Cloak Exchange

Today we are working on closets.  Ugh.  Now, don't get me wrong - I love organization.  But, it's the DOING of it,  the accomplishment of it,  the actual organizing that I don't like so much...  Well, a couple weeks ago we were putting away a bunch of costumes after one of my famous tea parties, when the closet rod broke.  And, I mean broke!  The brackets broke holding the closet rod, causing the metal shelves to fold upon themselves.  There was an avalanche of costumes, hats, boxes of jewelry, extra bed pillows,  and various other junk that had no business being in there in the first place.

So, today Moshe is installing a new closet rod in there and we are revamping what goes where. The closet that used to hold the costumes now holds some of his stuff, and vice-versa.  And, this made me think of the ancient custom of the cloak exchange...











The ancient cloak exchange was a covenant.  Covenants between God and man are not for common people; they are for chosen people. Covenants usually begin with God - not with us.  And, covenants usually have some sort of exchange.. In a cloak exchange (also called a robe exchange), the two parties would exchange robes as a constant reminder that the other person is now holding your most precious personal; item, and you are wearing theirs and they yours...  In those days, one's robe served as his coat, his bed and/or pillow, and his knapsack for carrying things and for harvesting into.

 One's robe also might advertise one's social status according to what it looked like,  the type of  fabric, and the quality of the workmanship.  (We all know the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors... That coat was, no doubt, a very nice coat... Nice enough to make his brothers very, very jealous.)

Isaiah 61:10 says, "He covers me with the robe of righteousness."  Jesus formed a covenant with me and exchanged His robe for mine.  He exchanged His royal robe for my filthy rags.  When the Heavenly Father looks at me, He sees the righteousness of Jesus the Messiah;  I am wearing His cloak of righteousness.  My sin exchanged for His righteousness,  my sickness for His healing,  my will for His will,  my lack for His riches.
Shalom  Y'all - Twyla

Puns for the "Intellectual" Mind

Okay. A friend sent me this Email.  I think I may have seen it before, but it still made me laugh.  I am adding some clip art, photos, etc.  I would give the writer credit if I knew who he or she was... I REALLY wish I had written some of these... Giggle, giggle, snort, guffaw... Not that I understand why, but, #1, # 13, and # 20 make me laugh.  Over and over.  How 'bout you?

1.The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian .

3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.



4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.



12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: “You stay here; I'll go on a head.”

13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.Then it hit me.

14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: “Keep off the Grass.”

15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.



17.  A backward poet writes inverse.

18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.

19. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris,  you'd be in Seine .



20. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The flight attendant looks at him and says,
 “I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.”

21. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says “Dam!”

22. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.



23. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, “I've lost my electron. ”The other says “Are you sure?” The first replies, “Yes, I'm positive.”

24. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

 25. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.


SHALOM  Y'ALL  -  TWYLA   :)