James 1:11 ~ Pursuits

 

James 1:11

The Rich Man

will

fade away

in

the midst of his pursuits

Lindsey Graham had a recent phone call from the hospital, where he landed just as Lindsey returned from his trip to Ukraine,  he said, "I can't die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions, get Iran sorted out and do Israeli-Saudi normalization," Graham said, according to the report.

When we read Scriptures, and the text is written a rich man, the levels are as intertwined as Romans 8:28, Greek translations say all things intwined, work together for good, for those who Love the Lord and work according to His Purpose.  This Scripture is James 1:11. Numerically easy to recognize. The Brother of Jesus Christ places this life lesson front and center in the first chapter. Lessons James learned from His Mother and His Brother.

The Rich Man

will

fade away

in

the midst of his pursuits.

Scripture isn't recording bank accounts or follows.  Scripture is recording, "The true nobility,  love and serve The Lord."  And then again, the Scriptures refer to the wealthy we clearly see first.

I love Lindsay Graham. So much so, when he took a different direction in the vast Political pathways, I would yell at the News. No, you are So Wrong.  And I would be annoyed with warlike pathways from Senator Lindsey Graham's life events. 

Really I did agree with him more often. So much so, years back I read Lindsey Graham was having a great time in college with his fraternity and in the middle of his freshman year, heyday, frat party, someone interrupted a Lindsey Graham speaking at the party event to tell him his parents had died. The attorney for the probate of his parent's will suggested Lindsey sell his parent's house, put his elementary age sister into well heeled elementary boarding schooling for girls and finish his college. His parents would want all their children to fulfill their years to educate and prosper.

Lindsey couldn't just end their family. He quit school and began to be the sole parent to his sister. Staying in the family house until she was well into college. Lindsey had a path the loss of both parents can create. No marriage. Nothing replaces the family loved. Life can be very temporary.  And Lindsey used their funds for this. Going into the military to finish his pathway into the world. 

Integrity. Today the top headline for Fox News was the net worth for Lindsay Graham. Between 1 and 2 million dollars. Integrity.

My family history solidified the respect and admiration I have for such a hardworking American Loyalty.  Our great uncle was one who adopted his 2 nieces for his own children. Houses furnished.  One adopted daughter had years of cancer treatments. Grandkids - two had college paid for.  8 had brand new cars to begin college.  One grand had the Way paid for when unemployment loomed.  Legacy of very heralded Christmases and Easters.  Love, Loyalty and a Grand Scale of Love given.

My great uncle William Carey Graves was the Majority Leader of the Texas Senate for 16 years. William Carey Graves was Governor for the day during this term.  The Governor went out of town and a party was held in the Governor's mansion by Uncle Carey.  William Carey Graves founded departments in the Dallas Police when he was the Chief of Police. Fire Chief. Dallas City Council. Judge. 

 When Uncle Carey was eventually elected out of office, he went home to reinvent his roof. His house sat on a hill overlooking Downtown Dallas.  The Reunion Ball Building. This made the house 3 stories due to the hill. And he got up there, in retirement in 1961, and used the old asbestos rolls like this: keep old roll, put hot tar down, roll another asbestos roll. tar, place asbestos shingles.  In 1991, his only child, daughter Maxine had an F1 tornado in the yard. Some trees fell. The roof was there for Kingdom Come.  

Uncle Carey grew up on a farm in Washington Parish, Louisiana.  And when his dad was too old, he didn't know what to do. Carey bought the farm and farmed for his dad. Who remained all his life on his decades of farming farm. 

Uncle Carey reinvented roofing because... Uncle Carey needed to have a very affordable roof in retirement.  And the farm had to pay for the farm mortgage. And did.

When Uncle Carey died, he died in his sleep, recovering from successful cancer surgery just a handful of years later. His 60 x 60 farm garden was going strong overlooking downtown Dallas.  The yard and house in gleaming form from his continual interest and labor.  Always a Believer. Always loved Jesus Christ.

That's exactly why I admired Lindsey Graham so. 

The Rich Man

will

fade away

in

the midst of his pursuits

Acts 17:11

The "more noble-minded" examine the truth 

with an open heart.

Abba, Father,

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

Peace and the Joy God gives us.

And we will finish well, 

in Jesus Christ. 

Please, Father,

Bless Edward with healthy retinas

without additional surgery

and our family with health

and our dreams You know.

Your Will and Peace

as the little baby has colic fairly intensely.

Thank You

Edward is feeling better today!

Please bless the dog

she is now having what Edward had.

Help us seek and find 

and bring,

become,

 more Heaven

to this earth.

All of us

to

family

friends

neighborhoods

communities

Churches

States

Nation

Nations!

Praying with Venezuela,

the 3,500 injured, 50,000 tens of thousands missing and the 1,200 fatalities.

Thank, Jesus the Lord, for the Graham Family Samaritan's Purse.

Samaritan's Purse Link

And in Jesus - This Hope.

Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.

Amen

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus

 

Holy is the Name of Jesus

Edward and I traveled to DC and back by car, due to his retina surgery. We drove about 8 to 10 hours a day. Visited three cities in many states. We were so glad to be home with a lot of catch up to do.  And in the middle of the night, Saturday to Sunday, Edward threw up, and I woke up at 10 a.m. 

Abba, Father,

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

Peace and the Joy God gives us.

And we will finish well, 

in Jesus Christ. 

Please, Father,

Bless Edward with healthy retinas

and us both to have a day of rest

with a full and good recovery

Edward to heal, please, without additional surgery

and our family with health

and the dreams we have,

Your Will and Peace

as the little baby has colic fairly intensely.

Help us seek and find 

and bring,

become,

 more Heaven

to this earth.

Praying with Venezuela,

the 3,500 injured, 50,000 tens of thousands missing and the 1,200 fatalities.

Thank, Jesus the Lord, for the Graham Family Samaritan's Purse.

Samaritan's Purse Link

And in Jesus - This Hope.

Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.

Amen

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus

Jeremiah 31:3 ~ Everlasting Love

Photo by Jannelle Loewen, Fireworks Oaks Park

How shall we approach the LORD. Isaiah wondered.

Jeremiah 31:3

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: 

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness."

Church at the Arbol de Tule, tree of Tule, Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good;

and 

what does the Lord require of you

but 

to do justice,

 and 

to love kindness,

and 

to walk humbly with your God?

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if 

we do not give up.

“They shall be mine, 

says the Lord of Hosts, 

in the day when I make up my treasured possession, 

and 

I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves Him."

Abba,Father

We ask Your blessings. 

May Father God turn HIS face to us with compassion this last day of fear or doubts.

And we rejoice knowing Father God hears and answers.

 Thankful for the day and more and better to arrive.

Asking God to bless our Loved ones and our Nation Trusting in Him. 

For All of God's Beloved around the earth.

For Jesus blessing upon all His Children as we Pray 

The Lord's Prayer and ask more Heaven on earth.

 Thank You, Father God. 

Amen in Jesus Christ.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus

Luke 17:11-26 ~ praising God

 

The Lord loves a just scale. He likes us to tell the truth. And seek the truth. And teach inside our homes the truth.  The Lord Loves Justice.

We like this. 

When we seek the Comfort of the Lord, we are open to understanding All His Word creates a Shelter for Love to Live. 

Jesus wanted those He loves to know His view of His Life and Ministry.

Luke 17:11-26

On the way to Jerusalem He was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 

14 When He saw them he said to them, 

“Go and show yourselves to the priests.” 

And as they went they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving Him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. 

17 Then Jesus answered,

 “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 

19 And He said to him, 

“Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them, 

“The Kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the Kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”

1 Samuel 10:17-11:15

17 Now Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah. 18 And he said to the people of Israel, 

“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ 19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.”

20 Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. 21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot; and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 So they inquired again of the Lord, “Is there a man still to come?” and the Lord said, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

 23 Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

25 Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.

 26 Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched. 27 But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

11 Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” 2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel.” 3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days' respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.” 4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, and all the people wept aloud.

5 Now, behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen. And Saul said, “What is wrong with the people, that they are weeping?” So they told him the news of the men of Jabesh. 

6 And the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled. 7 He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out as one man. 

8 When he mustered them at Bezek, the people of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have salvation.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.” 11 And the next day Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who is it that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring the men, that we may put them to death.” 

13 But Saul said, “Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has worked salvation in Israel.” 

14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom.” 15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. 

There they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

Abba, Father,

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

Peace and the Joy God gives us.

And we will finish well, 

in Jesus Christ. 

Please, Father,

Bless Edward with healthy retinas

without additional surgery

and our family with health

Your Will and Peace

as the little baby has colic fairly intensely.

Help us seek and find 

and bring,

become,

 more Heaven

to this earth.

Praying with Venezuela,

the 3,500 injured, 50,000 tens of thousands missing and the 1,200 fatalities.

Thank, Jesus the Lord, for the Graham Family Samaritan's Purse.

Samaritan's Purse Link

And in Jesus - This Hope.

Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.

Amen

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus