At the beginning of May, I was given a history assignment that went along with my study of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin believed that everyone should practice certain virtues in their daily lives to achieve moral perfection. So for nine days I had to pick a moral virtue for each day, try to use that virtue throughout my day, and then journal about how I succeeded or failed.
Here are my journals from this assignment. I thought I would share with you the experience. (I'll try to post a new one everyday so check back with me!)
CD Title: Speaking Louder Than Before 
(This is what the sky looks like at my house today.)
Last Wednesday I attended the National Tea Party, a rally to protest against the current economic stimulus 'quick fixes', at the Alabama State House building in Montgomery, Alabama.
So many people came out to support. I believe that there were over 2,500 people at the rally.
(Serious protester....you don't see this everyday!)
CD Title: Portable Sounds Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? I never noticed this....
The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes.
The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly folded, and was placed at the head of that stony coffin.
Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!'
Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other disciple outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in.
Was that important? Absolutely! Is it really significant? Yes!
In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day.
The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition.
When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it. The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished.
Now if the master were done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that napkin and toss it onto the table. The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, 'I'm done'. But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because..........the folded napkin meant,
'I'm coming back!'
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