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Cain and Abel

I recently heard someone relate the story of Cain and Abel and as they began to explain it and tried to apply it to real world comparisons, I found they deeply misunderstood it. 

For those that are unfamiliar with the story you can find it in Genesis Chapter 4. In the story the sons of Adam were commanded to make sacrifice to the Lord. Abel made Sacrifice of the firstlings of his flocks and Cain made sacrifice of the fruits of the ground. The Lord accepts Abel’s sacrifice while rejecting Cains. Why did Cains sacrifice get rejected? Under Levitical law grain sacrifice is acceptable but Cain’s was not. If we read 1 John 3:11-16 we read: 

11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

We can gather from this reading and other sources that it wasn’t the type of offering that was rejected but the spirit with which Cain offers it. Cain could have humbled himself and made an offering to the Lord in love but instead in his pride continued down the destructive path of hate and murdered his brother. 

The lesson to take is that it is important to have the correct spirit with an action as the action taken. With the Love of others should be the center of all we do. While not the only motivators out there love and hate are powerful. I’ve been finding those that are motivated by hate find it difficult to understand those motivated by love. They will often attribute different false narratives for while people are really doing what they are doing. They will often call people “haters” that don’t share that motivation. It’s a perverse reflection of what is the actual reality of the situation. All I can say is that we should follow the example of Christ and love one another.

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May Yard Info

The weather is starting to get warm and that nice weed killer I talked about before has a maximum recommended temperature of 85-90 degrees. So I would recommend not using it at this point or you will risk harming your lawn.

To keep weeds in check at this time of year mow every week if your lawn is growing as fast as mine or every other week if it growing slower. You can also apply a pre-emergent herbicide and I would recommend doing so if it’s been over a couple months since your last pre-emergent application.

It’s also time to apply an insecticide again. Previously I recommended Spectracide Triazicide as a cheap insecticide for surface insects. If that’s all you need to control then that will still work. If you would also like to prevent grubs in the lawn I find granules work best. Spectracide also provides the cheapest granule solution that works. If you want to pay a few more dollars BAYER ADVANCED has a liquid spray that also provides both surface insect and grub control. BAYER ADVANCED also has a granule that is rated well.

Why would you want to prevent grubs? Well I have two reasons. 1. They often will eat up portions of the lawn killing it and causing brown spots. 2. Those feral hogs that sometimes dig up yards are after grubs. So if you have killed all the grubs then they are less likely to dig up your yard.

Feral Hogs

As always I hope that was helpful and informative. If you have any questions please post them in the comments. I will also share this to the neighborhood Facebook as I normally do.

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TV Frame Project

I started a fun little project of constructing a frame around a TV on the wall here are a few of the in progress pictures.

Current status:

Side cutout:

Some Abigail proofing:

I plan to paint this base white and then to place boards on this that are stained brown that will frame around it.

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