tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post462818324884597448..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: I've Got My Wood Cut Out For MeUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-1238171565159402982011-09-01T08:58:16.948-04:002011-09-01T08:58:16.948-04:00I think it was Joshua who ordered the deceiving Gi...I think it was Joshua who ordered the deceiving Gibeonites to be condemned to be hewers of wood and drawers of water (Joshua 9:23). <br /><br />Solomon might have paid his hewers at first but it must have become a heavy yoke because Rehoboam, the next king, made the error of making the burden heavier. (1 Kings 12:11)<br /><br />"Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” <br /><br />I am thankful that I only had to deal with a caterpillar and not a scorpion!<br /><br />I am also glad that I had osk trees hewn and not a yew, for if I did the following tongue twister would keep bothering me:<br /><br />She who hews yews knew whose yew you hew.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-89568281406448179612011-09-01T01:18:15.778-04:002011-09-01T01:18:15.778-04:00If I remember my Bible correctly, at this point yo...If I remember my Bible correctly, at this point you have to BUY hewers of wood and they come complete with drawers of water....or is there a kind of law against that now, that maybe I missed..?<br /><br />Sadly enough, in my neighborhood, I have people knocking on my door several times a day asking if there is any yard work they can do. I shall send them to your, er, e-mail address:)ToilNotSpinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-26995798215469726042011-08-31T09:27:57.045-04:002011-08-31T09:27:57.045-04:00I wonder what they would think if I went into the ...I wonder what they would think if I went into the rental store and asked for a hewer of wood?Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-84044660281525023632011-08-31T08:58:52.054-04:002011-08-31T08:58:52.054-04:00Rent one. Life's too short to do it the old fa...Rent one. Life's too short to do it the old fashioned way.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com