Psalm 24:1
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Beloved, what does this verse intend? To cause us to wonder. To cast our thoughts unto The Lord.
Ohhhhhhh sometimes.
This causes me to
wonder, wonder, wonder.
As high as the Heavens, so great is His Love for you. He knew you before your days had begun. He knitted you together in your mother's womb. You are engraved upon His Hand. How is this possible? You have always been in His Book of Life. Interchangeable, one from the other. The Word of the Lord. His Hand, His Word.
The Lord God is One. Hear O Israel.
His Ways are not our ways.... Alleluia! The Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ, His Only Son.
Beloved, what does this verse intend?
The Word of the Lord is Living. His Verses will be steadfast,
and we will understand them at various speeds and stages.
Discovering the depth, breadth and height of
His Love.
Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise to the Lord,
all
the earth!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into His Presence
with singing!
3 Know that the Lord, He is God!
It is He
Who made us,
and
not we ourselves
We are His people,
and the sheep of His Pasture.
Enter His Gates
with thanksgiving
And His Courts with praise!
Give thanks to Him
Bless His Name!
5
For the Lord is
Good
His steadfast Love endures forever,
and
His faithfulness
to
all
generations.
Beloved, what do these verses intend?
They are the Nature of The Lord. His Beloved. We see His Words. We grasp the size of The Lord.
all
the earth
We are His people
His faithfulness to
all
generations.
Beloved, what does the Lord intend?
John 6:40
And this is the will of Him that sent me,
that every one which seeth the Son,
and believeth on Him,
may have everlasting life:
and I will raise him up at the last day.
Romans 10:8-9
The word of faith we are proclaiming:
9 that if you confess with your mouth,
“Jesus is Lord,”
and
believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved.
John 3: 16, 17
For God so loved the world
that
He gave His one and only Son,
that
everyone who believes in Him
shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send His Son
into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through Him.
1 John 4:9-10
This is how God’s love was revealed among us:
God sent His one and only Son into the world,
so that we might live through Him.
And love consists in this:
not that we loved God,
but
that
He loved us!
And
sent His Son
as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Acts 4:12
Salvation exists in no one else,
for there is no other name under heaven
given to men
by which we must be
saved
Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest,
and
on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled;
do not be afraid.
Beloved, what does the Lord intend?
Well, you would know if you took a cleansing breath, and with hope,
read those verses above!
Beloved, what does the Lord intend?
The Lord does not, not, not intend to quote Cisero. Times are bad. Children do not obey their parents and everyone is writing a book. Instead. The Lord intends to save His Good Creation and we are His people.
Salvation, Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today, to get through this thing called life. Electric word, salvation, this is forever and that's a mighty long time.
Beloved, what does the Lord intend?
Life. Salvation. Wonder. Awe. Glory. Worship.
Forever.
Love.
Eternity.
Revelation 19:6-9
6 Then I heard what seemed to be the Voice of a great multitude,
like the roar of many waters
and
like the sound of mighty peals of thunder,
crying out,
“Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God
the Almighty reigns.
Let us rejoice and exult
and give Him the Glory
For the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and His Bride has made herself ready;
8 it was granted her to clothe herself
with fine linen, bright and pure”—
for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”
And he said to me,
“These are the true words of God.”
Matthew Henry, Beautiful, Matthew Henry wrote:
Praising God for what we have, is praying for what is yet further to be done for us. There is harmony between the angels and the saints in this triumphant song.
Christ is the Bridegroom of His ransomed Church.
Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today, to get through this thing called life. Electric word, salvation, this is forever and that's a mighty long time.
We know Micah 6
Micah 6:8
He has told you,
O man, what is good
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice with mercy,
and
to love kindness,
and
to walk humbly with your God
After the Exodus, one of the first things the Lord did was provide for His people. Land was given to cultivate. This might be something you would consider instead of social media.
Genesis 2:15
New International Version
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Genesis 2:15
New Living Translation
The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
Genesis 2:15
English Standard Version
The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
Genesis 2:15:
This verse is the foundational text. The Hebrew words used for "work" (abad) and "keep" (shamar) suggest not just labor but also tending, preserving, and guarding.
We have recently gained honey bees. They are in the bird house I had painted for my mother. The hive seems to be intent on bringing forth baby honey bees, and the hive then splits. Typically, we have about 100 honey bees.
Life is a garden and we look for the blessings of the season
And during drought, plan the use of water and the necessities. Overcome and gain experience. Using your coffee grounds to help trees, shrubs, flowers. And eggshells. A freezer burned fish does wonders, buried in the yard. Azomite minerals supply what we don't find in the salted, commercial fertilizers. Instead, the Big Box stores sell plain old chicken poo. The fertilizer of the ages. For Texas, Southern Ag sells fertilome, the fungus stopper. Bonide has granulated solutions for insects and disease. And if you combine Neem oil, a completely natural repellent, not abhorrent to humans, and a little malathion, you have gold.
How to begin a new flower bed without terrible fuss.
Boxes. Yes, the Amazon boxes don't have a lot of colored print. Home Depot moving boxes. Line the area in summer or late summer with boxes. Then Leaves or Cedar purchased Mulch. By next spring, the worms will have eaten the boxes and created incredibly rich organic mulch. The weeds and grass are gone, and the worm castings make incredibly rich, plutonium, soil. A great beginning. Cedar mulch remains for the mulch aspect of the flower bed.
Drip lines hoses or pipe. Excellent. Ease in watering, reducing the water cost, the continual feeding creates a strong garden.
Coffee grounds! Some of the very best fertilizer, especially for the wounded tree or plant. Then stop. Eggshells and shredded newspaper plain print with leaves on top. Delight for worms.
The blue pots are Home Depot pots included when buying a plant. I spray-painted them with Fusion Max, Lowe’s or Ace spray paint. I did about a dozen pots. Spritzed it with black Fusion, then spritzed with Capri Fusion and blasted this with Fusion Navy. Allowing dry times between coats. Much, far and away, very, better than the price of outdoor pots!
The bee hive.
These are very prolific! In 5 weeks, they have doubled and swarmed away twice. Fortunately, it looks like we have few now. Edward and I have enjoyed them. And Edward keeps a pair of binoculars at hand to see what they are doing. This week, I found him standing on the patio, and I called out to him to come inside, the bees were swarming. Edward said the noise was so unique to hear them humming. They swarmed around him and all over the yard. Eventually, he did come back inside to watch them. They calmed down. And quietly, we found in 2 days they had moved on. Leaving us just a few baby honey bees.
Life is a garden, and we want all to have this abundant garden. If not sharing, what will the bee population do?
Hydrangeas and The Cost of Gardening
Hydrangeas are like Roses, the first year, is a straggler. Remove the blossoms, and essential, the Hydrangea must have afternoon shade. Water tenderly the first hot season. Do not trim back. What? Yes, do not trim back. The secret of hydrangeas, is a forest. If you take the longest stem and push it to the ground with a rock or brick, then you will have another Hydrangea the next year. And if you do decide to trim it, well, you will find, on most varieties it will not bloom. And like Jesus told us to be 'salty', Hydrangeas like a sprinkle of Epsom Salts. Occasionally. Like Roses.
This works with ferns as well, the put the branch in the dirt as seeding, trick.
Usual Roses are going to like Epsom salts. And a tiny measure of Bonide systemic fungicide granular in the spring. Knockout Roses last 10 years. Others, forever. Bonide is less expensive bought in the largest size and kept in a strong, sealed, labeled garbage bag in the house. Take the bag outside to open. It will last until used. If placed in the heat and cold, will last only one season.
The Cost of Gardening
Zinnias in sunshine are the cost of the seed packages. And the next year, the spent blooms give you thousands of seeds. Coleus, in dappled shade, is the same. Just put the seeds in a paper bag and use them, for best results, next year.
This year, Costco had a great price, under $80 for 6', on Red Japanese Maples. Thrilled to get two and find out how to get them in the car. Edward had bet me I could not. Victory. September usually brings great discounts on roses and trees, and they overwinter well.
I like a certain amount of Little Chaos in the Garden. Weeding is not my favorite thing, but as I feed the birds, I do weed. To combat weeds, I have used $10 a yard garden fabric, much more reasonable than $60 garden mats. And I have successfully repurposed garden trash bags to block the ever present Yaupon saplings.
Vines are good, but can be work to trim back. I like Japanese Ardisia to remain like tiny, miniature trees and not climb trees and statuary.
I am still trying to seed my Swamp Rose Mallow. However, my Penta became a tree. And one seeded 5 years later. The garden will yield opportunities we didn't see coming. One summer, red Penta bloomed everywhere 5 years later. Periwinkle loves to surprise with a stray plant. And Golden Sedum, always the color of early green spring.
Wood fern, in dappled to deep shade, is the most prolific. Why we see this in mass in rural forests. A dried frond of a fern with a sheet of kitchen plastic wrap will germinate a new plant. Potting soil, will gain success, if your soil isn't organic rich. Remove the sheet of plastic wrap, humidifier, within 2 weeks. Holly fern, all ferns.
The Cost of Gardening.
One flower bed at a time per year.
Painting a wooden fence, cultivates the yard and saves the wooden fence for at least 20 to 25 years. I like to use the color of the house trim or a complement color. A Neutral. And I do like the green grey or blue grey of copper patina verdigris. Painting a fence is almost as easy as painting concrete with concrete floor paint. Easy. I have painted two different patios and sidewalk yards with concrete paint using a bright cream, and it is immeasurably cleaner looking. Lasts well and for years. It's easy, like moping, takes little time and creates a feeling of having cultivated another room.
I painted my mother's fence
Café au lait shade
and
really, a great improvement
Compost. In dry areas, a bag of grass clippings in a garbage bag hidden, will create an organic rich soil in 2 months. Incredible. Humid areas, not as easy, and you will need to purchase Nitrogen fertilizer.
This and that of the gardens
If you have always wanted a fruit or nut tree, you almost waste your time unless you give your county Ag Extension a free phone call. They will tell you the variety where to grow. Then a few searches and you have the successful tree.
The nationwide blight of Pine Beetles could be solved. With Chrysanthemum Pyrethrum and a small amount of Malathion. One is harsh, one is ineffective for larvae, which makes it pointless. Together, they are the ingredient of human head lice and kill the blight of Pine Beetles. Until Pine Beetles starve to death. The reason for the solution: barren hills without protection from huge storms. Any other possibility is going to come from the Agricultural solutions of Israel.
Our flowers look good this year after an extremely unusual 3 weeks of freezing in the subtropics of Houston. 30 strings of preplanned Christmas incandescent lights and covers made all the difference. Louisiana cuts hay stacks in half and surrounds the plants or tree! We now have a shrub or small tree sized Penta flower. With about a 1" trunk. Wow.
Abba, Father,
Yesterday,
we heard about 100 yr old Texas Camp Mystic
and the flood. The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet,
unforecasted, in 45 minutes.
25 girls ages 7-17 are missing.
We are heartbroken and have cried
and prayed during this tragedy.
1,000 people are searching
2 girls have been found alive!
Let us pray and pray and pray
for a
MIRACLE
Please, Jesus Christ.
27 people have died.
I cannot imagine.
So heartbroken
Miracle of life, be found, please.
(I read of a woman who had survived
the North Carolina flood, and wasn't found
for a long time because her hip was broken.
She had to rest to get to her brother's home.
She was not located, she had to rescue herself.
And did recover.)
Let us continue to Pray
with all our hearts.
One of Edward's 12-year schoolmates
has lost his wife in the flood.
So Tragic.
We remember
John Wesley said, “The Work of God
continues
His workers go home”
Coinciding
John Wesley never left the Anglican Church
and The Anglican Church
never left
The Roman Catholic Church.
One God,
One Plan
As we think of the Sacrifice
of Jesus Christ
His Love
as He Forgave
We realize
a Thousand Years
are a Day to You.
And Give You Thanks
for
our
Salvation.
God of Light
You are in all things
You are Light of the world
Light of mankind
Light of Heaven
In all Things, You Create
You have given us Jesus Christ
Holy is
the Highest Name
Above
all others
Your Kingdom come
Your Good Will be done
we pray for more
on earth
just as it is in Heaven.
Give us This Day
Our Daily Bread.
Jesus the Living Bread.
Forgive us our Trespasses
as
we forgive those
who Trespass
Against us.
Lead us not into temptation
Deliver us from Evil.
For Thine
is the
Kingdom
and
the Power
and
the Glory.
Giving Thanks!!!
For the Peace between
Pakistan and India!
WORLDWIDE
PEACE
PEACE
IN
Our
Amen in Jesus Christ
John 21
Thank you, Jesus our Lord Christ
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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