I find it amusing as I think about the Mizpah necklaces that are sold in Christian book stores...you know the ones that are two halves of a circle with the following printed on it..."The Lord watch between you and me while we are apart from one another."?
Have you ever read the Scripture where this comes from?
It's in Genesis 31:48-50. It's about Laban and Jacob. They were having some disagreements and when they said "The Lord watch between you and me while we are apart from one another", it was not because they were friendly and trusting of each other. On the contrary they didn't trust each other and so they said this indicating that if one did wrong against the other, the Lord would see it.
So these Mizpah necklaces we see in Christian bookstores are really kind of silly when you think about it....unless the two people taking the halves to wear really don't trust each other. Hmmm.
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very interesting. Those have been around for a long time.
I must admit, it rather annoys me when Christian organizations take scripture out of context and market it.
Did you ever have been to the site http://www.giftavia.com. I bought me and my husband from this site. If you are interested in mizpah jewelery, you have to look at this site. Wonderful items. They also got a great magazin at http://mizpah.tv.
i am actually whereing one now,and it is a beautiful verse regardless of the context it works for me and my best friend
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