"Do not withhold from a child chastisement: for if thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Thou with the rod shalt smite him, and his soul from sheol thou shalt rescue."

Pr 23

Thought for Today: Shabbat January 04

Through perseverance, the snail reached Noah’s ark. Thus, do not give up hope, persevere in your prayer life, in reading the Bible, and in your faith. And remember -- knowledge is the truth that is maintained in the mind; faith is the fire that burns in the heart.

Have y'all ever done a text adventure computer game? The kind where you type in an action to do. How about doing one using posts and comments? I'll post brief description of an environment, and everyone can comment to suggest different actions to take, and I'll pick one of the actions and give the results.

The actions can be as simple as "n" (meaning "go north"), or as specific as "run down the hall, take a left and two rights, tie the bedsheets together to climb out the window, and swim across the moat pursued by alligators" (more specific than you can usually get with pre-made text adventures ☺️).

Here's one to try:

Bowler Cove

Location: first room

A slightly lengthened and lowered room: the four walls, floor, and ceiling are of the same unobtrusive grey, untouched by anything except for

you, standing on it, and

a few steps ahead, a small heptagonal teak wood table, on which sits

an empty hourglass, and

a box the size of a shoebox, of the exact same shape and unbreakable colour as the room around you.

You know you came in here for a reason...

#bowlercove #dailycreatedoom

This evening, at 8:30pm CDT, is the PREMIERE of our new Virtual Shabbat Gathering over on our YouTube channel! See you soon. https://www.youtube.com/@TriumphInTruthMedia