Psalm 98 ~ The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

Psalm 98

Oh sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The Lord has made known his salvation;
he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.





4 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody!
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who dwell in it!
8 Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the hills sing for joy together
9 before the Lord, for he comes
to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.

~ for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The Lord has made known his salvation

Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.”


Luke 2:4-6
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Psalm 8:2
Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.


Luke 2:25-32
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,
according to your word;
30 for my eyes have seen your salvation
31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to your people Israel.”



2 Samuel 7:12-16
When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors,
 I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, 
your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.

 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. 

15 But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.’”

Daniel 2:44
“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.


And our Christmas Lights

Isaiah 9:1-2
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

2 The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned.

Matthew 2:9-11
After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him.

Luke 2:8-14
8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

John 1

4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

Abba,

O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim,

You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.

You have made heaven and earth.

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see;

and listen to all the words, Oh God You are the living God.

Truly, O Lord, the Now, O Lord our God,

deliver us from evil that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God.

Bless us with Joy and Love and Peace. We ask Your Willing Blessings on those we love. For Your

Love and Healing.

And let all of Your Good Creation ask for more Heaven on earth, blessed our Jesus told us to ask.

Your Good Will be done this day and always.

Yay!

Amen in Jesus.

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3 John ~ Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you

Give us the Day. Make Memories!

3 John

1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 

3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. 

Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

13 I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, each by name.


Friendship.

Wants good health. Wants a good soul. Effort are a faithful thing. Rejoice greatly good news. Greater joy. Journey worthy to God. This goodness is from God. Truth is of God. Peace. Greetings.

Psalm 100:5

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, 
and his faithfulness to all generations.

We find as we follow Scriptures ~Prehistory, Ancient History, Biblical Davidic line - Kings and Chronicles, Classical History, Post-Classical History, Middle Ages, Modern History, Great Depression, the 'Roaring Twenties,' the Progressive Era, the Cold War Era to the Millennials we find no generation is quite like the last one. Our Living Father God will nourish and cherish each generation.

Genesis 22:18 

And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, 

because you have obeyed my voice.

We find in Scriptures the ups and downs of youth. And prodigal parents are comforted during the times of prodigal children. Genesis 22:18 is completely loving. The One we will call Good is Father God. 

Psalm 102:18

Let this be recorded for a generation to come,

so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord.

John 5:17

Jesus answered them, "To this very day My Father is always working,

and so am I.” .

Abba,

As the Holy Days roll forth Holidays and expectations of a Joyous New Season are upon us:

Psalm 91:1-16

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day

Psalm 34:7

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

Morning Prayers and Vespers created a time and place for mankind to leave fortified walls and trust God. Mankind grew in strength as Churches provided food, education, hospitals, nursing, agriculture lessons and Love. Mankind traveled in the dark evenings.

The Old Prayers are as good today as always:

From Ghoulies and Ghosties and

Long-legged Beasties

and things that Go Bump in the Night

GOOD LORD DELIVER US.

And we will all say Amen in Jesus. Light of the world, Light of mankind. Alleluia!

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te many nary a rainy chill coat over costume dreg

eek drag

Appy Alloween Anyway

Amen)

The 9 month puppies are next to our faux pumpkin collection which became tired. With all the beautiful new pumpkin selections, I vertically layered and layered and layered different shades of acrylic paint over them to make the newer hybrid colors. This was done last year and I learned from experience, do not place repainted pumpkins under direct water discharge from your roof! Happy Autumn!!!

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Luke 6:38 ~ Give

The emerald green Father God has placed in Autumn.

Luke 6:38

Give, and it will be given to you. 
A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, 
will be poured into your lap. 

For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Have you ever and wondered, looking out at the green autumn can be, about the Blessings of God?


James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.


I woke up this morning, prayed and felt blessed and Blessed and Blessed.

Psalm 77:11
I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.

Blessed to have Edward and my family. Blessed. Blessed and Blessed.

Within the glory of the morning, within an hour I was angry and frustrated with my people. Edward was hollering and grumpy. The phone rang and he was very congenial. My blissful little picture was upset. And in this upset I felt very sour.

Some people are blessed with a fabulous memory. I'm not. It's fairly good with some sometimes holes. Yet God has cultivated a blessing within me. Sound of Music's I Remember my Favorite Things. I start thumbing in my memories for what is pleasing. I remember the very difficult memories and I apply what I have sorted through and applied as Scripture in Solutions. With the ability to shut my mouth to rash words, I have a way to calm down. And have Joy. And in this joy of comfort, I can apply this to today.

How can a Blessing be a Blessing if all the aspects of life have change. A key thought to life. When we all feel unblessed.

Change is an incredible part of life.
Puppies grow into dogs within about 8 months. Life can feel for many, many decades as if nothing is ever going to change. I was joking with a dear friend - my life feels like a car, where the city changed, I changed Churches, the city became the 7th fastest growing city in the world according to the UN, my family changed, my children left school, family, college and the State of Texas. And siblings live in various states. Our parents grew very old. We are facing 3 terminal illnesses. The car, I told my friend is like an analogy of life, I feel like suddenly the hood is ripped off, the ceiling or top is ripped off, but I think the trunk is intact.


How do we apply this unchanging shadow to Blessings?

Our oldest son was born 6 weeks prematurely. He would stop breathing and alarms would sound for a year. For one year of life, we waited to see if this child would thrive. And over Christmas of his birth, we were told on Christmas Eve morning he had failed to thrive. The next 24 hours would see if he would live. Christmas morning we were told to call at 7 a.m. the physicians would have a conference and see the next steps. We called from the large family Christmas morning to the NICU as we were told to do. Our son had had a marvelous night and he would live to grow old.

Within ten minutes our toddler niece and nephew got into a sibling brawl and hair was pulled, shoving and biting. Their father said this is so sad we spent all night getting ready for this? He looked ready to cry. I smiled. He asked me why I would look so happy, "My son is going to Live! And really aren't you so blessed to have this - right here - right now - Merry Christmas!" And I wept. He wept too. He could see what I could see. His beautiful children, the blessing of God.


Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them."

Edward says Ecclesiastes is as bleak as life gets. Yes and no. Without what is harsh and unpleasant in life, we wouldn't know what Light is. We have to have a shadow to find the Light. We have to know a valley to see what a mountain is. We have to face pain in life soberly to become willing to know the solutions. Life has misfortune.

Bleak? No. Jesus Christ is the Light of the world, Light of mankind. Jesus is the Light of God outshining the dark of Ecclesiastes. The Light Shines in the dark and the Light is never going to be overcome. The inevitability of Ecclesiastes house? No. The New Testament tells us we are rich to have Jesus Christ. The New Testament tells us a rich man dies in the midst of his pursuits. Be rich. Be expectant. Be hopeful. Shine.

How.
Give.
Give Justice, with mercy, walk humbly with the Lord. Love yourself. Love others. Love what God has given you. Do not be insincere, do not accept injustice, Seek Peace. Fight the good fight every day. God has put our lives in process. In all process, seek God and fight the good fight.

What about shadows and variation in Blessings? It's an Easter Egg Hunt. Better than a Bear Hunt. Having the Faith of a child.

What God has given, when we accept God is - Love. 

Scriptures explain God has anger. Quite a few times - something like over 400 times. Scriptures say be angry. God gives us permission to have upsets. Be angry, be still upon your bed and do not sin. We can't always sit in our room. Be angry, rest, be still and sort it out. He never forsakes us. Apply Scripture with the idea all things interweave for good, for those who Love the Lord and work according to His Purpose.

Today we went to one of the best Italian Restaurants in The Woodlands, Radunare. Sitting and looking at the emerald green, having Chicken Provencal. Absolutely Wonderful. Best Pudding ever.

Makes you realize we can rest anywhere. Radunare sounds like one of the names from JRR Tolkien's Trilogy. And the coffee is quite fine!





1 Corinthians 14:15
New International Version
So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.

English Standard Version
What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

Jesus Christ came to save sinners and declared we are all sinners. Jesus has carried the worst of the burden and I am so very grateful to God the Almighty. Blessed, we really are Blessed. God came to save all the lost, all the world, He sees us as we are. Spirit, pray with mind and understanding and Sing.




Abba,

We will pray impudently, we will be sincere and honest as we speak in prayer and we will be in Reverence of Your Love.

We will rejoice to remember our Daily Blessings. We will fight the good fight in emotional discomfort and remember prayer is said by Jesus to be impudent. 12 Open Gates of Heaven day and night, rain or shine. We will remember the Light of Jesus and we will Shine in You. Let what is impudent become tender and sincere Love.

We will recall the Prodigal Son is a process. Daily Bread is a process and Jesus is our Daily Living Bread. We will discuss with You all the impudent processes brought upon us in life and Find Your Glory and Love Shine Brighter. Bringing Joy Jesus Proclaims, lifting Your Face to us in Your Smile.

We will rejoice in Your Good Word. Covering Elliott to heal. Covering all of our prayer requests as we ask in Your Kingdom boldly and with confidence.

Help us to bring You joy of us in the processes. Teach us to Fight the Good Fight. And never pray without Expectation of Your Light and Love.

Let Your Good Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Rejoicing with all of Your Good Creation in Your Love. Putting Love all over and in the Name of Jesus seeing You cover our loved ones, the people You have given us, our lives and Your plans to cover all Nations seeking Your Brightness. Large prayers, high enough to cover our Nation trusting in You.

Jesus is God. Amen.

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Mark 11 ~ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom

All of Israel Knows. Luke 24

Mark 11

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem,
to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus[a] sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. 3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’”

4 And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.

5 And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” 6 And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

8 And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.

9 And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “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 And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

12 On the following day,
when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.


15 And they came to Jerusalem.
And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

16 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

19 And when evening came they went out of the city.

20 As they passed by in the morning,
they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. 21 And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”

22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”


27 And they came again to Jerusalem.
And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?”

29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me.”

31 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32 But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet. 33 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

We notice right away, Jesus does things immediately as God. And as Jesus teaches, He gives time for the people to absorb His Teaching. The Timing of God is perfect. Within God's Plan.

The Holy Spirit puts days, paragraphs and Chapters together.

What could possibly be missing? Mary, James, Jude, Simon, Joses and Jesus' sisters.

Why has God put these events together? What makes the Chapter a whole other than a timeline? Jesus has put an amazing array of "Love Jesus Because..." Events Together. Kingdom, Power and Glory. With a sprig of rare damnation. We know Jesus loved figs. And Jesus was not given to rash statements like Moses. Jesus has all but done cartwheels to have the people see Jesus is the Son of God. We could name this Chapter, "No Sign Will Be Given, However Lots and Lots of Signs." Or Maybe "The Love Jesus Because Chapter."

Jesus put His Family together again.
We would not always be missing Jesus Mother and Brothers and Sisters. The Gospels lead to redemption and renewal - whole of holiness. Acts 1, Acts 2, 1 Corinthians 9:5. Scripture to pray about and Expect God's Answer.

What would James, Jesus' own Brother have to say about this Title if we asked James to name Mark 11?

God, Who Gives Generously to All ---- James 1:5 ESV
“God, who gives to all generously” —James 1:5 NASB
“God, that giveth to all men liberally” —James 1:5 KJV
“God, who gives to all liberally” —NKJV

1500 times in the Bible, God defines Himself. Explains Himself. In Mark 11, Jesus Gives Generously For All.

Abba,

Thank You for your Wondrous and Willing Blessings. Daily. Help us to be Blessing Seekers and Finders.

John 3:8
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Help us to remain in Your Plan. Abba, Help us to be led, strengthened, guided, encouraged, determined, affirmed, redeemed, renewed to be in Your Plan for us in Jesus Christ.

Bless us to be Covered in the Name of Jesus Christ. Bless our loved ones to be covered in Your Name and Loved and Strengthened. Bless the people You have given us to know and rely upon Jesus Christ, covered in Jesus. Bless the Nation trusting in You.

Bless Elliott to Have Your Word of Healing in Your Willingness, Father God.

Bless all of Your Good Creation to pray in the Name of Jesus for Your Will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. And in the Name of Jesus we will know and be blessed by Jesus giving Your Blessing Generously to All. Amen.

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