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Next Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood

‍Exodus 37:1a
(See Exodus 37:10, Exodus 37:17, Exodus 37:25, Exodus 38:1, Exodus 38:8, Exodus 38:9, Exodus 39:2, Exodus 39:8, Exodus 39:22)

Bezalel  was busy…

• Busy obeying God.
• Busy building the Temple.
• Busy doing the next thing.

What am I busy doing?

• Busy doing the right things is not a replacement for a commitment to being busy building (nourishing and transforming) my spiritual temple and growing my faith.
• Busy doing the right things can be wrong when it keeps us from the best thing.

But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:41-42

Women contributed to the Temple.

Bezalel made the bronze washbasin and its bronze stand from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Exodus 38:8

I guess women wanted to look at themselves then like we do now.

Very interesting quote:

"Let those who view themselves oft in their looking-glasses take his counsel who said, ‘Art thou fair? Be not like an Egyptian temple, varnish without and vermin within. Art thou foul? Let thy soul be like a rich pearl in a rude shell.’" - John Trapp

Be busy doing the now thing and the next thing without compromising the best thing.

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