Proverbs 29:11 ~ Man

 

Edward has had 5 eye operations since December. 2 have failed, we are on the 3rd Retina. This time with oil and a sewn silicon band. Edward says it is like looking through a funhouse mirror. His eye squints, he uses every muscle in his body to clamp down and shut the eye. He looks like a Pirate. Last Sunday, we got to the Church parking lot and he couldn't. This Sunday, as I was dressed and ready to go, he threw himself on the bed and declared he was too dizzy to go. And he was.

I understood the first Sunday. But as the months go by and I take out the garbage and do the lifting. I am less than enjoying months of convalescence.  With the next eye to be, pray to the Lord God Almighty, lazer surgery and easy.

This Post is from someone very disappointed to not be in Church. 

And I found the Sermon today to be one the most realistic views of day to day Christianity.

The Hymns were Profound:

Hymn 432 in The Hymnal 1982 of the Episcopal Church

"O praise ye the Lord! Praise him in the height". 

 The text was written by Henry Williams Baker (1821–1877) and is set to the tune LAUDATE DOMINUM by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.

Psalm 148 and Psalm 150. 

O praise ye the Lord! 

Praise Him in the height; 

Rejoice in His Word, 

Ye angels of light; 

Ye heavens, adore Him by whom ye were made, 

and 

worship before Him, 

in brightness arrayed. 

O praise ye the Lord! 

Praise Him upon earth, in tuneful accord,

All ye of new birth; 

Praise Him 

Who hath brought you His grace from above, 

Praise Him who hath taught you to sing of His love. 

O praise ye the Lord! 

All things that give sound; 

Each jubilant chord reecho around; 

Loud organs, His Glory forth tell in deep tone, 

and sweet harp, the story of what He hath done. 

O praise ye the Lord! 

Thanksgiving and song to Him 

be outpoured 

All ages along! 

For love in creation, 

for Heaven restored, 

for Grace of salvation, 

O praise ye the Lord!

WHAT A HYMN!!!!!!

 "Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive" (The Hymnal 1982, No. 674):

"Forgive our sins as we forgive," 

You taught us, Lord, to pray; 

But you alone can grant us grace 

To live the words we say.

How can Your pardon reach 

and bless the unforgiving heart 

That broods on wrongs and will not let Old bitterness depart?

In blazing light 

Your cross reveals

The truth we dimly knew: What trivial debts are owed to us

 How great our debt to you!

Lord, cleanse the depths within our souls 

And bid resentment cease; 

Then, bound to all in bonds of love 

Our lives will spread your peace. 

 

Proverbs 29:11

A Fool

Gives Full Vent to his spirit

Yet

A Wise Man

quietly holds back

Jesus Christ has Prevailed.  The address of the Church Jesus, cradle of Christianity, prophetically told all of us through the millenniums.  Since 62 A.D., Peter's tomb, with a rock enclosure surrounding his grave. 

And why Has The Lord God Almighty Prevailed?

He tells the Truth. 

Alexander's  godmother had a favorite Scripture:

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

And this is found in:

Proverbs 17:27-28

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, 

and 

he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. 

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; 

when he closes his lips, 

he is deemed intelligent.

My mother's favorite Scripture:

Ecclesiates 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters, 

for after many days you will find it again.

My mother's magically and delicious inherent knowledge, Karma will prevail. God has His Hand in miracle solutions and the right seeking of God will win. Yes. This is throughout Scripture. What goes around comes around.

And is part of the Lord's Prayer asking our praying soul and full heart participation.  Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done "on earth as it is in Heaven."  To see more Heaven, to praise more of Heaven, to be more of Heaven, to bring more of Heaven.  Each day.

If we need to understand how to forgive.

I was once so angry with my father's second wife.  She had been seeking Daddy since I was in first grade and answered the phone. Go get your daddy and tell him a friend wants him to go to Honolulu. Daddy took the call in the bathroom. A first. And traveled off to Pascagoula to help Uncle Bob. And Cousin Bob said in 2005, this was a fable, he helped his father, without my father, in Hurricane Camille with 175 mph winds. Plus, come to find out the drawbridge story was interesting and not quite in the truthful category. When my father married her about 20 years later, she had been such a dear friend to my mom, so my mother thought.  And my father died after a few years of marriage to this person. We found out she had done him in and not been at all helpful. She had worked to get his life insurance and all that. Daily, I was in the car trying not to be broiling angry. Taking care of my two little sons. Eventually, I would learn to pray Living Water cascading over my head. The coolness, the help, the comfort. I ceased to be broilingly angry after a year of suffering. My father had needed help and comfort with real direction. 

1 John 4:18 

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, 

because fear involves torment. 

The one who torments does not love.

Life went on with forgiveness. And much joy was had by all. She did not know or care if she was forgiven. Yet the letting go was part of the joy of God's Gifts. 

This flamboyant woman who really sought Daddy, after her husband abandoned her house payments, for a younger one version. Would claim her work had taken prayer out of the public school system.  Scriptures tell us, know the fruit from the tree to see the tree. 

Mother's favorite scripture was right. 

Hebrews 11:6 

Without faith it is impossible to please God, 

because anyone who approaches Him 

must believe that He exists 

and that 

He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while he may be found 

Romans 12:19 

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, 

but leave it to the wrath of God, 

for it is written, 

“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

And the quote 

made popular by the movie

my oldest son

wrote about for his 

College Entrance Exam.

Ezekiel 25:17

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes.

 Then they will know that I am the Lord, 

when I lay my vengeance upon them.”

And this applied to the person who did

not take care of my father.

One has to have air to pray.

And her subsequent 4 annulments. 

Without a marriage to pirate as

her necessity.

 Proverbs 10:23 

A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

Pastor Rick Warren, was talking about forgiveness after divorce.  Forgiveness is letting go of the desire to cause someone pain. The refusal to take up the sword. It does not eliminate the society should have peace option to end evil. Does not require evil to be sanitized by humans. Does not require a connection.

It does not require the last word. Does not take up witty insults regularly. Unless, helpfully instructive, of course! Learns to laugh instead of spending lunch ruminating on harm. Knows when to find better air and conditioning. And let's God have the majority of our problems.

Doesn't require forgiveness to be spontaneous to the point of being a liar. Allows us to know what we know and how to process this genuine forgiveness. When you break down the facts into letting God direct the events. 

Allowing God to be God. Thank God. 

One of the God aspects of Jesus, I so admire. God admired and loves Abraham. Abraham always wants to know what was going to happen to this person or that person and would argue for God to fix the situation.  God admires Abraham for his curiosity and mercy. Impudent prayers. God Admires Dedication to Prayer. Even impudent prayer.

Matthew 7:7–12, Luke 11:5-10

5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

8 I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him 

because of his friendship, 

yet because of the man’s persistence, 

he will get up 

and 

give him as much as he needs.

9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 

10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Our Abba, Father

We ask Your Blessing 

from God our Father 

and

The Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Alleluia Chorus will come from Jesus.

 Amen!

Blessed is our the God and our Father.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, has presented the Father with a New Heaven 

and a new earth.

Pray with hope!

Ending

Bad weather experienced 

And

be good weather again.

Praying for safety and prosperity in these days.

Please continue to pray for peace and the wishes of our parents and great

 and 

grandparents to be fulfilled in a peaceful and complete manner. 

Because we know our Father.

The Father of mercies

and God of all comfort.

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. 

We are praying for 
NATIONS

to put

aside

Tyranny

and Cartels.

Abba,

We pray the impossible 

more Heaven 

on earth 

and 

for the believers of God 

and 

the ones they pray for 

To Know Your Love 

and

See the weary world REJOICING in Christ Jesus.

We can do absolutely nothing about Massachusetts killing babies.  Shake our heads at the horror of babies murdered. We can moan and cry and do absolutely nothing. And those babies will die badly.

 

Pray and make a path for these preborn children to LIVE.

To Know Your Love 

and

See the weary world REJOICING in Christ Jesus.

Life for preborn children. Human Beings. Babies.  Hoping for love and warmth to give and receive.  So many willing hearts and homes. Valid Adoption Agencies.  Hope for the biological mother, instead of a life of sadness.

The end of Abortion.

Asked why not affordable

Adoption.

Agree

LABOR
DAY

and the price of giving

birth

is and frequently 

and outrageously

and

unpatriotically

is

$50,000.

We pray

about

all

of these

valid 

true

concerns.

Saint Nicholas of Myra, b. March 270 – 6 December 343, Nicholas of Bari. Known as St. Nicholas. 

Pere Noel. Father Christmas. Santa.

If our Saint Nicholas 

buys 3 women out of being trafficked. 

We can certainly 

ask 

the mother to accept payment 

for bringing

God's Gift of Life 

into the world. 

Support 

The Book of Life!

Lord Jesus Christ

Only Son of God, our Father.

WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE

IN

JESUS CHRIST

THE LORD

WE PRAY 

BLESSINGS 

for those

helping the earth 

to heal.

Jesus Christ

Shine on us

ALL

Let evil and practicing evil

depart 

far 

from us

and our children.

Health for

American Gray Whales

and their solid survival

facing Orcas. 

Thy Kingdom come

Thy will be done

on earth

as it is

in Heaven. 

And we will be blessed indeed. 

Jesus the Lord. Alleluia

and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus

Genesis 49 ~ Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

Jacob Blesses his Sons, painted by Dr. Harry Anderson

 

Genesis 49

Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

2 “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;

listen to your father Israel.

3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,

my might, the first sign of my strength,

excelling in honor, excelling in power.

4 Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,

for you went up onto your father’s bed,

onto my couch and defiled it.

5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers—

their swords are weapons of violence.

6 Let me not enter their council,

let me not join their assembly,

for they have killed men in their anger

and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.

7 Cursed be their anger, so fierce,

and their fury, so cruel!

I will scatter them in Jacob

and disperse them in Israel.

8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you;

your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;

your father’s sons will bow down to you.

9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah;

you return from the prey, my son.

Like a lion he crouches and lies down,

like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,

nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,

until he to whom it belongs shall come

and the obedience of the nations shall be his.

11 He will tether his donkey to a vine,

his colt to the choicest branch;

he will wash his garments in wine,

his robes in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes will be darker than wine,

his teeth whiter than milk.

13 “Zebulun will live by the seashore

and become a haven for ships;

his border will extend toward Sidon.

14 “Issachar is a rawboned donkey

lying down among the sheep pens.

15 When he sees how good is his resting place

and how pleasant is his land,

he will bend his shoulder to the burden

and submit to forced labor.

16 “Dan will provide justice for his people

as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan will be a snake by the roadside,

a viper along the path,

that bites the horse’s heels

so that its rider tumbles backward.

18 “I look for your deliverance, Lord.

19 “Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders,

but he will attack them at their heels.

20 “Asher’s food will be rich;

he will provide delicacies fit for a king.

21 “Naphtali is a doe set free

that bears beautiful fawns.

22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine,

a fruitful vine near a spring,

whose branches climb over a wall.

23 With bitterness archers attacked him;

they shot at him with hostility.

24 But his bow remained steady,

his strong arms stayed limber,

because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,

because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

25 because of your father’s God, who helps you,

because of the Almighty, who blesses you

with blessings of the skies above,

blessings of the deep springs below,

blessings of the breast and womb.

26 Your father’s blessings are greater

than the blessings of the ancient mountains,

thanthe bounty of the age-old hills.

Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,

on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;

in the morning he devours the prey,

in the evening he divides the plunder.”

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.

29 Then he gave them these instructions: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. 31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah. 32 The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.”

33 When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.

Attitudes and Blessings of Christmas

Jacob believed he was the descendant carrying Abraham's blessing. 

"I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” 

He seems, to me, to be very positive as he wants to bless his children. This is not a man fading away, but relinquishing his spirit in gratitude and verve. The Blessings Thief, interestingly enough, wants all his 12 sons to be blessed.

One day, I was having a emotional day. I went to the grocery store with my son and the clerk said to me, with great enthusiasm and sparkling eyes, "God Gives You What you Need for Each Day, hang on to that." Jacob lived this.

Psalm 68:19

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, 

who daily bears our burdens. 

Selah

and/or King James Bible

Blessed be the Lord, 

Who daily loadeth us with benefits, 

even the God of our salvation.

 Selah.

Jacob is telling us of his life remembrances ~ as a father, as a child of God, and as - Father God.

Jacob is gathering his life together - to go on. Look at this with me a unique way; not as a man with 11 children, but a lifetime of memories.


Biblical illustrations by Balage Balogh

Reuben ~ recall with me, tried to save Joseph. In personality, Rueben stands out in Scripture, however Reuben has laid to waste his relationship with his father over Jacob's concubine, Bilhah. Jacob and Bilhah had two sons, Dan and Naphtali. God is telling us sexual sin can cross boundaries and cause irreparable harm.

Simeon and Levi ~  have astonished Jacob with the ability to have supreme violence towards mankind and animals. How quickly humanity can destroy. Here is Jacob, called Israel, telling us families can have moments that stun and take the breathe away. We can see this two ways, a depressing event in the middle of a Disney  Christmas or we can recall things in our family we would like to have improved, with merely a thought. Even God's chosen saints have these events. 

Judah ~  The Lion of the Tribe of Judah, is of course, JESUS. And we are celebrating a birthday each year of God willing to come to us. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. We Rejoice in the Days God has blessed us. God is in His Heaven and all is right with the world. He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch. Palm Sunday Events. 

Zebulun ~ a haven. Life forces compel us like the Mighty Mississippi river. We rejoice in the times of haven, days stretching before us like sunlight on water.

Psalm 107:30

They were glad when it grew calm, 

and He guided them to their desired haven

Issachar ~ a work in progress, a work horse.

How good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land. In Ecclesiastes 5 we learn about this. Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

Dan ~  providing justice for his people. Dan's verse is inspiring, a man of valor. For the days of our lives when we have so much appreciation for being protected and spoken up for.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king builds up the land, but he who exacts gifts tears it down.

Matthew 5:25

"Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison."

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

Gad ~ can be relied upon to give all that back.

James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. 

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Asher ~ is gifted. Don't we love to see the gifts our children have.

Proverbs 18:16

A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.

1 Corinthians 12:4

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

Deer lithograph by Samuel Howell

Naphtali ~ is a doe set free, that bears beautiful fawns. We are, obviously, treated to a moment in Jacob's memories of Naphtali's mercy. And the reward of seeing the unusual and appreciated fawns the next year.

Ephesians 2:4-6

God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Benjamin  ~ Jacob's treasured son with his wife Rachael, this passage seems to suggest Benjamin is a yuppie with determination and skill.  As Benjamin's  life develops - he gives back blessings to others.

Ephesians 4:13

Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Of all the gifts we could possibly give our children, this Christmas or always, what we would provide for them......

Joseph~ here we reach the crux of this passage. Forgiveness. Trust. Blessings.  Jacob, Israel, wrestler of blessings, believed Joseph was killed by a wild animal. His sons are never recorded asking for forgiveness. And yet, importantly, Jacob wishes to bless his sons. An example of Father God.

Jacob had a life with misery, upon occasion, yet he believes himself to be the bearer of Almighty God's blessing. Jacob has joy in discovering, God has raised his beloved son. What has Jacob enjoyed about learning about Joseph, the man? 

But his bow remained steady,

his strong arms stayed limber,

Because of the Hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,

because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Because of your father’s God,

Who helps you,

because of the Almighty,

Who blesses you

With blessings

Our Abba, Father

We ask Your Blessing 

from God our Father 

and

The Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Alleluia Chorus will come from Jesus.

 Amen!

Blessed is our the God and our Father.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, has presented the Father with a New Heaven 

and a new earth.

Pray with hope!

Ending

Bad weather experienced 

And

be good weather again.

Praying for safety and prosperity in these days.

Please continue to pray for peace and the wishes of our parents and great

 and 

grandparents to be fulfilled in a peaceful and complete manner. 

Because we know our Father.

The Father of mercies

and God of all comfort.

This is Our Father and Jesus, who comforts us 

enabling us, strengthening us,

able to comfort those in any affliction,

 Blessings of Grace and Peace,

with which we ourselves are comforted 

by God.

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. 

We are praying for 
NATIONS

to put

aside

Tyranny

and Cartels.

Abba,

We pray the impossible 

more Heaven 

on earth 

and 

for the believers of God 

and 

the ones they pray for 

To Know Your Love 

and

See the weary world REJOICING in Christ Jesus.

We can do absolutely nothing about Massachusetts killing babies.  Shake our heads at the horror of babies murdered. We can moan and cry and do absolutely nothing. And those babies will die badly.

 

Pray and make a path for these preborn children to LIVE.

To Know Your Love 

and

See the weary world REJOICING in Christ Jesus.

Life for preborn children. Human Beings. Babies.  Hoping for love and warmth to give and receive.  So many willing hearts and homes. Valid Adoption Agencies.  Hope for the biological mother, instead of a life of sadness.

The end of Abortion.

Asked why not affordable

Adoption.

Agree

LABOR
DAY

and the price of giving

birth

is and frequently 

and outrageously

and

unpatriotically

is

$50,000.

We pray

about

all

of these

valid 

true

concerns.

Saint Nicholas of Myra, b. March 270 – 6 December 343, Nicholas of Bari. Known as St. Nicholas. 

Pere Noel. Father Christmas. Santa.

If our Saint Nicholas 

buys 3 women out of being trafficked. 

We can certainly 

ask 

the mother to accept payment 

for bringing

God's Gift of Life 

into the world. 

Support 

The Book of Life!

Lord Jesus Christ

Only Son of God, our Father.

WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE

IN

JESUS CHRIST

THE LORD

WE PRAY 

BLESSINGS 

for those

helping the earth 

to heal.

Jesus Christ

Shine on us

ALL

Let evil and practicing evil

depart 

far 

from us

and our children.

Health for

American Gray Whales

and their solid survival

facing Orcas. 

Thy Kingdom come

Thy will be done

on earth

as it is

in Heaven. 

And we will be blessed indeed. 

Jesus the Lord. Alleluia

and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus