Isaiah 65 ~ my Chosen shall long enjoy the work of His hands

Jesus said the Kingdom of God belongs to the little children. Painted by Greg Olsen.

Isaiah 65

I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;
    I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
    to a nation that was not called by my name.
² I spread out my hands all the day
    to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
    following their own devices;
³ a people who provoke me
    to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
    and making offerings on bricks;
⁴ who sit in tombs,
    and spend the night in secret places;
who eat pig's flesh,
    and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
⁵ who say, “Keep to yourself,
    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
    a fire that burns all the day.
⁶ Behold, it is written before me:
    “I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will indeed repay into their lap
⁷     both your iniquities and your fathers' iniquities together,
says the Lord;
because they made offerings on the mountains
    and insulted me on the hills,
I will measure into their lap
    payment for their former deeds.”

⁸ Thus says the Lord:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
    and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,
    for there is a blessing in it,’
so I will do for my servants' sake,
    and not destroy them all.
⁹ I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
    and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
    and my servants shall dwell there.
¹⁰ Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
    and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
    for my people who have sought me.
¹¹ But you who forsake the Lord,
    who forget my holy mountain,
who set a table for Fortune
    and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
¹² I will destine you to the sword,
    and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
because, when I called, you did not answer;
    when I spoke, you did not listen,
but you did what was evil in my eyes
    and chose what I did not delight in.”

¹³ Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, my servants shall eat,
    but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
    but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
    but you shall be put to shame;
¹⁴ behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
    but you shall cry out for pain of heart
    and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
¹⁵ You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse,
    and the Lord God will put you to death,
    but his servants he will call by another name.
¹⁶ So that he who blesses himself in the land
    shall bless himself by the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by the God of truth;
because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.

¹⁷ “For behold, I create new heavens
    and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
    or come into mind.
¹⁸ But be glad and rejoice forever
    in that which I create;
for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
    and her people to be a gladness.

¹⁹ I will rejoice in Jerusalem
    and be glad in my people


No more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
    and the cry of distress.

²⁰ No more shall there be in it
    an infant who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for the young man shall die a hundred years old,
    and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.

²¹ They shall build houses and inhabit them;
    they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
²² They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat;
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
    and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

²³ They shall not labor in vain
    or bear children for calamity,
for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.

²⁴ Before they call 
I will answer;
    while they are yet speaking I will hear.

²⁵ The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
    the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
    and dust shall be the serpent's food.
They shall not hurt or destroy
    in all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.

 When Jesus dwelt among us, the Kingdom of Heaven began to be at hand. Jesus knew the heart of man, yet He chose to willing open His arms, lay down His life and be our sacrifice, to atone for our sin. Many people do not see Jesus as fully human, but God's Son leaving Heaven, temporarily, willing to wade into our midst, like war, and endure it. What would Jesus have missed from His life on earth? For all of us, to die is frightening. 

Joy. Jesus did receive love & worship from a life worth leading:

John 15:11  
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. Jesus had a happy childhood, as the adopted child of Joseph. In a small town, everyone's business is known, but Jesus' hometown saw that complete blended family and said: 

Matthew 13: 
  ⁵³When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. ⁵⁴ Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?" they asked. ⁵⁵"Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ Aren't all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things? 

 Luke 2: 
⁴⁸When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you." ⁴⁹"Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" ⁵² And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

  Luke 3: 
²¹ When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened ²² and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." Mark 1:14,15  Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" 
 
Mark 1: 
 ¹⁷"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." ¹⁸At once they left their nets and followed him. ²⁷The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him." ²⁸News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee. 

  Luke 5:  
²⁰ When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven." ¹⁶ But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. ²⁹ Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.  

John 2:  
¹ On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ² Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. ⁵ His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." ¹⁰ and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now."  

Matthew 11: 
 ¹⁹The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."  

^{Mark 1: 
 41}Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" ¹³ Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 

Mark 2: ²³  One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.  

Mark 3: 
¹³ Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. ³⁴ Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." 

 Mark 4: 
¹ Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. Jesus must have recognized His own life in this parable: ³⁰ Again he said, "What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? ³¹ It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. ³² Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade. 

 Mark 5:
  ³⁴ He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." ³⁶ Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe." ⁴¹ He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!" ). ⁴² Immediately the girl stood up and walked around. 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." 

Mark 6: 
4 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. ⁴⁶ After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. 50b Immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."  

Luke 6: 
7"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 

 Luke 7:  
⁹ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." ²² And he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.  

Mark 7: 
  ³⁷ People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."  

Mark 8: 
²⁹  "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."  

Mark 9: 
¹ And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power." ² After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. ³His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. ⁴ And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. ⁷ Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!" ²⁴ Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" ³⁶ He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷ "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me." 

 Mark 10: 
¹⁴ When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." ²¹ Jesus looked at him and loved him.

 Mark 11:  
⁷ When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. ⁸ Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. ⁹ Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" ¹⁰"Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!" "Hosanna in the highest!"

¹¹ Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Mark 12: 
²⁹"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. ³⁰Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' ³¹ The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'There is no commandment greater than these." ^34a When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." ⁴³ Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. ⁴⁴ They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."

 Mark 14:

  ⁶"Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁹I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

²² While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body."

²³ Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it.

²⁴"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many," he said to them. ²⁵"I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God." 

John 19: 

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!"

"Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." 

Abba, Father God,

Abraham was seen as righteous for believing the Promises of God.

 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

When we remember Your Words,

We know thanksgiving is what You love. Even in hard circumstance, to find Your actions, what You are doing and how the day and the time will lead us to grow up and go Home to You.

Our Daily Thanksgiving is a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Your kindness has tolerance, and patience. In genuine sincerity, we are to walk the path and all grace abounds, in all things, at all times, having all that we need, we will abound in every good work.

Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things, we will live in peace.

In looking to do Your good will, You will supply every need of ours according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus. We pray this for the people we love, we carry our love for them in our souls and pray for Jesus to help us move, carry, encourage, and persevere to the Joy of Jesus. We pray for our communities, Churches, jobs and Nation. The troubles of believers around the world, Isis and asking tender hearts for the Lord.

And we will be joyful. For to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. 

In Jesus Christ, Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Romans 15:4-13 ~ Everything +

Romans 15:4-13

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.


7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9 and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:


“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”


10 Again, it says
“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”

11 And again,
Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”


12 And again, Isaiah says,
“The Root of Jesse will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus sat in a boat to teach them

Ezra 8:21

Humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children

Abba, Father God,

Thank you for gathering together new and old friends. When we forgive each other, we broaden our horizons. When we gather together to know each other's cares and put the effort into fellowship - we enrich all the lives we touch. Thank You for the opportunity to fellowship with others who love You.


Father God, James wrote whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. And You told us the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. You, Father God, You are the Lord and our king - save us. In Your leadership and guidance, let the grace and truth through Jesus Christ keep us.


Thank You for the blessings that are sunshine on our backs, warming us. To know in this season of change we have You, Lord. To know You, Father God, will strengthen us in all good things to do His will. We Thank You we are touched by Love.


Bless us with all the blessings You would willingly provide and opportunities to do Your Will.

Comfort the lonely, calm the stressed, give hope to those who need that hope, strengthen what is wobbly, empower the good, subdue what is doubtful, light the path and help us to walk this with Your Love and Wisdom.

With joy and expectation, we call on You, Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit. Come Lord Jesus. Because of You and Your Promises - We Will Overflow with Hope. 

In Jesus Amen.

Deuteronomy 28:6

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out

Genesis 24:42
Please grant success to the journey on which I have come

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

1 Kings 7:13-22 ~ pomegranates

1 Kings 7:13-22

13 And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.


15 He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.e 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. 17 There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital. 18 Likewise he made pomegranates in two rows around the one latticework to cover the capital that was on the top of the pillar, and he did the same with the other capital. 19 Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits. 20 The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital.

21He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north
and called its name Boaz. 22 And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.

 Bethlehem

Pools Solomon built in Bethlehem. Josephus records them, and the site is actually debated.

Praying for:

Ephesians 5:8b-11
Live as children of light (for the fruit of light consists of all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Pray for businesses that promote unholy lifestyles to be exposed and shut down and their owners to find Jesus Christ. Ask God to bring in business, commerce, education, and entertainment to the community that would honor Him and bless the people.



Hometowns are an interesting thing.

(God's Throne is surrounded by Emerald Green - His Favorite - so we use this color a lot! Like Baylor does.)

As I said, Hometowns are an interesting thing. David had so much time as child to consider all the Works of God told to David and National Joy in being the People of God. David was sentimental, he was crowned with his old donkey who had endured so much with him. Solomon surely carried the oral stories of David with him, Solomon was also crowned in the mighty Nation riding his donkey, just like his father. And then Solomon did something unusual (more unusual than being crowned from riding a donkey?)

Solomon hired a foreigner to do build the Temple. Moses did not. Certainly not.

Why would Solomon want a foreigner? And then go so far as to Biblically record this man - a foreigner?

Hiram from Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.

Hiram was not the only one who was foreign. Boaz was indeed a pillar of Bethlehem. A man extremely godly. A Pillar.

Who married into the family twice. Boaz was Naomi's kinsman. Boaz married Ruth, who was in danger merely for being loyal.

Enter the intriguing reasons why Solomon would want the Pillar to be named Boaz for his great, great grandfather. No songs were sung about Jesse, who was content to let Samuel call the sons anointed future, minus David. Now Boaz, this was entirely different. What would a mighty king bring to a semi-desert? 3 giant pools of water. Not just a donkey, a way a shepherd boy would never be concerned for the flock to be watered.

Possible? Probable? Surely giant ponds could be built many places. Very, very probable. Very yes, from a donkey rider namer of Pillars. Solomon was easing David's pain in life. Probably the only thing Solomon could do to help the people of the present and the shepherd boy his father had been.

What would Solomon have learned this Pillar had to deal with?
Solomon was rather good at solving pain in life - remember the 2 women and one baby.



The events were this Way:

Naomi says she is bitter. Mara. The events of life are always going to be mixed.
Naomi, the joyous grandmother, says she is in a bitter providence of God. However saying God is in charge, an important ingredient in the framework for finding Love, Joy, Peace. Solomon said the Hand of Blessing is the Hand of Woe. Solomon has listened well to the Living Parables in his own life.

What did Jesus do with mixed blessings?
What did Jesus do with this - He says we will always have Trouble in Life.

John's Gospel is orderly to John. The flow of events and their importance. John places the 3rd Chapter, very early, saying Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council and he came to Jesus at night. This is indeed a mixed blessing. Jesus dealt with this as authority, because Jesus is God. Jesus spoke saying, "Are you a teacher of Israel?" Jesus told Nicodemus, "Whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God."

Jesus did not run out into the street proclaiming, just like Jesus' brothers
Jesus  tells the truth and waits, like the gentleman the Holy Spirit is. Allowing room for us to discover our feet, our talents, our purpose, our Jesus The Truth, the Son of God.

One of the purposes of life is to discover the Living Parables in our lives. The understanding of what our parents, grandparents and DNA - probably part of the Book of Life - tells in us.

I'd say the Purpose of Life is this:

Father God sets us on our voyage much like the way we send our children to College. Father God waits with Certain Knowledge and joy HE will run to us in our decision to come Home - to Father God.

Talents. What we do with our talents. Samuel Clemens was angered at the thought he owed God any of his Mark Twain thanks. We owe more than that. We owe God some optimism!

Jesus says if we believe what we pray for,
we should have some optimism.

You might say, well not all the news is good and argue some. Even people who face a terminal diagnosis, who have concerns, know that God is going to take care of them, when they believe Jesus is God.

Optimism:
WHAT WILL WE EXPECT from The Lord.
The Providence of the Lord is real.
Straighten up all our paths. Speak the Truth. Give Mercy.

And ask yourselves and tell Father God, what you plan to do with Happiness and the mercies He renews these mornings every day - with Gratitude.

Father God,
I thank You, we live where we may worship as we please. I thank You the soldiers who have fought for us to have freedoms are honored with the Cross Your Innocent Son bore to give me Life for His precious gift to me. And these people who worked for Him.

Glory to Jesus, who gave me life and my name. In Jesus we are chosen, special, precious. I thank my Father God for the innumerable blessings HE willingly and freely gives. I thank Father God I became wiser and had my 6 years of partial blindness removed in the time frame He gave me in this life allowing the wisdom of this surgery. I can see. Thank Jesus.

I thank Father God for the innumerable blessings of having illness recovery for two years , making me realize the joy of a firm foundation in Jesus. We take our health for granted and do not know all the ways He protects us.

I thank God for every opportunity He has given graciously. I thank God I am privileged to live near family. I thank Father God every morning I look out my window and see the variations of sky and light shining on the landscape. I thank Father God, I live in a rather Eden of a place.

I thank God I woke up to see the Light of mankind He has placed here. I pray we wake up and see those who use unkindness to propel themselves forward truly earn no blessing. I pray we realize with joy that Halloween (not my favorite and I don't participate) Candy is not poisonous.

I thank You Father GOD for the new reports of people across this land who witness saving help or sheer Grace - Thank God and Jesus with enthusiasm. I thank God for the news that reports the goodness in mankind.

I give Great Thanksgiving when I feel my day has difficulties - I pray the words of Jesus in The Lord's Prayer and I feel Joy provided. And when I do not, I realize You will help me.

I thank you

Lord, you have searched me and known me!

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.

You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.

Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.

Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8If I ascend to heaven, you are there!

If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.


For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.a
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

Jesus will call our name in Heaven, I am covered by His Name and I will Live - Because
of His Vast and Beautiful Mercy and Love.

Thank You, Jesus, and help all of us who pray to live in more optimism expecting You to help. The Joy of the Lord is our Strength.


Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Psalm 121:7 The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.

Psalm 121:7

The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.



Scripture tells us all of mankind is flawed. Only one is Good. The Lord God. Jesus says those who won't proclaim Jesus are not for Jesus, but He also says those who proclaim Jesus are not against Jesus.

Scripture tells us there is a constant battle we see more of in The Book of Daniel. Daniel tells us the battle is arranged in terms of Angels are in charge of earthly areas. Saying as we pray for our area, our city, our state, we are giving God the idea - this is good place and we are Grateful - display Your Word more here, please. Balaam's donkey could have assistance - why shouldn't an area also be a group of people God loves. God certainly has always loved Israel.

God has His Plan going forth - and our gratitude is appreciate.


And why shouldn't we look with expectation of Good?

Matthew 13:43

3 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.

What will we do with all these new clouds looking a lot like Angels? I have seen a very magnificent Angel standing in one place over Lake Texoma for at least two hours. And I felt some discomfort for the many times I looked, seeing a Huge Angel in the Clouds, 50 stories tall and three city blocks wide standing there - kindly. We asked each other, "What kind of Angel is that?" Probably an Archangel. And we did agree an Archangel. Which one? I said Gabriel and Bob said Michael. One day, we will know.

Scriptures say this is the human response to angels. Discomfort. Something the size of God. Do we approach the 'end' - the truth is we are en route to a destination.

A more important aspect about Angels, they have seen many very, very interesting things over the years and what they proclaim is "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty." For all of the repeat situations and times and attitudes, Angels are comforting as they Bless Jesus. Angels stand in the presence of God. And Angels are calm and good. The Glory of God the Almighty graces their wisdom. His Peace is their knowledge of God's Steadfast Love. An Angel does not worry they are only a shadow of God, God is Light.

Angels do not have a message differing from God. To be a Messenger of God Most High. Knowing God has all things in His Control. Jesus is the King of Kings. Forever. And Ever. Amen is God's Will accomplished pleasing to Jesus Lord God.



Psalm 34:7
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.


Revelation 10:1-6
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire

Matthew 4:11

And behold, angels came and were ministering to Jesus.

Abba,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Blessed are those who comfort Jesus. We are grateful for the Heavenly Host of Angels for Jesus' comfort. Thank You father for Your creation You call Good.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Thank You, Father, for the many, many times in life You comforted me. I give thanks to see the art telling us of Jesus being cared for so lovingly.

Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.

Blessed is the Name of Jesus our Lord God. Amen.

John 8:58
"Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"

Ezekiel 17:23 

On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.

Matthew 13:32 

Though it is the smallest of all seeds, 

yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, 

so that the birds come and perch in its branches.

Hebrews 1:7

Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.”

2 Samuel 5:24

As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean the LORD has marched out before you

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