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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, Ephesians, Revelation, Thanksgiving 2021

More than an Institution

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Today I am giving thanks for Marriage, GOD Who gifted us with marriage, the survival of marriage as the enemy of mankind has done all within his power to adulterate it, mongrelize it, corrupt, distort and otherwise defeat this gift from GOD to men and women. 

And I am particularly grateful for my own marriage to the man who loves me like no other human on this planet! 

Marriage is intended to be a living testimony, a walking, talking, living demonstration to humanity of The CHRIST and His Bride – the Church. FEW and I do mean few marriages bring this reflection to this dark and hostile world.  

Ephesians 5:22-33 addresses this mystery. Click HERE if you are pleased to read the passage. 

Revelation 19 CJB

6 Then I heard what sounded like the roar of a huge crowd, like the sound of rushing waters, like loud peals of thunder, saying,

“Halleluyah!
Adonai, God of heaven’s armies,
has begun his reign!

7 “Let us rejoice and be glad! Let us give him the glory! For the time has come for the wedding of the Lamb,
and his Bride has prepared herself —
8 fine linen, bright and clean has been given her to wear.”

(“Fine linen” means the righteous deeds of God’s people.)

9 The angel said to me, “Write: ‘How blessed are those who have been invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb!’” Then he added, “These are God’s very words.”  source

 

And there’s more in this Chapter if you are pleased to read it. Click HERE.

Holy Matrimony.
I dare say without JESUS, there’s nothing holy about it.
And for many if not most, the fun wanes too without HIM. 

2021, Gospel of Luke, Thanksgiving 2021

High Noon

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I have a special thanks today. 
I remember the day. It was a Sunday, at Noon.
My Baby Girl opened her eyes to the light of day and let out a glorious cry! 
Red hair, blue eyes, chubby cheeks, ten toes, ten fingers, and an answer to my prayers. 

To this day she remains an Oasis to my soul. 

Talented, gifted, smart, discerning, caring, beautiful, and likely the most thankful person I know on the planet. 

Yes. I am giving thanks daily for a little bundle of joy named from Luke 24:50.

The carrot cake is on its way. :)