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I happened to run across this and it reminded me of my dad....then glanced at other Proverbs I have previously hi-lited
Proverbs 26: 4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him
Now years ago my dad told me this proverb,, and also taught that his understanding----don't argue with a fool because an innocent bystander can not tell who the fool is------then dad went on to explain exactly what he was telling me ( I should have said teaching me)
3:5----Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding
13:7---There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; and one who makes himself poor, yet has
great riches
27:1.---Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know whaat a day may bring forth
I like just flipping open my Bible and see if there is something neat there....This morning it opened to Colossians 4 and this was previously hi-lited, but in John MacArthur"s foot-notes he best explains:
Colossians 4:5-6
New King James Version
"Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one." vcgf
John"s notes:
those outside refers to the unbelievers---Believers are called to so live that they establish the credibility
of the Christian faith and that they make the most of every evangelistic opportunity. WITH GRACE---To speak what is spiritual, wholesome, loving, and thoughtful. SEASONED WITH SALT--Just as salt not only flavors, but prevents corruption, the Christian's speech should not act only as a blessing to others, but a purifying influence within a decaying society of the world.
Reckon there is some stuff in there I need to work on. The very end of John's notes here, "within a decaying society"----got me to thinking on our world here in 2021 and all that our country is going through, but I wonder if maybe the professing Christian's salt has lost its flavoring abilities and the ability to prevent corruption has or is slipping away. I am not judging here, just say'n.
Matthew 5:13
New King James Version
Believers Are Salt and Light --(this here is Jesus speaking)
13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
I think back somewhere I ran across this subject and it was explained that back in Bile times when salt lost its qualities it was tossed out in the pathways and folks walked on it, of course much more on this, but you sort of get my point-----But as a Christian I can't help but wonder. I did did make mention that there were some things here I need to work on. I wonder if it may apply to other Christians today? Jus say'n
God Bless
I found it difficult to express my thoughts, and still at a loss.......So reckon it just is not meant to be, so, I will just shoot out a bit of Scripture that covered my personal thoughts this morning.
Job 8:13-15
New King James Version
13 So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
14 Whose confidence shall be cut off,
And whose "trust" is a spider’s web.
15 He leans on his house, but it does not stand.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
In the O.T. the word TRUST has the characteristics as the N.T. word FAITH--BELIEVE, it is said to appear 154 times in the O.T. and I found that Faith, Faithful & Faithfulness is in around 91 Bible verses in the N.T....I chased this subject through the N.T. and the O.T., Trust, Faith, Believe and to me it boils down to no matter what the news media puts out there, no matter what the different churches put out there, no matter what others may say or do, "IF" I profess to be a Christian then I have to believe and trust in what the Holy Scriptures say....Bottom line, I believe God is in charge. Although it appears that our country is headed to hell in a hand basket, well if I look back on history it is not the 1st time we have suffered the ills of our country and for sure it will not be the last. Speaking for myself here, if I believe and trust in God then I have nothing fear, not politics, not sickness of any kind, not the media and various gov't. Now I do admit that now at 78 years old things appear different to me than they did in my younger years. Still today I do not look evil in the eye and laugh at it, but as a professing Christian I struggle with the temptation to follow all that is being said by the media and so forth and sometimes forget that God is in charge and all will be well.
Something here for folks to think on, something here for folks to increase their faith & trust on. If one feels let down, disturbed, if self-pity kicks in just say to yourself---"God is in charge, all will be well"---Faith and trust will carry you through or it has for me many, many times---God Bless
Very Very True, the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives really keeps us out of all sorts of messes and also allows us to recognize the truth from all the Jibber-Jabber.
A couple of not so good things our Methodist did.....Back years ago, now I am going back to my teen-age years, which was maybe 5 or 6 years ago.....OOOPPPS, maybe 62 or so years ago, anyway the Easter Sunrise Service each year was handled by different church S.S Classes, even when they young people"s turn came, they did it all, then one year the Methodist decided that it was necessary to have a professional to lead the service.....Back then I would only guess that all the churches in the neighborhood would be 100 to 150 folks show up. Then one day the Methodist decided we need professional singers in the choir, which maybe was a good thing, but at the same time regular church singers got pushed back because they were not just good enough and probably the jewel of all was when I going to old folks homes doing a Sunday Morning service, then The Methodist and Pres. Churches opened a assisted living place and I and my singer woman was doing the service, and a retired Methodist District Superintendent every Sunday would pat me on the back and tell me how much they appreciated the laity and their contribution, then one Sunday I was told not to come back that the message needs to be given by retired pastors.......NOW!!! After my very 1st Sunday there I came home and told my wife that my time at this place was short, she thought I was nuts, but I informed her that now this new place had MONEY in the assisted living folks and sure enough maybe after 3 or 4 Sundays I was put out to pasture....Jesus never said MONEY was evil, but He did say it is the root of all evil. Follow the money, Politics, religion, school, sports etc, etc, etc....Don't be too judgmental on me, I am just telling it like it is. One last point, after I was told they would be doing the service, maybe 4 or 5 months later some of the old ladies at the home ask where we were, why was David and Roberta not coming anymore.....The Christian leaders answer---"we have no idea, they just quit coming".....Pretty rough when the Christian leaders loose track of honesty and integrity . I think the thing the old folks missed that we would go early and spend time just sitting a chatting with the old folks, the after the service it would be 40 minutes to an hour of visiting with the old folks.....that personal contact disappeared....
OH WELL !!!! your post got me to thinking and I ran off a bit, sorry about that
I have no idea where I am going with this, but, I often say the Bible Board is a good place to discuss & think on stuff that comes to mind. Now, please understand I am not pick'n on organized religion, but in my going from one book in the Bible to another this morning looking for something to speak out to me and must say I was being very unsuccessful, sort of got hung up over in Hebrews on the "Mediator" subject, somehow or another I later came to 1st & 2nd Timothy.......NOW, here is where I may be way off base, I mean way out there in left field, but this is where my mind drifted off to and this is the Bible Board, a place to chat on such things....."NO" tar & feathers allowed.
I hear much about the church numbers going down at an alarming rate, which raises the big question of "WHY?" Well if we are honest there is no one set answer other than the devil is very busy and the Christian folks might be falling for his stuff.....Christian folks goes beyond the congregation , probably drifts right into the pulpit, Sunday school literature and so forth. Any way, I came across this in 1 Timothy...1---Paul is writing to Timothy and says..."you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected , concerning the faith have suffered ship wreck, of whom Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to satan that they may learn not to blaspheme." --- Then over in 2nd Timothy 2..."But shun profane and idle babbling, for they will increase to more ungodliness. and their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of the sort, who have strayed from the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past." Now while here Paul is speaking of the resurrection, what caught my eye was how they have "strayed from the truth"...If the pulpit has drifted away from the truth and the S.S. literature is concerned about being PC, then maybe this may be a good reason for loosing attendance. Then if the congregation has been duped into PC then how can one witness for what Jesus has done in their personal life. Now, in my jumping around in the Scripture this morning I came across this and can not find where I read it.....but...it was there and I am using my words here, which was my understanding-----No matter what man does God will see to it that the Church will stand. The Church being Jesus Christ.
The lady who cuts my hair was in my S.S. class when I was active, but she told me that our preacher said that church attendance last Sunday was the lowest that it has ever been. An opinion here, it appears that the reasons are all out there, no-one looks inward for the answer. Now I am not placing blame on any one certain person because we live in a world where everything is someone else's fault, unfortunately this attitude has found its way into the physical building we call the church. Over in 1 Peter 4:17 he writes "for the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God." But see, in 2021 this is not the message man-kind want to hear----we want to hear how wonderful we are and look at all the good works we are doing. Now the Christian community might want to tar & feather me, but go into the street and if you have the opportunity ask a non-churchgoer, why they don't go to church. Then once the problem is known the solution is in the fix. Let it all start at the House of God
Sort of got on a roll here, sorry, but as I said this is the Bible Board and different opinions are allowed, "I THINK"-----What I posted was just what ran through my mind as I was doing my morning thing and for whatever reason I felt like sharing.....
God Bless
This morning I had the tune "Every time I feel the Spirit I will pray" in my mind. I looked up the lyrics and the last verse grabbed my eye. Could be because this is a daily experience. When we try to do right that is when the ole devil really bugs us, when the devil is absent and leaves me alone, well, that means I am doing a pretty good job for him....Something there for us to think on today
"Down in the valley, when I feel weak
It's when the devil, usually speaks
Because he's crafty, and full of lies
I need the Spirit to keep me wise.
Every time I feel the spirit moving in my heart, I will pray
Every time I feel the spirit moving in my heart, I will pray."
God Bless and Friday has arrived and liberty will be sounded around 1500---Then comes the mighty "IF" Only a military person will understand----Semper fi
I was really getting into the study of Paul's writing in Colossians, very interesting if I may say so....but I just was not absorbing it, then I remembered one day when my son & I was talking and he was saying that Christianity is not as difficult as some point out. I or anyone else can read, study, write papers on, teach --whatever, but being a Christian hinges on just 2 things, or so Jesus teaches---If you flip open your Bible to Matthew 22:34-40----a lawyer ask Jesus what is the greatest commandment and He replied---"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the 1st and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." There you go---to be a Christian it is only required to love God and love our neighbor then all else will just fall not place. I had a friend who is no longer with us, Terry, but in Sunday school Class many, many times he pointed out that we complicate the idea of being a Christian----we love God & love our neighbor. In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul clearly explains Love. I was going to say it is worth the read, but here allow me:
The Greatest Gift
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
All of this sounds easy, but then why do we all struggle so much------God Bless
yesterday on twitter it said something along the lines of NEWS concerning 5 yr. contract....I think
Been up for a couple of hours, but today I wanted to read Colossians, You Ask Why? so glad you asked, last evening I just flipped open my Bible and it opens right to the introduction to Colossians and I noticed several hi-lited passages that spoke to me-----Well, I did remember and started, then noticed a verse and thought what a great way to start off a Hump Day, then I thought, MAN!! Best share that, someone else may really need this or like it....Of course this is Paul writing---
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you"-----AND this is where I stopped and thought, what a great way to start off my day, remembering those on the Bible Board, telling God thanks for their thoughts and prayers over the years when I needed them the most and asking God to Bless each of them, possibly one or more are in need of strength and courage to handle whatever is in their troubling life today, may they feel the Holy Spirit's presence about them today...." that old, old tune "Others, Lord yes others, let this my motto be------help me to live for others, that I may live like Thee"-----
TOOOOOOO early to get all the words right and be thankful that I am not singing that old tune, my heart may be right, but I can't carry a tune in a bushel basket
Let the sun shine in and be thankful----God Bless
Ephesians 1: 13-14
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
Not to complicated is it, should not take a rocket scientist to understand it. --- We hear the Word--Truth which is our salvation, we accept it and we "BELIEVE"---then we are sealed with the Holy Spirit.
Once I---You---They---accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, God puts The Holy Spirit in each of us who believe, we are sealed with the guarantee of our inheritance. We are heaven bound...YES!! we will stumble, trip up, fall down, get all dusty, maybe even dirty, but we have our ticket into heaven. I think it is over in 1st John, we sin and ask for forgiveness and we receive forgiveness. I have had folks totally disagree with me on this very belief of mine, but, I do believe that we may drift away, we may get into all sorts of wrong stuff, but somewhere along the line the Holy Spirit pulls us back where we belong. Jesus, Himself said "that whatever God puts into His hand, no-one can take away."----Now this belief of mine does not give us the right to go and just do what ever we choose, if I believe that, then I doubt that I ever had the Holy Spirit to begin with. I personally fall sort of God's standard every day, but , every day I am made aware of it and that awareness comes from the Holy Spirit. Do not confuse the word "believe" with how we use it today, in our times we just say, YEP I believe, but in Scripture "Believe" is like glue, we stuck to Jesus Christ, to believe is not just a thing of the mind but a thing of the heart---to believe is to act out what we say we believe in------and that my friend is not always an easy thing to do, our human side kicks in and we mess up---I say this from experience
OH WELL, enough thinking material for one morning----God Bless
My lovely bride ate early this evening, without me, can you imagine.....OH WELL, sort of left me fending for myself......so I thought Shrimp sounded good.....while I doing my thing...this popped into the ole brain----" On Christ the solid rock I stand all other ground is sinking sand....".....Think on that my friends, what are you standing on....if you are depending on the Gov't, sorry, but you are lost for sure, standing on your job & future, sorry again, you are up the creek without a paddle,, if your bank account is anything like mine, well that may not be the best leaning post around....just a passing evening thought before bed time-----well almost bed-time----a thought just hit me----"I wonder if I were to ask those who I come in contact with, what are you standing on, where is your trust, what is it you are trusting on to carry you through?" HUMM !!well I am just sitting here eating shrimp with no one around, so allow me to ask you that question----"What is all your tomorrows standing on?".....Do me a favor, look back a few words and seriously ask yourself that question.------God Bless
I think I am done for the day, I made my lovely bride a pen from a piece of wood I got from the desert in Ariz......all though it is OK, it is not my best by far. when we travel I carry a plastic toot , with saw & so forth, and try to get a piece of wood and come home & make a pen or 2----I need to buy me a battery operated very small chain saw so I can run in, cut and get out before the cops show up.....I am not breaking the law, that I know of, but, I do not want to hang around to find out....We were in the Iron Wood forest and I cut a tree limb and made her a pen from it....I always thought Iron Wood was really hard, not so with this piece or I cut the wrong thing.....lol....but she has a pen from the Iron Wood Forest in Ariz.....Then at the Spirit Mountain in Nev. I got some tree limbs, sorry, bush limbs and made my grandson & his friend a nice pen to remember their mountain climb.......Memories, hey that is what we leave behind-----try to leave good memories, not craappy memories----then at the funeral service it is truly a celebration of life-----When my time comes I want my family and friends enjoying the good times of our life, not being sad.......SAD yes for the loss of a loved one, but totally HAPPY for the good times we had over the years.....and trust me----my kids have some very funny & weird things to tell about me.....Lots Of Laughs-----------GOD BLESS
filled the gap.....
I went to flip my Bible to Romans, but instead I flipped it to Micah....I know I have read this before, but sure do not remember a word.....but found this hi-lited, so I know I have been here before:
Micah 6:6-8
New King James Version
6 With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Then I noticed that this was also hi-lited:
Micah 7: 17b-20
They shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of you.
Who is a God like You,
Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.
19 He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.
You will cast all]our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give truth to Jacob
And mercy to Abraham,
Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.
You folks made my day sharing a thought or 2----you will never know, thanks
WOW !!! Thank you so much, you probably planted several seeds with this....Hope you do not mind, but I had to share this on my fb page. Speaking of my fb page, social media has gotten to say the least really nasty and from a tacky ole guy, that is really saying something,----but I have noticed that since I share some of my Christian thoughts publicly every now and then another will share a thought or 2....Thanks so much for sharing, God will put this to good use.
thank you , and I too have been very fond of this board . More than once the prayers from believers here have helped me greatly. I try to post as the Holy Spirit leads, then being the human that I am, every now and then I sort of take the lead and that never seems to work out right. My human side really gives me a fit sometimes, but if the truth be known, that applies to us all.
God Bless and have yourself a great week
Sometimes we think we are tough and stand up to evil, sometimes we like to be in charge, knowing we can do it-----Michael the archangel, the chief angel of God who especially watches over Israel and leads the holy angels. No where else in Scripture is the struggle over the body of Moses mentioned. Michael had to fight with satan to do God's bidding, as he did on another occasion in Daniel 10:13......Then we read a few words more and we learn that Michael with all his powers as the leading angel, to deal with satan/the devil, he just said "THE LORD REBUKE YOU"------What an excellent, wonderful examples for christians of today to deal with the ole devil. As a christian, all I need to do is---REMEMBER and call upon the Lord----Here I will speak for me, I suffer from my teaching from childhood until today, "You can do it." From my 1st step until today I have in my mind "I can do it", there are all sorts of books out there to motivate us to do for ourselves and success will follow.....the devil is extra powerful, I or you are no match for him, I or you may think so, but then that just proves we are full of it, why fight it, why stress ourselves out when the simple solution is right at our finger tips-----"THE LORD REBUKE YOU." or maybe, "In the name of Jesus Christ, satan get behind me"
This does not mean that we are to be lazy and do what we can for ourselves , Over the years I have learned that a lot of people quit just when success is right around the corner. We all have an inner strength to use when the going gets rough-----but don't get sucked into the idea that you are super tough and capable of dealing with the devil-----Learn to just call upon the Lord----the trick is REMEMBER
1 John 3:1-3
New King James Version
The Command to Love
3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Nice sweet sermon in a couple of lines
And if only "1" person is assisted in life's bumpy road, well that is a good thing. Although in today's world I understand, it does not take much to get on the bad list, big brother is very busy minding everyone's business, but their own....
I hope my post did not sound as if it were all about me, I just wonder why others don't share life experiences and how God jumped in to aid in their difficulties. I have experienced 1st hand, on more than one occasion, God's grace....whether it was answered prayers, God's saving Grace, even helping me out in my shop-----the times I feel any drifting in God's & my relation it is I who drift, not Him. Psalm 50:15 ( I think it is the one). "Call upon me in your time of trouble and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."-----I may not have that wording exactly as printed, but I often tell people of this and how it has carried me through on more than one occasion.....I also tell folks, "Don't neglect those last few words, always take a moment and tell God thanks." ......
I think I need a head count, is anyone on the Bible Board other than me & Greg...the Bible Board should be alive with Christians sharing their thoughts , their prayer needs, and offering their comfort & prayers to those in need.... A few years ago when I went through Open Heart Surgery and was laying in ICU with one foot in eternity and one foot in earth ....I felt the prayers, I do not believe that I would be here today if it were not for prayers lifted for me....I have no idea why I posted this other than my concern for a Board that shares Jesus Christ.....Just my opinion here, but there is way tooooooo much politics which is clouding faith.......I spoke of my open heart surgery, friends I was one breath away from eternity, I had folks from ocean to ocean and boarder to boarder raising me in prayer, and in all my honesty I believe that this is what pulled me through----not medications, not doctors, but prayer of friends pulled me out. During my time in ICU my wife went into the chapel and talked with God, she swears up & down that God told her that He would not take me at this time ---and here I am.....Friends I will continue to post, just maybe every now & then I may plant or water a seed and then one day when I step off into eternity some one will meet and say, "HEY, David, back some years ago you posted or you did............I witnessed and never knew it-----Friends that is your christian job --- share your faith---you put a bucket over your light, it sure won't light up a room-----maybe in todays language, we christians need to get off our butts and let folks. know we are believers, let folks know what God has done for us and what God will do for them....It appears that our country is going to HELL in a hand-basket-----friends, God is in charge, and we as Christians really need to show our community, meaning those who we encounter , our faith.....I invite you here on the Bible Board to share----If it is only a---"I believe"
NOW!!! Speaking of sharing.....I was at a grocery store and only had 3 items and in front of me were 2 ladies of color who told me to go in front of them, I told them NO, that I had more time than money , but they insisted, so I took my 3 items and got in front of them-----NOW GET THIS!!!!! I thank them and ask why are you being so nice & polite to me??????? Their answer -----"WE GOT JESUS IN OUR HEARTS...."----Let me ask---Can you say this----what a witness
back a few days ago I started posting about the Gospel of John, then the other day I made an attempt to do a post, did not work out so I scrapped that one, then this morning I really got busy with this project, John The Baptist was 1st on the list... went way back into Malachi 3:1....HUMMM !! Thought I was on a roll, then went back and read what I was writing and something told me NO, so for the second time I scrapped another post. The first scrapping I figured it was me, then today I think ,maybe the Holy Spirit was directing me, so I canceled this post also....For whatever reason it just didn't fit. I always try to post when I am led to do so, I wonder if maybe this was my doing and not the Holy Spirit leading me to do so. See, I am just a big believer in the Holy Spirit in our daily lives, I believe that when I sort of drift He brings me back, "if I am paying attention", now maybe I do not always understand at that exact moment, but in due time all will be made clear. I am sure one morning I will just flip open my Bible to something He has in store for another person , and He bring me back to being a seed planter or maybe the guy who waters a previously planted seed. Our job, as believers, is to either plant a seed or water the seed and God will make it grow. I think my experience is what is called a learning curve. Who knows could be something there for you folks to think on-------God Bless
MY MY MY, July is almost over, it went by just as fast as ole Raj & Joe went through my money....the only difference is July was good to me. I turned 78 and I swear I don't know if my ears are ringing or if I still hear that train a comm'n......
Have a good week-end coming up
well, that ole song comes to mind---"NOW THE DAY IS OVER, NIGHT IS DRAWING NEIGH"---& so forth.
I today at 78 installed an over the stove Micro-wave for my lovely bride, Ain't 1/2 bad for a guy who has no idea what he is doing-----this morning I say something like God is good, well he must have sent a dozen or so angles to watch over me & my job task-----You say ---YEA!!!! OK.....but to understand me correctly, one must realize that I am like a Bull in a China shop.....That may be putting it mildly, but hey, if I screw it up, so what, I can fix it up----in the end it all works out
Well Hump-Day is coming to a close, thank God for another Hump-Day, ask God for a restful night, and at 1st light thank God for yet another day--
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh;
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tend'rest blessing
May mine eyelids close.
Grant to little children
Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep blue-sea.
Comfort every sufferer
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sin restrain.
Through the long night-watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.
Glory to the Father,
Glory to the Son,
And to Thee, blest Spirit,
While all ages run.
there is a lot to be said for just keeping active, I am 78 now and still put in anywhere from 6 to 14 hours of being busy-----not being a busy-body, that comes under other duties as prescribed....right now I am working on 3 projects, I get one to a point that I can't go further, & work on the other. Now when I sit in my chair, that's it, I am toast, keep going I am OK, stop to rest and I am automatically out of gas....
God is Good, even when life offers challenges
OH NO !!!! Just Wednesday, will the weekend ever get here???? OH WAIT? I am retired so everyday is a weekend, think I better inform my bride and maybe I can get a day off. Anyway---HAPPY HUMP DAY
going by yesterday's post and my intentions of discussing John's starting of his Gospel---"In the beginning", well, I gave this much thought and really thought I had it all nailed down, thought I knew exactly how to explain my understanding, matter of fact things were so clear that I started to write it all out last evening, then this morning I just knew not to go here, no need to go where there could be so many different opinions and cause dissenson, which would or could take away from the true point, "WE BELIEVE"----our faith says God did, how He did it, is unimportant, the important thing is I/we believe, my faith carries me through. I was just about to shoot myself in the foot.
I will offer a thinking point or 2, ----the Bible speaks of creation as day 1 thru day 7. For me to better understand this I had to understand "DAY" as used in Scripture. Day in Hebrew is "yowm, (yome). A day in Scripture can be the time of daylight, "from sunrise to sunset", a day can be a civil day--"a space of time of 24 hours, from sunrise to sunrise" & a day "maybe used loosely as the period of action or state of being"---a space of time, an age. In Scripture we see the "Day of atonement", the "Day of Judgment" & so forth.. SO, when I would read Genesis I thought of day as I use the word day now days. Morning and evening can be used as the beginning & ending of an event---a period of time. Now if this grabs your attention and you think I fell out of a tree and landed on my head, allow me to point this out---"it is not until
Gen. 1: 14-18" that we have our 1st 24 hour day. Day 1, 2 & 3, I view as a period of time, which allows me to understand how Science and Scripture work together. Just my opinion here, I have to know a bit about one to understand a little about the other....as my grand-daughter taught me, "jus say'n"---I suppose it is only fair to say that back a couple of years ago my grandson taught me this----he said "PaPa, did you know?". I did not, but I learned----Just remember, that no matter how you view the creation, it is your faith that "God did" and your faith is what is important.
I came real close to messing up on this one----God Bless
Gen. & John say "in the beginning". The beginning is eternity past....I think...LOL...then I sure don't know much.....I like doing post if it makes only 1 person question or doubt or wonder....
John 1:1-5
New King James Version
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
I thought I would walk through the Gospel of John once again and maybe making a couple of comments on things that raised a question to me. "HOWEVER" this morning my poor ole "P" brain just is not hitting on all cylinders and I am very much afraid that I will totally misrepresent anything I may be thinking. So, the the beginning of John, just those 1st 5 verses say so much and can raise so many questions. A lot of folks doubt that the Scriptures are really what they are, for "ME" I believe they are the actual words of God sent to us through His carriers. It is faith that carries the believer through. I have learned that looking up a Hebrew or Greek word to find its actual meaning , will change the way one understands the Scripture. I suppose in those 1st 5 verses lay enough material that a preacher or priest could talk on this for 5 or 6 Sundays. Like I said my lil ole brain just is not working all that good this morning, but just for starters "In The Beginning"----the beginning is eternity past. In the beginning carries us back to the 1st chapter in Genesis----"In the beginning God". A quick thought here then I gotta stop for this morning before I put my foot in my mouth....There are many who totally disagree with the creation story because Science says different, then the hard core Bible folks say, the Bible says this and this is just the way it is. Now this is just me and my belief---I believe God works through science, I believe they work hand in hand, now some say Hog-Wash. But either side of this subject is the question--- has the science really studied Scripture to understand? Also has the Christian ever really studied the Scripture to see if it supports science? HUMM, big question on both sides of the subject. I am still in my thoughts, which is my opinion, and we all understand opinions, don't we? Once I got to where I had a grip on the creation story, once I believed the beginning, then all the rest of the Scriptures were a piece of cake. Once I believed the beginning, then faith carried me through...Once in my mind I understood Genesis 1, then all of the Gospel of John could open itself up. My next post will cover my thoughts on this very beginning story. Like I said my poor ole mind is just not hitting on all cylinders this morning, really surprised I got this far.
I suppose Monday's offer challenges to us all, but here is hoping you folks have a very good week & God Bless
this was interesting....1st I went & looked up the Greek for self-control, it was not there, so I drug out a Bible well over 100 years old, in it the word used for self-control was temperance , so I sought the Greek meaning and found that it meant self-control &continenance
Just for thought....I got started in Jeremiah and just couldn't quit.....then my bride said, "we gotta go", but I think I will be back in this book later. When reading, notice that it all comes back to "return to me" and all will be well---my words there. No matter what I, You or They do or have done, God's forgiveness is always available, all we are required to do is just reach out. In this old world we are drowning in a real mess, God tosses us the throwable device, all we have to do in order not to drown is take a hold. Sort of a simple thing to do, but, we have to turn from our selfish wants & desires, if I may our covertness, SO ! HUMMM, which way do I really want to go. In my 1st post I spoke of seeing America here, but let us as we read not over look the inward "ME". Not only do we look at the nation, but the very personal "ME".
Gotta run, God Bless
HAPPY SUNDAY & Good Morning.....This morning I drifted back in time to the O.T., the book of Jeremiah, I would ask that you folks do the same and in the 1st 2 or 3 chapters do you see us today, us meaning America? I have been in Jeremiah several times before but this morning was the 1st time I ever really recognized America here....or maybe just history repeating itself. I really suppose it is history repeating itself, seeing as how Jeremiah is to speak to the Jewish folks.....But this thing really grabbed my attention. After reading, don't be afraid to tell me I am way out in left field, will not be my 1st trip out there....lol...I tell you it is well worth your time to maybe just read the 1st 2 or 3 chapters and of course "think'
God Bless
WOW !! I am so glad you posted this there for a while I thought he was talking about me....lol
I totally agree...everything seems to show positive
OK....But I think you are the one who started "they could" stuff......I was just chiming in to your post..."they could" is like maybe, IF-----I did end with the word facts...
don't forget that any small business runs the risk of "they could go broke"... To me "they could & they should've" are virus words.....just facts, & appears there are plenty of them---jus say'n
Greg, if is ain't....well !! reckon we all are up the creek without a paddle
Nothing like a good morning smile to start off the day