Psalm 128
A Song of Ascents.
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in His ways!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
The Lord bless you from Zion!
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
May you see your children's children!
Peace be upon Israel!
1 Corinthians 13:11-13
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Calm. Jesus. Fear in people. Rest found.
All shapes and sizes.
When the great awakening of the Renaissance was moving our histories amazingly forward, people, as a whole, looked at the earth as God's Good Creation. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Everything was like the Architecture, pointing to God. He always has wanted to know all our heart, soul and lives.
Halloween is not my thing, but I have loved seeing my children enjoy Harry Potter. Harry is the magical story of Jesus Christ. And I was a child who played with my Nativity set like Barbie Dolls. To use our imagination to think upon great truths of Jesus is something the Scriptures allude to the goodness.
Prophetic and Faith.
"Prisoner of Azkaban", Ron and Harry look over the tea leaves for a well-needed school grade, thinking this is nutter buttery. However, everything in a story of faith, something is True.
‘Right, you’ve got a crooked sort of cross…’ [Harry] consulted the book, "Unfogging the Future." ‘That means you’re going to have ‘trials and suffering’ – sorry about that – but there’s a thing that could be the sun… hang on… that means ‘great happiness’… so you’re going to suffer but be very happy….’
‘You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me,’ said Ron ….”
Love.
God of All
God of the worrier, God of the Vacation practiced worrier. Our God of the seasoned, God of the Youth and young. The Lord God made us All. God of those who barely think all this is unhinged.
Apparently, this weekend, Southwest Airlines had massive flight closures. 1,000. Pandemic reasoning is Historic. If we look at the last page of Pandemic trauma, we are going to find, work will be found and needed. By all of us. If industry folds up, the people who can afford not to work anyway, are not injured. If the workers have no jobs, we will all hurt. Even the Big Government.
Math.
If most of the wealth in the Nation is in the top 1 to 2%, then you don't need 80 times more IRS workers and six hundred dollar tattling. This tax bill is to hit the larger population and control. This idea is not wealth redistribution. Hiding $600 is a big, big clue. Numbers of IRS needed is a clue.
Great Depression will affect us.
And this is what we have to work through as people begin to deal with the death this year was about the same as last year and the trauma we all have had individually. No one has had immunity from suffering. Employment is needed by every one of us. Spiritual employment as well.
Comfort one another. Take the tried and true Scripture, see it there and back again.
Yesterday's Post was Jesus calms the Storm. We all want this today.
But not calm if the cost is heavily weighted against our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and not pleasing to God for His Blessings and Love.
We thought about Jesus being calm in great trouble, and we said, "Rest." When times are difficult, it is important to plan a day of Rest. People who have survived trauma tell us they take planned time to not worry. Sunday seems a good day to have Rest.
Dichotomy of apposing aspects. Another aspect of Jesus calms the storm, Jesus slept, Jesus relaxed. And the human beings had great fear. Dichotomy. Rest, we wrote of yesterday and the wise fear of Psalm 128. Yar. Reverence for what God can do. The fear of whom we will become if we let fear be our reasoning. The fear of not giving in to what is impossible to ruin the lives of our children and grandchildren. Finding balance in all levels. Bitterness can become a very gnarled life. We have all seen bitterness take over lives. If we find only anger, fear and bitterness, we cut off our own opportunities. Have patience with one another. Have faith. Believe goodness will work.
We make the ripples and want to be pleased with ourselves later.
Make this time count and avoid creating violence, anger, unreasonable ideas.
If we can speak up and create a path we all want to see us go toward together.
Theory: The oil spill in California. Now, the theory is the ships with the anchors caused the oil spill by puncturing the underground oil. The people shipping are going broke $200, 000 dollars a day for weeks of waiting on the ships sitting. We have anger creating ripple effects for those who need jobs. If you are in a place to create peace, seek peace.
We are praying the oil spill will clean up like the BP amazing miracle oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Yar. The word used in Hebrew for fear is Yar. The Healthy Respect for the wonders of God.
Yar is when we create a Blessing, as we pursue this together.
We don't climb to Heaven, we are saved as wiggling, fearful people by the Love and Mercy of Jesus Christ. We aren't able to manufacture Salvation. We don't climb into God's Approval. But we don't call God our waiter and order Him to bow down. We don't hand God a broom and tell Him we will take one order of Salvation now. Yar is the strong desire to help one another.
In Times of Difficulty
God is going to work through all the dragging. And if we close up all our industries, again, with anger and unhappiness, we will all be unemployed and stay where we call home. We will have another season of quietly at home without discretionary income. And God Himself will take the calm and make the Delta Variant calm down. Something will happen.
Don't add to the imbalance, pray or speak up!
Guard against bitterness. I'd hate to see the Great Depression happen again. Historically, this causes massive people to abandon their homes and move great distances. Not a good thing in times of Pandemic germs.
Whatever happens, we will see good come.
During the Pandemic, we saw how resilient our Climate was to just a few months of quiet. Quieting the fears of some that Climate will kill us all soon.
Yar is a good thing, Reverence to our Jesus, our Father and the Holiness of His Spirit, with only thinking and not Fear. God never said in the Exodus, "Ok, Moses turn left at this county and then it will all be roses." Instead, God directed the Children of Israel to be wise, have faith and don't panic.
By comforting one another, we are going to have the strength to go forth well.
There is someone in your life you can comfort. Comfort finds Blessings. Comfort from each other will create Rest and Healing. Find the Blessing, in each Massive action of God.
What do I believe?
I believe so many people pray that threats won't work. I believe in the Incredible amount of Praying our Nation and the world is doing. I believe in the Goodness and Mercy of our Father. Jesus and His Father with the Holy Spirit want to know and love us. I believe violence makes an impact, but doesn't last. I believe in the enduring power of God's Word. I believe in God placing the Light of Christ in mankind. I believe our troubles are going to end as the people speak up for God, goodness and bravery. And this is what we needed to acknowledge and find in our love for one another.
The United States prays like a 3rd world country, according to the Pew Report. And our Father God is going to answer us. The Exodus never said turn right or left, the Exodus said believe God and lead brave lives in His Goodness. Live to know God's Love and Jesus said Life is Joy.
Is this the end of the world? No, the Gospel hasn't reached all the earth. People pray too hard. I believe we are in the time zone of every 500 years. And we will be alright, helping those we can love and help.
Abba, Father,
Dwell in us, we ask in the Highest Name of Jesus.
Your Mercies Renew each day.
God of Love.
God of Encouragement.
Dwell in those we Love.
Let the Light of Jesus Christ be present in mankind.
Light of the world.
Through Him all things were made
without Him nothing was made
Jesus has the whole world in His Hands.
Jesus teaches we will always pray with Hope.
Yet to all who did receive Him,
to those who believe in His Name,
He gave the right
to become
Children of God
To the Beloved child of God,
Grace, mercy and peace
from God the Father
and Christ Jesus our Lord.
We remember and Thank God.
We ought always to thank God for you,
brothers and sisters loved by the Lord,
because God chose you as firstfruits
to be saved
through the sanctifying work
of the Spirit
and through belief in the truth.
Jesus Christ is the way,
the truth
and the Life.
So that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
To give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the Sun will visit us from on high,
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.
Dear friends,
although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share,
contend for the faith
that the Lord has once for all entrusted to us,
His people.
You are my Beloved Child,
who I Love,
with you,
I am well pleased.
Who comforts us in all our troubles,
so that we can comfort those in any trouble
with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement
give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had.
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things
in which it is impossible for God to lie,
we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.
Blessed to be taught to ask
more of Heaven upon this earth.
Blessed to be taught to pray with hope.
Blessed to be taught to know and seek and find
new mercies renewed each day.
And we know that God works all things together for the good
of those who love Him,
who are called according to His purpose.
Meaningful life
for the good
working for His purposes
Love Him.
May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father,
who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope.
We pray
in the Highest Name
of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
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