134 Arrrmonds (Num 17)

I could mention a funny thing that happened today with a trifling facebook moment.
It was innocent and funny.
But cutting in the eyes of some.
A bit too cutting perhaps.
Sometimes I forget that something implied is visualised by others.
So I wont dredge up the whole incident again.
Promise.
And anyway I think seals are cute.
I made a stuffed one as a Home Ec project in grade 8.
I gave it to a cousin or nephew removed once or twice also named Stephen.
I like seals.

Numbers 17
I'm no horticulturalist, so if a tree produces leaves, flowers and fruit, my reaction is likely to be moderate.
Y'know that's sort of what trees do, right?
If it sprouts flowers and fruit overnight, that's still fairly mundane.
Fruit growing overnight may be a rare sight, but flowers, surely not.
But if it happens and the tree is a staff, carved from a stick and definitely not in its prime of its reproduction cycle, then that's remarkable.
Miraculous even.
I doubt that Aaron's staff was even initially made from the limb of an almond tree.
Yet grew almonds and blossumy things.

Just a little tip for those reading aloud.
You pronounce the "l" as an "rrr" in almond.
It's a little lesson I have learned over time.
People have such long memories.
Sigh!

So God is showing indisputable favour on Aaron.
The priest's job is his.
Not anybody else's.
Not just this.
God showed that those blessed by Him shall be fruitful.
Prosperous.
They shall stand out.
Warm fuzzy feeling.