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2021, Psalms, Questions, Thanksgiving 2021

Two Little Furry Faces

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Blue skies, comfortable temp, goats that bleat, hens that cluck and lay, two little furry faces that look up at you with pure affection, untarnished forestry, and hours of easy conversation with bone of your bone and flesh of your flesh; it is for these things I offer thanks today. 

Creation and the company of people we love are true gifts from The Father of Heaven who loves us. 
Amazing. 

Give thanks today, Friends. 
We have innumerable reasons to praise and offer thanks to our Creator. 

Psalm 118 NKJV  24 This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. source

 

And this verse as I took it out of context we often do. Even out of context it is encouraging and we quote it to help us on days, not like today. Do you know what I mean?

But let us look at it in context. 

21 I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my salvation.

22 The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
23 This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. source 

 

He answered our cry for deliverance. He became our salvation. 
How did He do that? 
The stone the builders rejected became the chief cornerstone.
And Who is this Chief Cornerstone? 
None other than Our Blessed LORD YESHUA – JESUS CHRIST the Righteous. ( See 1 Peter 2)

Yes, indeed this IS the LORD’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes!
That HE would save wretches like us! 
The DAY the Cornerstone became sin for us and died on the Execution Stake and AROSE from DEATH on the 3rd day. 
OH YES! WE rejoice in that day that ONLY The LORD could make! 
We rejoice for that DAY every day. Amen and amen! 

Now go about this day giving thanks for THE DAY!

 

 

2021, Gospel of Matthew, Questions, Thanksgiving 2021

It’s a Flush

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Indoor Plumbing

Yep. I am thankful for indoor plumbing and sewer systems.
You see I am old enough to remember life before our family had indoor plumbing. 
I say our family because indoor plumbing came to society long before it came to our house. For a bit of toilet history, click HERE.

Now. Because this is supposed to be a Christian Blog I am inclined to make a spiritual application here.
And it’s not as difficult as one might think. 

Refuse. Waste. 

Life without JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR is a waste. 
The unsaved may accomplish much; they may have the accolades of the world and they may give many dollars to benefit mankind but what do they have when their life is flushed – if they die without JESUS? 

Matthew 16 NKJV
 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? source

How about you? 
When your life here on this earth is finished, will your life just be a flush or will you be ushered into the very Face to face Presence of The LORD of GLORY?

2 Corinthians 5:8
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” source

Have questions?
Are you interested in Eternal Life? 
Are you convinced that YOU NEED A SAVIOR?
Because if you are said convinced, the Best News EVER is that JESUS is willing to save YOU.

IF you are interested in when I met JESUS, click HERE.

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A Riding Lawnmower

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Good morning.

As I sit before this screen, I think I shall be brief — time will tell. 🙂

Matthew 7:13 & 14 Complete Jewish Bible

13 “Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it;
14 but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.  source

What is a gate? 
And can we go through a gate? 

Actually, we don’t, we go through the OPENING the gate provides. 
A gate is a BOUNDRY. It’s a line drawn that we cannot cross UNLESS the gate opens for us.

So. Gate openings.

We have one in our backyard.
And it is a narrow one. 
Someone wants a riding lawnmower. The thing is it can’t be just any riding lawnmower.
The proposed lawnmower cannot exceed a prescribed size. The dimensions must be just so and if not even if the gate is open the lawnmower will not go through. 

The GATE of SALVATION is OPEN for EVERYONE but similar to the lawnmower, the prescribed conditions must be met or there is NO ENTRY allowed. 

GOD has a prescription for LIFE, Life that we can have (enter, if you please) through the NARROW GATE addressed in Matthew 7:13 and 14.

What is GOD’s prescribed gate to LIFE? 
Do you know?
Do you want to know?

Are you willing to look until you find the lawnmower with the right dimensions to fit through the gate? 

Romans 10.

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Harried and Helpless – Not!

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Matthew 9:36 Complete Jewish Bible
36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were harried and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.  source

This is an avenue under construction; let me give you what I have so far.

How does GOD see people?

Clearly here He sees people who have yet to come to Him for salvation and relationship as sheep without a shepherd; as harried and helpless. 
What is harried, anyway? 

Harried people are marked by disturbance, distress, exhaustion due to demands, criticism, harassment. 
Battered and buffeted. source

That’s well descriptive, isn’t it? 

And helpless too.

Sheep without a Shepherd.

No wonder JESUS came. 
He could not bear to see us without help and hope. 

What is it like for sheep without a shepherd?

Allow me to list what little I know and then let me invite you to seek THE SHEPHERD for what more He has to say to you. 

Sheep with no shepherd have
no protection from predators
no protection from the elements (wind, rain, heat, cold, etc.)
no help finding food or water
no healing from parasites, nose flies, and other injuries and diseases.

How does that translate to people without JESUS?

No defense against the accusations of the evil one
No shelter – no refuge from the coming storm, or eternal damnation because of sin
No Healer for all the harried-ness in this world
No Helper with the buzzing in our heads

What would you add to that list? 

Do YOU have The Shepherd?

Is Psalm 23 YOUR Psalm?