Birthday – Life on the Farmlet

On September 15th I ended my post with a little math quiz; It had a purpose.

1 × 70
2 × 35
5 × 14
7 × 10
10 × 7
14 × 5
35 × 2
70 × 1

I mentioned that most all of you would know what this is and asked if you could discern it’s significance.

Most of you figured out that each multiple equaled seventy. These are the *Factors of seventy. However, only one of you figured out it meant I had turned seventy. Thank you Steve. BTW, the day was back on April the 22nd actually. It was a crazy time for me. Hence the late b-day post.

As it happens, and in the grand awareness of current world events, I find it meaningless now. Instead I am taking to heart Ephesians 6:10-18

The Armor of God
¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Ephesians 6:10-18 NIV

Don’t be slack where your faith in the Lord is concerned. Pay attention to the signs of our times. The prophets of the scriptures recorded everything we need to know, but we were slack, fell away, and have forgotten the end of the story. Be aware, be strong, and armor up!

Love you all,

Lynda

*A factor, in mathematics is a number or algebraic expression that divides another number or expression evenly and with no remainder.

Here is how it all went down:

Dad was stationed in Texas at Sheppard AFB. Mom was stuck in Southern California with my anticipated birth to be sometime SOON. Now my Mom didn’t want to be alone when I came, so she hopped the bus at eight and one half months into my grand arrival, and we traveled 1,248 miles to be where Dad was!

That was in 1953 before air conditioning. So you know that was a LONG and stressful ride in her condition.

What was she thinking?

Well, I was born almost as soon as we arrived. Now Dad was living in base housing, and suddenly he has to come up with someplace for all of us off base! Then, two weeks after I showed up Dad got shipped out to March AFB Which is right back in good ol’ Southern California!

Do you sense some irony here?

This month I turn 60, and for the first time in my life, I don’t believe I am really into the swing of the whole birthday thing.

Not really.

But hey, check back with me in say another 20 to 30 years, and then maybe I will be so happy to still be here I will want a party, complete with a ~~bonfire~~ er, birthday cake and a party with all my friends around to cheer me on!

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BTW, Bob asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year, and all I could come up with was the deed to the Mountain Farmlet.

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It really is all I could ask for!

😀