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One of the basic experiences of exile is the longing for home. Whether it’s Tolkien’s Pippin musing on “second breakfasts” or a refugee missing home as he struggles to adjust to a foreign land‚ the longing for home defines the hardship of exile. Holidays‚ with their expectations of joy and togetherness‚ can magnify the exile’s ache. The Americans I know in Kenya often enter a trance of sorts as they describe the different types of food they miss from back home. They appear to be momentarily lost in the ether as they describe the cheesy “this” or the crunchy “that” before they eventually come back down to earth or‚ more specifically‚ down to Kenya. While some of our longings are little more than nostalgia‚ the Jews had painful memories. They were forcibly removed from their homes by the Babylonians. As they fondly remembered their homeland by the rivers of Babylon‚ their captors tormented them with demands to “sing [them] one of the songs of Zion” (Ps. 137:3). The response of God’s people in that moment captures the heart of the question we’re faced with: How do we sing when we’re in a strange land (v. 4)? Acknowledge Exile We do well to grapple with this harsh paradox. For the Israelites‚ Jerusalem was the place of worship‚ but the temple had been destroyed. Zion was the city of God‚ but now they were exiles in a foreign land. How then were they to worship? Holidays‚ with their expectations of joy and togetherness‚ can magnify the exile’s ache. The psalm that follows begins to answer this question: “I give you thanks‚ O LORD‚ with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise” (138:1). God’s people can and should worship the Lord in exile when surrounded by their enemies‚ when those around them are given to the worship of numerous other gods. Praise an Omnipresent God Then‚ in Psalm 139‚ we’re given the answer‚ as it were‚ to the question of the exiles in Babylon—and of us today—by showing that the God of Israel isn’t like the gods of the nations. Exiles can worship their God in any place because their God isn’t tied to a house made with human hands like the gods of the nations. His presence fills the whole earth. Listen to David musing on the presence of God: Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven‚ you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol‚ you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea‚ even there your hand shall lead me‚ and your right hand shall hold me. If I say‚ “Surely the darkness shall cover me‚ and the light about me be night‚” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day‚ for darkness is as light with you. (vv. 7–12) How can we sing songs of Zion by the rivers of Babylon? Because we can’t be so far away from home as to be far away from God himself. He is with us and has attached himself to our exile. That means our longing is mingled with some resting in God. Our darkness has some light. Our exile has a taste of home in it‚ for God is right there with us. So we sing despite the darkness‚ despite the pain‚ despite the deep longings for satisfaction. We sing because we’re not forsaken. We’ve been united to God and nothing can separate us from him.

60 years ago today‚ the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on the BBC. An Unearthly Child‚ starring William Hartnell‚ is set amid a power struggle between warring Stone Age factions who have lost the secret of making fire after the original “companions” Ian and Barbara‚ find the Doctor’s time-traveling spaceship in a London junkyard. READ […] The post Good News in History‚ November 23 appeared first on Good News Network.

When you think of the perfect location for your dream wedding ceremony‚ what places come to mind? A church setting centered around your faith? A white sandy beach? A garden or park surrounded by nature? While these locations are certainly some of the most common‚ the final decision for most couples also tends to revolve […] The post 10 Wedding Ceremonies That Were Anything but Ordinary appeared first on Listverse.

Julianna Margulies‚ an actress known for roles in TV shows such as "The Good Wife" and "ER‚" authored an opinion piece in which she lamented the "silence" from her non-Jewish friends in the wake of the horrific October 7 terror attacks in Israel when Hamas terrorists murdered‚ raped‚ and kidnapped people in the Jewish state."Since this tragedy in Israel happened on Oct. 7‚ only two of my many non-Jewish friends reached out to me to see if I was OK‚ and let me know they were thinking of me after hearing that more than 1‚200 Jews were killed‚" the actress wroteMargulies indicated that she and her Jewish girlfriends had cried together in the wake of the attacks."In the week following this horrific event‚ the silence on your end was deafening. My Jewish girlfriends and I huddled together‚ crying and trying to make sense of a world gone mad‚" she wrote. "I couldn't sleep‚ I couldn't eat‚ I felt sick to my stomach. The silence continued. That's when we all began to wonder if we were safe.""Just like the Nazis‚ Hamas' main goal: to cleanse the world of Jews‚" she noted. "So perhaps you can understand our fear when we hear nothing. We think to ourselves: Who will hide us when they come for us? We ask ourselves: If we have to flee‚ where could we go?""We are hurting and we are terrified‚ because history has shown us that this won't end well for the Jewish people if you don't hear our cries for help‚" she concluded.Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland said last month that it is "dishonest" and "dangerous" to claim that Hamas' aim is anything other than slaughtering Jews and destroying Israel.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

They say that good things come in small packages‚ and Asus proves this once again with the latest iteration of the Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023). This portable powerhouse packs serious hardware‚ including a Ryzen 9 7940HS and an RTX 4070 into a sleek 13-inch chassis that feels more like an ultrabook than one of the best gaming laptops. Asus made waves with the original Flow X13 in 2021‚ and it's listened to feedback to improve upon its latest design‚ including a much larger touchpad‚ a 165Hz QHD display‚ and a GPU capable of high-refresh gaming. With all this power packed inside such a small package‚ does the ROG Flow X13 live up to its legacy? Asus sent a review unit over‚ and I’ve spent the past month using it for gaming‚ productivity‚ and even some content creation to find out whether it fits in our best Asus gaming laptop guide. Continue reading Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) review MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Asus ROG Swift PG27UQ review‚ Asus ROG Raikiri review‚ Best gaming motherboard

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Maritime archaeologists have recovered a block of worked obsidian from a Neolithic shipwreck off the coast of Capri‚ Italy. Archaeologists from the Superintendency for the Metropolitan Area of ​​Naples recovered the first of a group of worked obsidian cores in a dive on Monday‚ November 20th. The presence of obsidian blocks in the area had been reported by divers in 2012‚ but not the specific location. They were located in October near the famous White Grotto of Capri by an underwater unit of the Naples police‚ and a month later the site was explored by maritime archaeologists. The block they recovered measures approximately 11 by 8 by 6 inches and weighs almost 18 pounds. It bears traces of chiseling and processing‚ which is how archaeologists know it was trade material‚ not a random chunk of obsidian that made its way to the seabed on its own. No remains of a ship were found‚ but the dispersal area of the obsidian was much larger than reported and at a depth of between 100 and 130 feet. That indicates the blocks were the cargo of a lost ship. The Superintendency is planning an extensive instrumental survey of the seabed to look for the possible hull and any other cargo material around the find site. The obsidian block was transferred to a warehouse of the Superintendency and awaits cleaning and conservation. Conservators will remove the concretions on its surface to analyze the block in detail. It was in the Neolithic that obsidian began to be used to create sharp weapons and cutting tools. It chips as easily as flint‚ but creates a sharper edge. In the late 19th century‚ a major cache of obsidian blocks and more than 800 finished obsidian objects was discovered on a private estate in Capri. They were the remains of a 7‚000-year-old obsidian cutting workshop. Recent analyses of those obsidian materials determined they originated in Lipari‚ a volcanic island in the Aeolian Archipelago north of Sicily whose rich obsidian flows were extensively quarried by Neolithic communities. The presence of Lipari obsidian in Capri is evidence there was an active trade over land and sea.

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