158
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
42
10,000 – 1867 – 1870 – 1905 – 1986 – 2025
83.26 – 2.40
Numbers Usually Mean Something.
Can Numbers Mean Everything?
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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Revelation 3:7-8
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens: I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
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Words of Grace for Today –
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from Wikipedia:
Canada Day, is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British Empire called Canada.
1 July 1867 to 1 July 2025, 158 years: Happy Canada Day.
Of course Alberta was not part of Canada until July 15, 1870, and then only as part of the Northwest Territories. Only in 1905 did Alberta, along with Saskatchewan, become a province. So I guess for us in Alberta we only have 150 years to celebrate as part of Canada, and only 120 as a province of Canada.
Then again I didn’t show up until 1986, so I only have 39 years, and lots of Canadians have less, reflecting their birth dates, of course.
Then again there are many people who can celebrate being here in Canada’s land spaces since at least 10,000 BCE, so call that a 12,025 year celebration. Makes one feel old just looking at that number of life years.
But that’s not for individuals, just the indigenous ancestors. This year in Canada, on average, the life expectancy is now 83.26, but we have a 100% fatality rate, still. It’s the nature of things for us, eh!
As far as the other two numbers 2.40 is the latest bill I received that I have to pay. There’s certainly lots more waiting to be paid and many, many more to come (if I live as I hope to.)
And 42, well that’s the computers’ answer to the question, “What’s the meaning of life.”
Which any thinking person knows is wrong.
It’s either chocolate or ice cream, according to some.
More serious answers come in all forms. That’s the nature of things for us thinking (at least sort of, anyway) beings.
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As for me and my household (which is non-existent anyway) I’ve noticed that God’s left a door open for us, for each and every one of us. It’s a door that no one can close in our faces.
Grace upon grace flows through Jesus’ sacrifice to save us, to rehabilitate us (daily), and to send us out to be that same Grace for others.
And that’s more than any number can contain.