So, I missed a day. I only realized it this morning. I was busy doing our taxes last night. This is the first year in my entire life when I won't get all of the taxes back that were deducted from my paychecks. That's not bad. In my nearly 34 years on this earth, I've only had to pay (on average) $40 bucks a year in tax. Not including PST and GST and whatever other taxes one encounters on a regular basis. But if I think of all of the services that I have at my disposal as a Canadian, that I've taken advantage of over the years, I definitely haven't contributed my fair share. I'm sure I'm not alone. It got me to wondering who pays for all of the stuff the various levels of government provide? It must be mostly businesses or something.
Matthew 1
It's an interesting thing, the geneology of Jesus. You find a lot of "characters" in it. Jacob was a liar and a fraud. Judah helped plot the sale of his brother in to slavery. He also slept with someone he thought was a prostitute, but turned out to be his daughter-in-law. It's interesting that Tamar is listed in the geneology, even though if you look at it, she's not a part of it. She's only listed to point out what Judah had done. Rahab was a prostitute, although she comes across pretty good in Joshua 2. As much as David was "Israel's greatest king" and "a man after God's own heart", he sure did some pretty messed up crap. Solomon didn't fair much better in the end, either. Manasseh was the worst of all of Judah's kings, if I remember correctly. There's also a bunch of people that we would never hear of except as a part of this geneology.
I think one thing it says about God is that He's not afraid of working with us, even when we're screw ups. He can take some of the biggest mistakes we make, and turn them into blessings. It also shows that He has come down into the midst of reality. He didn't find some perfect, super human lineage to be a part of. Jesus starts out as one of us, and shares in the same sort of heritage as we have.
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