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2 Chronicles, 2024, A Quick Hello

As Well?

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I have a brief word of encouragement for us this morning before I ready myself for the work day.

6Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying, 7“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him. 8 With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.”

So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.  source 

Hezekiah did not deny the opposing army was VAST. He did not deny they were in danger of attack. He did not deny the opposition. He did not deny the problem. BUT he did say this: for there is a greater One with us than with him. 8 With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.”

That is what I am bringing to us this morning!
I am not denying we have a vast enemy to face today.
I am not denying there is pain and unrest in this day.
I am not denying there is aggravation looming. I am not denying there are huge obstacles to overcome today but I am bringing to you and holding on tightly to myself this: for there is a greater One with us than with him. 8 With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.”

The people of Judah were strengthened by these words.

May we be as well?

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Until next time, holy hugs, Kathie

2024, A Quick Hello, Hebrews

Cycles

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Life is a cycle

We repeat it day after day, each day is closely related, doing the same things. We eat, we sleep, we go to jobs, we do jobs at home, we eat, we sleep, and the cycle repeats. On occasions, vacations come along and our cycle gets a little wall-eyed but it’s still a cycle. More often than not we like our cycles. We want them to go on and on, especially with those we love who cycle with us. Some cycles have more rounds than others and as the cycles increase we wonder how few or more we have remaining. 

It is appointed unto man once to die and then comes the judgment of how we have managed our cycle.

28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

 

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Until next time, holy hugs, Kathie

2024, A Quick Hello, Gospel of Matthew, Pictures

The Gate

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I came across this on Facebook and just have to preserve it here for our edification.
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No complaints here. . .

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7

Amazed that The Gate was opened at all to me, 

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Until next time, holy hugs, Kathie 

2024, Gospel of John

Happy Birthday, Momma

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Some believe when you’re dead – you’re dead. Nothing more. We live. We die. That’s it.

My Mother was born 100 years ago today. One hundred years. She has been gone from this mortal life as we know it for 15 years. She didn’t make it here until her 85th birthday anniversary.

And I sit here today especially missing her.

One hundred years. Such a short time for someone as beautiful as her. I can still see her smile. And seeing her smile gives me one too.

So I am not going to remember her with sadness today. Because I and she are two people who believe that when you leave mortal life here you open your eyes somewhere else.
Because we never die IF we have ever LIVED.

And I could end this here but I won’t because someone somewhere just might want to know what she means if we have ever lived we never die.

There is one who can answer that. His NAME is JESUS.

John 11: 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

Well, do you?
Mother and I do.
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These are two of my favorite pictures of my Momma. One, so young, so in love with my Daddy; and two, still young even in her mid-seventies, still beautiful, and still smiling. 
And this is me, some weeks ago,  me_n

Until Next time, holy hugs, Kathie