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"The Lord will make you a house" is a pun on the two meanings of the word "house." It may mean "a dwelling place" such as a house or temple, or it may mean "a dynasty."
It is a fascinating idea: We live in dwelling places and we are dwelling places!
Edward Sanford Martin wrote:
Within my earthly temple there's a crowd.
There's one of us that's humble, one that's proud.
There's one that's broken-hearted for his sins,
And one who, unrepentant, sits and grins.
There's one who loves his neighbor as himself,
And one who cares for naught but fame and pelf.
From much corroding care would I be free
If one I could determine which is Me.
Like David, we are " houses" in which dwell many personalities, many hopes and dreams, and the creative potential to produce children.
According to the Lucan annunciation story, which is today's Gospel reading, Jesus, the Christ, came from the "house" of David and is proclaimed as the Son of David.
Perhaps I should be less concerned with the house I live in and more concerned with the "house" that lives in me. The former will rot and decay. The latter may some day shape history.
-- Randolph
"The Lord will make you a house" is a pun on the two meanings of the word "house." It may mean "a dwelling place" such as a house or temple, or it may mean "a dynasty."
It is a fascinating idea: We live in dwelling places and we are dwelling places!
Edward Sanford Martin wrote:
Within my earthly temple there's a crowd.
There's one of us that's humble, one that's proud.
There's one that's broken-hearted for his sins,
And one who, unrepentant, sits and grins.
There's one who loves his neighbor as himself,
And one who cares for naught but fame and pelf.
From much corroding care would I be free
If one I could determine which is Me.
Like David, we are " houses" in which dwell many personalities, many hopes and dreams, and the creative potential to produce children.
According to the Lucan annunciation story, which is today's Gospel reading, Jesus, the Christ, came from the "house" of David and is proclaimed as the Son of David.
Perhaps I should be less concerned with the house I live in and more concerned with the "house" that lives in me. The former will rot and decay. The latter may some day shape history.
-- Randolph
