousand mighty men of war would soon engage in a terrible battle near Mount Zemarim, northwest of the Dead Sea. The odds were against Judah two to one. There were 800,000 warriors of Israel facing 400,000 chosen men of Judah. What happened next demonstrated the personal courage and Godward confidence of king Abijah. He mustered his troops and went to the mountainside to warn his brothers from Israel. His shout echoed, not only in the valley but through time. Judah’s actions proved that their confidence was in the LORD, God of Israel. Abijah shouted Judah’s obedience and Israel’s disobedience: You have cast out the real priests With your gold calf idols you have displaced the True God The LORD is our God We have not forsaken him We have real priests from Aaron and Levi They sacrifice to God morning a