Lost coin....Israel 4...

We visited a multitude of diggings and ruins from Byzantine, Canaanite, Crusader, Muslim, various Biblical cities, Christ’s times, Paul’s times, etc. up to present day sites...

The technology and technical work may seem like we have it all right now, but, their man power and skills were amazing...the carvings, the stonework, the pure sizes of these structures were phenomenal...how did they get huge stone work into place??? Lots of man power and skill...

Intricate mosaics lined the floors and sidewalks of the wealthy...rocks lined the floors of the less fortunate....we visited several day to day homes of the common ordinary people...cobblestone or flat rocks or small stones filled in with smaller stones—- lots of variety as there are stones of all shapes and sizes in that land...

I looked at the common house and wondered about the families who once lived there...children playing in the small courtyards or running to meet friends, maybe going to nearby countryside to herd the animals or plant, harvest crops, or artisans sharing their talents with others...day to day living just like today...their voices ringing over the ages...

I imagined the lost coin in those cobbled floors...it would indeed be a cause for rejoicing to find a coin in the many crevices, nooks and crannies found in them...not like the smooth floors of today’s homes...

Thank YOU for the sights and sounds of yesteryear...the words written for our learning and review....the common, ordinary of the past and how it relates to our lives thousands of years later...Your Word is alive, teaching us anew every time we open it and open our hearts to its teachings...

8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 15:8-10