John chapter 15 "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." The study writer here says "God in Christ has laid down his life for us to bring us to himself. Now we are not longer strangers, but friends." Jesus choose you to be His friend, to be with Him in this life and eternity. Now that is a good friend.
On this day
2005 It was my friend Gerry's 60th birthday. We had our Grace Circle meeting, a group of women that have been meeting on the 4th Monday of the week for 20+ years. I stopped and got balloons and someone else brought a birthday cake. It is something you do for your friends. You celebrate life events and enjoy each others company. We are all over 70 now and still celebrating. Pick good friends.
1684 - A patent was granted for the thimble. I wonder how many people know what that is anymore.
Yemen
The first Zaidi imam, Yahya ibn al-Husayn, arrived in Yemen in 893 CE. He was the founder of the Zaidi imamate in 897. He was a religious cleric and judge who was invited to come to Saada from Medina to arbitrate tribal disputes.[104] Imam Yahya persuaded local tribesmen to follow his teachings. The sect slowly spread across the highlands, as the tribes of Hashid and Bakil, later known as "the twin wings of the imamate," accepted his authority.[105]
Yahya established his influence in Saada and Najran. He also tried to capture Sana'a from the Yufirids in 901 CE, but failed miserably. In 904, the Qarmatians invaded Sana'a. The Yufirid emir As'ad ibn Ibrahim retreated to Al-Jawf, and between 904 and 913, Sana'a was conquered no less than 20 times by Qarmatians and Yufirids.[106] As'ad ibn Ibrahim regained Sana'a in 915. Yemen was in turmoil as Sana'a became a battlefield for the three dynasties, as well as independent tribes.
The Yufirid emir Abdullah ibn Qahtan attacked and burned Zabid in 989, severely weakening the Ziyadid dynasty.[107] The Ziyadid monarchs lost effective power after 989, or even earlier than that. Meanwhile, a succession of slaves held power in Zabid and continued to govern in the name of their masters, eventually establishing their own dynasty around 1022 or 1050 according to different sources.[108] Although they were recognized by the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, they ruled no more than Zabid and four districts to its north.[109] The rise of the Ismaili Shia Sulayhid dynasty in the Yemeni highlands reduced their history to a series of intrigues. Read your Bible about what it says about Ishmael and it might give insight to this history, not that it is much different that anywhere else in the world.
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable! Happy Birthday to Sue!
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