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happy, blessed אָשֵׁר "Asher" tune Asa Hull 1888 "And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher." (Genesis 30:13) "Asher's food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies." (Genesis 49:20 ESV) "And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be." (Deuteronomy 33:24-25) "All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men." (1 Chronicles 7:40) Kindred Spirits Asher Brown Durand 1849 Ἀση ρ "And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher." (Luke 2:36 ESV)

THE life that counts must toil and fight; Must hate the wrong and love the right; Must stand for truth, by day, by night—        This is the life that counts. The life that counts must hopeful be; In darkest night make melody; Must wait the dawn on bended knee—        This is the life that counts. The life that counts must aim to rise Above the earth to sunlit skies; Must fix its gaze on Paradise—        This is the life that counts. The life that counts must helpful be; The cares and needs of others see; Must seek the slaves of sin to free—        This is the life that counts. The life that counts is linked with God; And turns not from the cross, the rod; But walks with joy where Jesus trod—        This is the life that counts. "let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ" Philippians 1:27 ESV

Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Mo