Hebrews 2 ~ Now in putting everything in subjection to Him, He left nothing outside His control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to Him.

Hebrews 2

Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, 4 while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. 6 It has been testified somewhere,

“What is man, that you are mindful of him,
or the son of man, that you care for him?
7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned him with glory and honor,
8 putting everything in subjection under his feet.”

Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.

9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, 12 saying,

“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”

13 And again,

“I will put my trust in him.”

And again,

“Behold, I and the children God has given me.”

14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. 

16 For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. 

17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect,
so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God,
to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.


Written By: Kevin Wallevand
Gertrude Larson is a In Fergus Falls, MN Nurse. across the ripples of Lake Alice, sits a cozy house with hearts on the window that is home to one of Otter Tail County's veteran nurses. She is a 104 years old.

"My civil war grandmother lived to be 103, I have outlived her by a year. I am so glad," Larson laughed.

At 104 years old, Larson is back at her trusty Singer sewing machine she bought in 1939, sewing masks for nursing home staff and residents. She is making masks.

"I have always like to work — I like to do something," she said.

Once a nurse, always a nurse. After leaving the family farm near Kathryn, N.D., Larson graduated from what was then Fargo's St. Luke's nursing school in 1938.

Larson was around during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic. On a farm near Nome, N.D. She remembers her mother isolating all the kids on the farm, away from everyone else. Decades later, with more than a century behind her, the longtime nurse — who is still as sharp as a tack — wants to help in some way.

Larson still climbs the stairs to her sewing room upstairs and works in the light-soaked room adorned with an immigrant trunk from Norway. She says with the mask project she is simply is doing what her ancestors did: Taking care.

Giving footprints of care ...

Psalm 23

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord

forever.

We have been assured we are ruining our planet.

People have wonders, ideas, fears and sometimes idealogities. You'd have to Believe God is ahead of this. It's not the Policy of God to make people afraid.

If you'd summarize the Scriptures to one paragraph... what would you pick?

The Prodigal Son.

The world has just let us know, the earth is resilient. Are we? Are you?

Gertrude Larson has seen:

World War I
Spanish Flu
The rise of dictatorship
The Nuclear Age
World War II
The end of empires: decolonization
The Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam
Polio
The Great Depression of 1929–39
1950s: U.S. Army–McCarthy Hearings
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The OPEC Oil Price Shock of 1973
Black Monday 1987
The Asian Crisis of 1997
Information and communications technology
The Financial Crisis of 2008
911
Middle East Wars

And this isn't naming the cultural events shaping our times. These were the 'disasters'.

Life has gone on. By the Good Will of God.

For one purpose: God's. Mankind is fortunate to be Blessed in the Efforts of God.

When mankind offers us to worry endlessly about each other, or events, ideology of today, it's fairly silly. Mankind moves on to another conflict and another opportunity to be the Prodigal on the High Ways of God. The continual efforts are what we see in the life of Gertrude Larson, at a 104 years, she blesses others. Confident the problems of today are given care and life goes forth.

Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

We make our own footprints to live meaningful lives of Joy.

Psalm 23

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord

forever.

Abba,

Today we pray with Matthew Henry.

Matthew Henry ~

"Psalm 91:1-8 He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in him that he needs or can desire. 

And those who have found the comfort of making the Lord their refuge, cannot but desire that others may do so. The spiritual life is protected by Divine grace from the temptations of Satan, which are as the snares of the fowler, and from the contagion of sin, which is a noisome pestilence. 

Great security is promised to believers in the midst of danger.

Wisdom shall keep them from being afraid without cause, and faith shall keep them from being unduly afraid. 

Whatever is done, our heavenly Father's will is done; and we have no reason to fear.

God's people shall see, not only God's promises fulfilled, but his threatenings. Then let sinners come unto the Lord upon his mercy-seat, through the Redeemer's name; and encourage others to trust in Him also."

Abba of Heaven, help us to please You. To seek You first and find Heaven today upon the earth, even in our own efforts. Seeking You to enable, guide, encourage and Bless us to Live with Love, Peace and Joy.

We pray for God's Good Creation.  We pray for this Nation. We pray for the virus to end and Recovery to be Joyous. We pray for the Leaders of this Nation, President Donald Trump, Vice-President Mike Pence and Governor Abbott and all the 50 Governors. We thank You for the resilience of our fathers and their Faith.

In Jesus Christ! Amen!

  

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Isaiah 60:1,2 ~ For the Glory of God †

A Reason for the Season

Isaiah 60:1,2

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Do you wonder?

John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
.

Covid 19, sunlight and exercise has proven to highly boost immune systems. 

Making the Virus half life and ending the virus. We Pray!

Do you wonder? I wonder. I'm not a medical person, yet I wonder what God is doing, with awe.

Why would a Malaria drug work with something similar to Quinine? Hydroxychloroquine. Quinine works in the liver for Malaria. Why does this work for respiratory illnesses? Odd.

And babies with liver problems, low bilirubin require sunlight. Filtered sunlight is a safe, low-tech treatment for newborn jaundice. https://med.stanford.edu. The babies are undressed in the treatment. (Which news will run President Trump advocates nudist colonies first? The Sun?!)

Bilirubin is a brownish yellow substance found in bile. It is produced when the liver breaks down old red blood cells. Bilirubin is then removed from the body through the stool (feces) and gives stool its normal color.



So, if we combine a liver medication and sunlight...

So what improves Liver function?

Exercise, sunlight, lemon zest. Lemon water. Turmeric. Mustard. Resveratrol, food supplement, can improve glucose metabolism and lipid profile and decrease liver fibrosis and steatosis. Furthermore! Able to alter hepatic cell fatty acid composition. Resveratrol is part of a group of compounds called polyphenols. They're thought to act like antioxidants, protecting the body against damage that can put you at higher risk for things like cancer and heart disease. It's in the skin of red grapes, but you can also find it in peanuts and berries.

Low, low, low, low amounts of Red Wine. Less than a shot, but daily. In the sunlight! Avoiding the sulfites in white wine. Avoiding hard liquor. Working off pre-diabetic foods and avoiding Sugar.

And a large, large, Large dose of Optimism. Faith. Hope moves us off the sofa. Bingo.

Abba,

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.

Praise the Lord; praise God our savior! For each day he carries us in his arms. Interlude

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah.

Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Blessed be the Lord! Day after day he bears our burdens; God is our salvation. Selah

We praise you, Lord God! You treat us with kindness day after day, and you rescue us.

Praise the Lord, who carries our burdens day after day; he is the God who saves us.

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.

Together you may with one voice, Glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you ~ for the glory of God!

May the Blessing of Jesus, His Love and His Name uphold and surround and enfold you and your Loved Ones. May the Glory of God save us, His Beloved, in His Good Creation. Jesus The Lord. Amen.

Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high and see!

Who created these?

He who brings out their host by number,

calling them all by name,

by the Greatness of His Might

Because He is Strong in Power

Not one is missing.

Global Warming, 

A Blessing from our Loving Father?!!

A Reason for the Season?

Ephesians 5:20

Always Giving Thanks

to

GOD THE FATHER

for

Everything

in the 

Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Sometimes when I write Posts. I can feel something like the Song,  "Tremble, tremble Tremble" 

How Great is our God. The Almighty God of All Creation. And realize He is probably the size of the Universe. Which is His. Simply, His Creation. And in His Size, I have awe. How fleeting to be only mortal. And realize from this sheer Magnitude, how tender He is. Jesus Christ is His.

The application of heat in the dryer to our clothes. This same heat lamp effect would apply to food, probably. And warm, warm commercial kitchens. And the heat lamp principal can be applied to items sent in the mail to keep the USPS, Amazon, UPS, Fedex and us safer. (With packages marked don't heat if you can't.) Or maybe just extreme UV lighting. This might really help us all. And instead of Lysol and Mr. Monk, we should all our mail in the backyard for an hour! With Lysol and a one hour sun baste and then flip for an hour. Sounds better to me!

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James 1:20 ~ For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God

Anger is part of decisions involving Stress.

It's not really necessary. When our icemaker kept breaking, Edward could have a 45 minute tantrum or Allen the Priest could come over and this fixed neatly in ten minutes.

Anger isn't necessarily LOGIC, but it seems wise at the time. And when highly angry, do any of us really get logical? And usually we have to justify this. However, there is a tool for the toolbox.

I don't think you can make the case to people hoping up and down - if they have Logic.


We could seriously weigh down the conversation and name the tune. Right off the bat, we could all name - what - 20 reasons to be angry. And we could, in all seriousness say, we aren't New York City's Greater Areas, but we have felt this keenly in our hearts since Italy. And now, sorrow and relief from some very pressing fears is making - anger.

Anger, Grief, Denial, Bargaining become There and Back Again.


Who Get's Angry? Anger is mentioned in the Bible over 500 times; in any version of Scripture. Anger is a socially acceptable form of worry and sadness. Anger gets a sitting rear off the sofa.

And God, as a Good Father, models this. People tend to say it's not fair for God to get Angry. That's fear. George Carlin used to say, God can throw a boat, right over a hedge. George musta been Catholic, because it's actually Proverbs saying," God can Throw a Troop Right Over a Wall." And God, Himself, can list a substantial number of Historical Battles that just - are - frankly, astonishingly ...ended.

We might be wise to find out what tools God has given us for the toolbox:

James 1:20

For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God


I'd have to add a comment here; That is enormously soothing. God the Almighty doesn't exist in a state of anger. And no one deliberately is able to stir up the Wrath of God. God has our past, our present, our future. He has seen us all, all the time, in all seasons, and God isn't worried. We have been given the end of The Book.

Love Billy. Don't we all.

“I've read the last page of the Bible, it's all going to turn out all right.”

― Billy Graham

If that doesn't give you a huge sigh of relief, what will?????


Proverbs 12:16
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.


WHOOP!

Jeremiah 3:12b
Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord.
I will not look on you in anger,
for I am merciful,
declares the Lord;
I will not be angry forever.


Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.


The Road to Emmaus isn't complex. The Road to Emmaus values our tender selves we cover up. The Road to Emmaus is our Jesus giving us a word we can hold to our heart and recall.




Abba,

We pray for Your Willingness to Bless us and we will Rise to Your Way, Life and Truth.

The Hills and High Ways we travel are part of our Eternal Lives. We are on the High Ways leading to Heaven.

We pray to rise to shine for Your Glory.

We pray to have Love Rise to lift the ones we Love to Your Plan and Path.

We pray for our Nation to Rise to Your Plan and Your Love in trusting You.

We pray for Your Word to Rise to heal in Your healing.

And we would cover ourselves in Your Blessings to be covered in the Name of Jesus Christ, Your Son. To seek You First, to see more Heaven on earth. To Live Love, Joy and Peace.


Amen.

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Romans 10:5-13 ~ in your heart

Romans 10:5-13

5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim)

9 Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek;
for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Without Thee, Lord, all goodness seems to fail.

To alter fate is God's prerogative.

~ Michelangelo

In a time where Prayer is for all parts of life, we need to remember God's Policy on Prayer. God says here, all people are able to call on God. We should forgo fatalism. Let go of Charlie Brown. Let go of only Mother Theresa gets an answer. Let go of all the fish swim this way. Let go of feeling it's all hopeless.


To call on God is to be saved. Our righteousness is from God. God hears us as we ask Him with Heart and Love.

Abba!

We had such an unusual Easter, we have to remind ourselves the season is still Easter.

And this is Road to Emmaus time.

When we walk with You, we know You assure us of Your Love.

And in Your Goodness, we are Upheld.

We have Hope. We endure. We prevail. We thrive.

And in this Assurance

we have the clarity to find

what we hold on to in You.

To Hold on to Words of Life.

To find Where You, God the Almighty will place us, daily.

We find today unusual, regular, hopeful, and uncertain.

And we are on the Journey with You.

Finding the High Way.

To Seek You First. To find Your Kingdom Today.

And we Thrive in You.

Finding Peace 

is finding the Word of God to hold onto Today.


God Himself Bless, Sustain, Comfort
President Donald Trump
Vice President Pence
Governor Abbott and these 50 United States Governors
the people working tirelessly to aid
God's Good Creation
in Health
in Peace
in Prosperty
and the Blessing of Jesus Christ Himself.
on earth as it is in Heaven.

Amen Jesus, Amen.

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Luke 1: 77-79 ~ to shine on those Living

People were terrified during the Spanish Flu of 1918. Fifty Million, 50,000,000, Died.

 As a young High School student in Central Pennsylvania, I was shocked to hear there had been a pandemic in that century. Oral histories are important. Philadelphia had been a hot spot, Pennsylvania people didn't forget. We've talked about the famous girl twins. What we didn't say - people wondered if it was the Rapture. One baby twin in the pram was dead, the other baby alive. We discussed if there had been any good news in the Pandemic. So much of the military was employed due to World War I,  Boston Hospital was an open air, tent, hospital and had the best results.

Part of this would be due to a protocol Doctors have put in place in Emergency Rooms across the Nation. If the patient can truthfully have good news, the patient is going to be told the positive comments of the best news. Studies has proven if a professional medical person believes good results, then the patient will as well.

The Boston Hospital patients surely believed the dying would Not be propped up outside. The Power of Good News.

Optimism and Faith - create Life.

During Covid 19, sunlight and exercise has proven to highly boost immune systems. We are finding more people in Los Angeles, 5%, have had the Covid virus asymptomatically. I'd only vote to have Covid this way.

Medical Supplies were already gathered, preparing for a world at war in World War I. Medical staff and nurses worked to keep everyone sanitized and masked.  Because of the need of massive hospital beds, many military tents were used. Boston Hospital was an open air, tent, hospital and had the best results.

Quinine, which will cause bleeding, blood thinning and heart problems (should not be taken ever as a preventative) was part of the recovery efforts of the Spanish Flu.


Malaise was a great part of the Spanish Flu. Massive depression. Secondary Bacterial infections in an era of no antibiotics.

Luke 1: 77-79

To give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,

78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will visit us from heaven

79 to shine on those living
in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.


John 1:4-5
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Matthew 17:2
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.

Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.


Abba,

Your Mercies bring Joy every day. Today we understand even better, the Blessing in Numbers 6 Moses was asked to give to the Children of Israel. We pray Your Face to Shine upon us.

Jesus to shine in us, Living in us, The Beloved Children of God.

Bless the Hospital Staff giving lined up Parades to the Recovering Patients. So glad to hear the 26 year old Lacrosse young man received his Victory Parade as he Recovered.

Everyday His Mercies Renew in Jesus Christ, Live in us, Jesus! Amen.

Paul was known to raise his hand to the sky to pray for 

the Beloved Children of God.

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