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As an introduction perhaps it would be a good idea to tell all you Brotheres and Sisters that my Christian name was given me at the insistence of my Aunt, Aunt Martha-Ann Shavers. She was a student of the Old Testament and her favourite story was...yes, you guessed it...the saga of Balaam and his Ass !.(OR as some translations would have it..Donkey!)...
You remember it ...dont you ??..
As if things couldn't worse, they did. Balaam was having a bad day. Things were going wrong right and left. Then the Lord opened the mouth of Balaam's donkey and she asked him what she had done to deserve being beaten with a stick three times. To add insult to injury, now his donkey was talking back to him, or, as many somewhat inaccurate translations of 2 Peter 2:16 say, he was rebuked by a "dumb ass." As with many intriguing stories, everyone wants to tell them their way with their own special twist. It does say that the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey; so the principle is probably established that even a "dumb ass can preach." The donkey here was a female, which is supposed to be the most docile. Whereas, the jack (male donkey) might be stubborn, the jenny (female donkey) would be faithful and subservient. Indeed, this was the case by Balaam's own admission; for the donkey asked him in verse 30 if she had ever been unfaithful, and Balaam admitted that she had not. ???
So, there you are folks...the only Montez in the world to be named after a guy who had a conversation with his Ass !!.
Hope that you'll welcome me to your Forum !
W
You remember it ...dont you ??..
- Numbers 22:28-30, NAS
28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” 29 Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now.” 30 And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said, “No.”
As if things couldn't worse, they did. Balaam was having a bad day. Things were going wrong right and left. Then the Lord opened the mouth of Balaam's donkey and she asked him what she had done to deserve being beaten with a stick three times. To add insult to injury, now his donkey was talking back to him, or, as many somewhat inaccurate translations of 2 Peter 2:16 say, he was rebuked by a "dumb ass." As with many intriguing stories, everyone wants to tell them their way with their own special twist. It does say that the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey; so the principle is probably established that even a "dumb ass can preach." The donkey here was a female, which is supposed to be the most docile. Whereas, the jack (male donkey) might be stubborn, the jenny (female donkey) would be faithful and subservient. Indeed, this was the case by Balaam's own admission; for the donkey asked him in verse 30 if she had ever been unfaithful, and Balaam admitted that she had not. ???
So, there you are folks...the only Montez in the world to be named after a guy who had a conversation with his Ass !!.
Hope that you'll welcome me to your Forum !
W
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