Four Customs, Four Messages (ATTENTION PARENTS)
Parents: Please Read Before Sharing This With Children- Rated PG. Customs, Gestures, and Their Meanings (ATTENTION PARENTS) People have always had ways of communicating without saying much at all. We shake hands, raise a hand when taking an oath, and remove our shoes before entering certain places. Most of us understand those gestures because we have grown up seeing them. People have always had ways of communicating without saying much at all. We shake hands, raise a hand when taking an oath, and remove our shoes before entering certain places. Most of us understand those gestures because we have grown up seeing them. But what would you think if someone asked you to put your hand underneath his thigh before making a promise? Or if a man took off his sandal and handed it to another man to complete a transaction? And what about a widow who was instructed to remove a man's sandal in front of the town elders? These are not made-up customs. We find them in Scripture, and each one tells...