Isaiah 49:10-12 ~ He who has compassion on them will guide them +

Isaiah 49:10-12

10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,
nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.

He who has compassion on them will guide them
and lead them beside springs of water.

11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
and my highways will be raised up.

12 See, they will come from afar—
some from the north, some from the west,
some from the region of Sinim. "



About three decades ago,  the Ipuwer looked like this in the museum in Leiden, Holland.

Today, this is not in any Identifying frame, and is mounted on black to show the colors more clearly.

The University of Michigan owns 300 Chapters of The New Testament.
The Collection is called Papyrus 46. (Link)
This is late First or early Second Century. Depending on the scholar looking at verb conjugation. Either way, the Disciple John was alive on Patmos Island. And if you look at the stamped identification on The Book of Hebrews, the author is defined as Paul because the last Chapter of Hebrews has the author traveling with Timothy. We all know the traveling companion for Timothy is Paul.  The Book of Hebrews was identified as Paul's Book for 1,900 years.


Until the 1900's, the vintage photos of Israel - say of Nazareth or Nain - the towns all looked as they did from traveler letters going back to the year 400 A.D. The population was pretty steadfast.

Typical Stable of Bethlehem.


Our Honeymoon in 1986, Edward and I went to visit London and a few U.K. cities. We went to a lot of Museums; about Museum 4, we went The British Museum. We wandered around and even got to the Basement - no windows, little cubical type displays. Edward was about 25 feet off.

Now, when you get to the very bottom of The British Museum, you are looking at pillars. Beautiful columns. Things you find in the sand. 'One' gets the idea, 'one' would be very surprised and delighted to have been the discoverer. In fact, the basement has the larger, more intact finds. Even the cubical Basement is interesting.

Salt Papyrus 124

Obscure Pharaoh Seti II of the 19th Dynasty, had an ongoing complaint with his half-brother. Called Amennakht - this led to a famous document called "A Tale of Two Brothers."  (Which is Entirely a Different Document than Salt Papyrus 124.) This Papyrus is showing this conflict was so severe, interrupted the reign of Seti II. Seti II died after 6 years of his reign, suddenly. He had children, yet no mention is made of his children. His spouse is set up as the new Pharaoh upon his untimely death. Amennakht is also referred to as "MSY" and Mose.  The charges are extremely broad, from ordering his men to do work for his personal benefit to murder.

(Both Ipuwer and Salt Papyrus 124 have variations by different translators.)

"EDWARD, OH MY GOD! COME HERE, I JUST FOUND MOSES IN EGYPT!!!"

I realized that I had just yelled with all my might and whirled around because I knew in the rather tiny cubical I was standing with a Guard in a Dark Blue Suit.

The day before we had been at Windsor Castle and I had caused the guards to all come running. I was seriously interested in the Doll House at Windsor. And in examining all the details had fully smashed my nose coming in full body contact with the glass. We had 6 or 8 upset guards and I was in serious nose pain. Edward had to explain I had built doll houses while I was bent double. They decided, after interrogation, they liked us and we all pointed out things in the Amazing Royal Doll House. We had fun. But they had said I was a "Hootenanny" and the Senior Guard said do not get in further guard attention-getting situations. And he was serious.

After I yelled, I realized yesterday I had been the hootenanny of the Windsor Guards. So I turned fast around to see if it was a repeat and in this obscure part of the British Museum's underground, off to the back corner, in a back cubical of loot, I found out I was the hootenanny again. The Guard asked how I was the hootenanny yesterday at Windsor. He was a man who was a little elderly, with black horn-rimmed Tate style glasses and, rather, slender.

The Guard yelled a bit. "WHAT did you do At Windsor?" I told him about the glass and Doll House. The Guard said, "They did call and said to be on the alert and look for you."

Edward said, "Oh My God."

The Guards eyebrows went up and he asked how many guards we were talking to.  We relaxed.

Edward asked where is Moses and I said right here and we looked. It's a very clear Papyrus. Amazingly clear. 1250 B.C. Unbeknownst to us at the time - the same age as the Ipuwer Papyrus telling of all the Plagues and the freak storm and waves at the end.

I turned back and spent about 5 minutes gazing at Moses in Salt Papyrus 124. The Guard said to Edward, "Give her a minute."

And then he said quietly, "What do you think?"

I said I think we just solved the Exodus and all the papyrus and statues the Pharaoh love to tear down.






The Guard said with a very angry face, but the sign says it's not Moses.

And I said, right, it always says that.

And the Guard said,"The Sign didn't say that at the beginning of my employment here about 30 years ago."

Today Salt Papyrus 124 is no longer on view.

Gaze deeply at the photo. Scholars can gain permission to see this Papyrus in amazing shape.








I asked, "Where is Seti II?"

He said, "Well, if you found Moses, maybe you can find Seti II !"

I looked hither and yon in the cubicle.

The Guard said, "I'm pulling your leg, Egypt doesn't let go of Pharaoh that easily."


I replied, "I saw Nefertiti in St Louis."

The Guard said, "You don't say."

I said I really did.

The Guard looked skeptical and said, "No, they haven't found Nefertiti yet."

I said the sign said it was.

He said, "Really they haven't found Nefertiti." And he added, "I tell you what, I bet some museum person was having a joke. When was this?"

1976ish,

The Guard said, "They used to let Pharaoh assistants travel around, but now they know more about atmosphere and deterioration. I bet it was a museum to librarian joke. "Was this a lesser mummy. What did the card look like?"

We decided it must have been a joke. A handwritten card.





The Guard said, "Now what do you think?"

I said, "I think the person who penned this, has seen Moses"

"Oh you mean, someone like Pharaoh's secretary?"

I said, "Maybe, or one of the entire pool of scribes, but this person has seen Moses maybe even growing up and a lot of Moses. Definitely passed him by in the hallway."

I added and said, "I think it's sad - the Author of 5 books of the Bible has an actual piece of paper and it's a scribe."

The Guard stood straighter, said, "I've stood in this cubical for 30 years and years and years by choice and even petitioned when they canceled personal guard in the cubicle room. Why would God allow a scribe to be the one who has the piece of paper?"

I thought about this. And said, "Well, we Don't Know the Scribe Do We."

The Guard said that was a valid point. And he looked angry and said, "Why would God allow this."

And, being 22 years old, I said, with a huge smile, "There is only ONE Dead Sea Scroll Library so far."

The Guard by choice and petition had put his life, his career choice, to guard Papyrus Salt 124. Our Guard said, "I was paid to guard Moses and no one would ever tell me differently."

I said that is getting paid to be a Minister of God without the Theology Degree and he nodded.

And The Guard said he had quite a few emotions about Salt Papyrus 124.




The Guard said he hoped the world would see Salt Papyrus 124 for what we saw.


I said Seti II is so minor.

And he said, "Yes, that was God's point too. That a Museum Guard is important to God too. That is the point of the Exodus. The point God died for each of us. Jesus Christ Lives. Moses is a debated piece of paper. The difference between gifted of God and GOD.





Salt Papyrus 124 Up Close - Very Clear
British Museum EA 10055
Late 19th dynasty, c. 1200 BC
From Deir el-Medina
The papyrus contains the petition of problems of  Amennakhte = Mose

Seti II - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seti_II

"Seti II (or Sethos II), ... Evidently this 'Mose' must have been a person of the highest importance, perhaps the king Amenmesse himself or a senior ally of the king."

Deir el-Medina
Deir el-Medina (Arabic: دير المدينة‎) is an ancient Egyptian village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th dynasties. The settlement's ancient name was "Set Maat" (translated as "The Place of Truth")

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=100909&partId=1&museumno=10055&page=1


Perhaps another Museum would acquire this Papyrus and Display it again.


http://www.deirelmedina.com/lenka/BM2.html

The Talmud was at times propaganda. This is the anti-propaganda of Mose.

History should not be locked away for the philosophies of a few. History is meant to be a journey of discovery, wonder and awe. And this is the way History should be Displayed. If you feel this is true, please write

The British Museum
Salt Papyrus 124 Mose, Seti II - For Display
friends@britishmuseum.org
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG1

Museums and Knowledge should fill us all with a sense of Wonder and Discovery. All of Life is a Journey, Discovery and Destination.

We will pray for this!!!







Abba,

In the Name of the Father, Jesus Christ Your Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Cover us, cover those we Love. Save the world in Jesus Christ.

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Carry us Home.

Children of the Hope and Promise of Jesus Christ Risen. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Genesis 1:2 The Spirit of God Abiding

“Hark! How All the Welkin Rings”

Or “How all the heaven rings."

We are so grateful, Charles Wesley’s popular Hymn was changed by his friend George Whitefield. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” John and Charles Wesley published 56 collections of hymns in 53 years. Charles Wesley wrote 8,989 hymns. Three times the output of poet William Wordsworth.

Charles Wesley wrote an average of 10 lines of verse every day for 50 years!  He completed an extant poem every other day.

Today we sing from looking at the Front Display Screens. The Lyrics are in the front. New Technology! Line by Line Lyrics!

In the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries ~
The usual method of singing in church was by “lining out”—Having a leader 'say' one line, and the congregation repeat. Hymnbooks were expensive.

What is old is new again. We sing repeating lines so we experience the music, not concentration on learning complex changes. The Worship is in in the Spirit of Truth. Earnest and not showy.

Speaking of beginnings -

Genesis 1:2

The Spirit of God abides over the water.

Psalm 102:19

For He looked down
from His holy height;
From heaven the LORD
gazed upon the earth

Psalm 19:1-6

The heavens declare
the glory of God;
 the firmament shows his handiwork

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand

the universe was formed at God's command,

so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Genesis 1:21

God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarmed after their kind,
and every winged bird after its kind;
God saw that it was good.

Deuteronomy 33:13

Of Joseph he said, "Blessed of the LORD be his land,
With the choice things of heaven,
with the dew, And from the deep lying beneath"

Isaiah 31:5

Like birds hovering, so the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it
he will spare and rescue it.

Isaiah 40

Comfort
God’s People
Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her, her hard service has been completed,
her sin has been paid for, she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.


A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.

Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.

The glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and
all people
will see it together.
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Abba,

We ask Your Blessings!

We weave our Personal Prayers into our prayer, as we bring our Prayers, to Your Heart in Your Kingdom.

Lavish Love, You tell us You want to know all our thoughts and prayers. 1,000 Ribbons for our hair - all things are important to You- Our Father. The small details.

We know You are Lord. We have the eyes of faith to know You are our Lord God Almighty. Father GOD! We know and are strengthened with Joy.

We Praise You for Your Good Plan. Your Good Will.

We so very deeply - with all of our hearts, give thanks to being saved and covered by Jesus Christ.

LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; Care for us. Love our Loved ones.

Help all the people You give us. For You have worked wonders.

We are committed to Jesus. Asking You to help us always place You first. Seeing Your Goodness and Willingness to cover us with more Heaven on earth. Living in faith to see all of Your Holy Spirit renew, reawaken and rejoice.

In Jesus. We Pray Joyfully. AMEN.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Hebrews 11:1-12 ~ CONVICTION + !!!

Joel told us "Multitudes, Multitudes in the Valley of Decision"

Hebrews 11:1-12

1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.


What does mankind want to see? The Movie "MIB" has a quote saying.

Men in Black (1997)
Kay: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet.

Apply this quote to the Life and Ministry of Jesus. What were people thinking?

1. Jesus' first Sermon of His Ministry: 2 to 3 thousand people "All of Capernaum" arrive because they see Jesus has made the blind see, the deaf hear and the lame walk. The Signs in the Bible of the Messiah.

2. A Large Crowd saw the Widow of Nain receive her son back from the dead on his funeral bier - Jesus merely touched the bier.

3. Multitudes - 5,000 want to be fed and are.

4. Lazarus is healed and the people following Rome are panicked.

5. The Road to Emmaus we find "All of Jerusalem knows" - roughly 500,000 ***. Multitudes as in all the women were brave to witness Good Friday.

6. Populations - The Populations of Israel were said to be rather steadfast.

The Torah contains the number of (adult, male) Hebrews freed from Egypt, the descendants of the seventy sons and grandsons of Jacob who took up their residence in that country. Altogether, including Levites, the number given is 611,730. For non-Levites, this represents men fit for military service, i.e. between twenty and sixty years of age; among the Levites, the relevant number is those obligated in temple service (males between twenty and fifty years of age). This would imply a population of about 3,000,000.

The Census of David is said to have recorded 1,300,000 males over twenty years of age, which would imply a population of over 5,000,000.

Tacitus declares Jerusalem at 70 A.D. fall contained 600,000 persons ***; Josephus, there were as many as 1,100,000 slain in the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. We have to remember there were three raids. The number of willing exiles who returned from Babylon is given at 42,360.


After Jesus died, The 36 Acres of the Temple contained in Biblical language multitudes upon multitudes and the Logistics of Josephus place this at 2 million.


Did you ever wonder why? Why?

All 5 million people could have turned up to see the Blind See. The Deaf Hear. The Lame Walk. All the Signs of the Messiah - told for millenniums. The Dead were raised. The Temple Official Jairus proclaimed his dead 12-year-old daughter found Life in Jesus. Yes, at the Festivals, the crowds looked for Jesus and this could be 2 million Jews.

I suppose, given the multitudes (about 5,000) routinely the crowds rotated. People had jobs and farms and families.

The people had to see with "faith" to believe. Routinely Jesus created Awe and Fear and Wonder. People had to lose Jesus and miss Him - to believe this was true. Jesus responded to this with something that could cause us all to weep. "Days will come."

Days will Come where we would all hope to put our eyes on Jesus.

And the millions had to know He was gone to understand. We seem to need faith to believe the greater facts of existence.

GOD IS WITH US - EMMANUEL... AMEN! Say that with me. AMEN.




2 For by it the people of old received their commendation.

3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God,
so that what is seen
was not made out of things that are visible.

4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain,
through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.

5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

7 By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen,
in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this, he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith, he went to LIVE in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

Abba,

SEEN!

Kay was RIGHT! We are not alone on this Planet we daily remind ourselves is a WORK OF GOD!!!

You tell us we are surrounded within and by a great cloud of witnesses. 

Therefore Father, Jesus and HOLY SPIRIT - We are getting out our Prayers and We are Going to Pray _ - -  - HUGELY because of Your Word. We ask Your good and willing Blessings upon our lives and path. Keep us on the Path You want of us. And we Know You Will. In Jesus.

We take our selves unseen and those who have Dreamed of Heaven - Seen - Straight to the Loving Arms of Jesus. Up there on His Chest.


We KNOW - the weather is Changeable. And we pray the Daily MERCIES of GOD pulling us to Your Joy.

We ask for the strengthening of Joy!!!
 The ability to find this Joyous Path You have for us. 

Finding You, Abba, in Willingness. You, Our Father, Your good pleasure to Give us the Kingdom. Jesus tells us yesterday, today and tomorrow, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."  Wow. WOW.Jesus tells us we can ask for Wisdom and be given Wisdom. Jesus tells us we can pray for more of Heaven on earth. Jesus tells us to pray God's Good Will is accomplished on earth.

We ask the Love, Joy, Peace, Gentleness, Goodness of Your Goodness.

Goodness in life of Genesis 1 and 2. Your Joy of John 1, 14, 15 and 16. We pray this Covering OVER our concerns. We pray this for our very selves. We pray this with Jesus over the ones we Love!!!


UNSEEN!

I want to Thank JESUS - because I have been praying for Love and Living WATER Flowing and seeping and nourishing. And I am Seeing Results.

I THANK GOD - because all these answered prayers have a this - that reason. Father God can be the quiet type.  And He is Answering.

 We pray Jesus with us in the people You have given us. We pray this over the prayer concerns asked of us. Over the news. Our culture. This nation. The believers all over the world covering us with Love.

We anticipate a Good Night of Rest. And of Your mercies RENEW tomorrow again. Thank You, Abba, for Jesus and the Blessings and Promises You willingly Give. Amen. Amen. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 23 ~ Thou Preparest

A house. Your home. God's House. God's Home.


This week we were discussing Holy Spirit moments. I had a man come out of the doctor's office and sing for 5 or 10 minutes about Beauty. This was the Joy. The Pure Joy of Life. He sang because he'd gotten a Really Good Diagnosis and He was TRULY GRATEFUL. Beautiful day. Beautiful GOD!!! Beautiful my Springer Spaniel. Beautiful me (Made My Day), Beautiful GOD, Beautiful America, Beautiful News in America. Was Really A GOD Bless Me and You Moment.
God is really Good.



And...



Look around where you have lived a long time - you see memories. And Conversations with opinions. Like your refrigerator. Max Lucado once famously said, "If God has a Refrigerator - your photo is on His Refrigerator." This is something my mother and I have Seriously Enjoyed for years.

And like all memories and conversations, there are opinions.

Realtors have Opinions about Refrigerators. They Should Be Blank. It's personal clutter. The buyer doesn't want to see. My mother has been a Realtor for more than 30 years and I will happily tell you - when my mother repeats to me with the "Mother knows best look" and tells me to clean off my refrigerator, I can happily say, "Mother, heal thyself.' Mother's refrigerator has an invitation to my cousin Bob's daughter's wedding in Oxford, Mississippi. Was that 25 years ago or 27? And a few of her physicians on that refrigerator - are - retired.

So, one day, my mother told me again the mantra of the refrigerator. And I decided it was time to take all my photos and change them from my kids being 3, 4 and 5 years old and make them in their 20's  I, truly,  had an absolute blast making my photos current. A wonderful, ongoing project sometimes till late at night. Some opinions are worth their weight in gold. I smiled for weeks.





But I really needed a place to put some of the photos of the precious - now grown - adult children as beautiful and greatly beloved children. ---These just couldn't be in the drawer - just couldn't bear to not see them - where to put them - - - ON THE REFRIGERATOR. We all have flaws. And we can certainly take the time to enjoy them.

(Like the day, about 2005, Edward informed me, my pantry had "Had" it and I 'would that very day organize the pantry to his delight and he would check on his return from employment'. You know - there are ways to ask. And then there are times of the day to ask - And courtesy - is an important aspect of LIFE. ITSELF. And I was not in the mood to argue, but... not in the mood to Evah respond to that "Tone." Edward, pretty uncharacteristically, was that bossy. But he returned home in the evening to find himself delighted with the pantry. My, my it was a thing of beautiful. It took everyone about a week to find the key to the pantry organization. I delighted in living in France. My favorite thing in life is Beauty. And color. And it made sense. You just had to know the 'Colah' of what you were looking for. And today - we organize within genre and Colah. This has been part of our lives since 2005 and I've had several friends give me decorations for the Pantry. One is a hand-made bag for tea bags {I Love you, Mary}. And one is a Charleston Shrimp and Grits keepsake bag with a crawfish graphic. {Thanks, Harby!})

So - on to the all-important topic of Refrigerator regeneration.

I was going to remove and replace with new. But with the renewal photos... ( I used a few of the same ones). But the Best of the Best. You know.



My mother came down to visit and we had the Best Time looking at the wedding frames with new photos and the memories with those. My sons got involved.  Cal said, I can't believe you picked one of the two girls making V arms around me in my dorm room - you knew, don't you, she threw up on me after that, right? {Cal was a Fraternity President, you have to expect this ~ sorta.} We had to laugh about that - my mother and I decided the girls were too cute and the memory too funny - not to keep the girls in pink.  Right by the ice cubes.

(And we got the cutest Augusta, GA blue and white Magnets)


Edward loved the action shot someone in college had of Cal playing Ultimate Frisbee - he says you can tell Edward is his father. True. Alexander is in a green t-shirt pretending to be asleep on someone's lap. Alexander says we shouldn't use it, because we aren't sure who is in the jeans (in our living room). I suggested perhaps we could live dangerously, keeping the photo of Alexander laughing in his pretend sleep. (Now, that is a joke. It's from Youth Ministry. And Alexander knows this!!!)

Photo to Follow! 

Well, then we had the opinion - the refrigerator needed more decoration and not just old photos. So Kirk took the photo of the Daffodils and brought us his work, from our front yard, and we put Kirk's Beautiful Photo {he's a Professional Photographer and did wonderful photos of Alexander's Graduation party and have been on the blog before} on the Refrigerator, too.  People asked me what kind of lens I used. Kirk got good, rave reviews!!!.

And my mother-in-law came to visit and she said we all need refrigerator joy in life - Edward's grandmother, MOP, had a martini every day and had 'Olive' martini sticks, permanently, in the refrigerator. That day we found a sticker for the refrigerator saying "Happy Hour" - now, let's be very clear - we don't "Happy Hour" - it's not our bag - but - Hours that are Happy are worth a sign - we decided!!!

So we added a High School Converse Shoe and we all loved that - especially the visiting H S friends. That tiny shoe magnet got good, good laughs.

And the Happy Hour sign picked up the momentum of joy, as being only sheer happiness, and we voted for needing more of these 'Signs'.

Now there is just one constant on the Refrigerator.

Really.

Since 1992.

And my mother has never once asked me to clean it off our Refrigerator.

I know several people with this same Refrigerator Page.

We all got this from a spring day in Celina, Texas in June of 1992.

A Beautiful Day. One of the Lord's Perfect Days. A few people were smiling and crying. It was a Homecoming. Anita Lucille Richardson Willard was going Home. At age 94, her wedding band had been on 52 years without her Ray.

And now she was with her Ray and all was right with her world. God is in His Heaven. My mother cried when her minister read Psalm 23. My mother impromptu told us all - know Grandmother Anita truly lived her life for Jesus her Lord.  Anita had led a 42 year Bible Study at Kessler Park United Methodist. And after the funeral, my godparents and my mother and I just felt we had to recite the 23rd Psalm, even after the Minister had left the grave site. My brother put his hand on our shoulders. We all there that day - recited. 

I asked my mother how she had come by the beautiful Psalm 23 on her refrigerator. It had fallen from Anita's worn Bible. The page of Anita's Psalm Bible. Worn out by Grandmother Anita. Probably printed about the time of her marriage around 1928. I asked my mother if she could find the same yellow paper and copy this for me. My godmother had grown up with my mother and Marilyn wanted a copy, too. (My Godfather was holding his new granddaughter, Marilyn. We all oohed and ahhed over baby Marilyn with Marilyn's name and my godfather's beautiful eyes. Our next funeral, unknown to us, was going to be purely wonderful 62-year-old, all our lives - Marilyn. We still miss her and love her.) My cousin Dick had come from Franklinton and he said to mail him one. My brother has one. Quite a few people that day.

And Grandmother Anita left us The Word of the Lord. As a memory of a day, a beautiful to Jesus woman went home to be with her Jesus. Her husband Ray. Both brothers named Frank. Six brothers, six sisters. 

The future is uncertain. Is it? I'd say in Jesus - The Homecoming is Certain.

This Word of God is a Solid Foundation Lived by Grandmother Anita.
This Word of God is a Promise.
This Word of God she held in her hand and lived with her life.
This Word of God is a Knowing -
The Next Homecoming is for us all in Jesus
- A Certainty.

Grandmother told us of Dancing and Somersaults and Rolling and Joy she dreamed of Heaven.

And we know she wants us to have Joy in this Life.
Just like Jesus in John 14, 15 and 16. Love, Joy. Peace.

Live Eternally.
Live Today.
Live for Jesus Christ.
Love.

If we only had a ukulele for this one...


Our Heavenly Father,

Give me oil in my Lamp keep me burning!!!
Give me oil in my Lamp, I pray!

Give me oil in my Lamp keep me burning!!!
Keep me Burning till the Break of DAY!!!

Cover us all in Jesus, Keep us Going!!!
Keep us going till this is Thee Day!!!

Jesus Our Shepherd
Jesus Our Lord
Our Alleluia in Jesus. Amen!!!

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Daniel 3 ~ an image of gold

The Dead Sea Scrolls also refer to the third chapter in Daniel. There are eight copies of the Book of Daniel found in the Qumran caves for the Dead Sea Scrolls. Other Babylonian texts that pre-date the book of Daniel also contain reference to the image made by Nebuchadnezzar.

The pictures are of Nebuchadnezzar's recontructed areas in Iraq.

Daniel 3

1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits [1] and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3 Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4 And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, 5 that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.” 7 Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews. 9 They declared [2] to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! 10 You, O king, have made a decree, that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image. 11 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. [3] But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. [4] 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, [5] their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. 22 Because the king's order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” 25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. 27 And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them. 28 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside [6] the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.” 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Footnotes
[1] 3:1 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
[2] 3:9 Aramaic answered and said; also verses 24, 26
[3] 3:15 Aramaic lacks well and good
[4] 3:17 Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and out of your hand, O king.
[5] 3:21 The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27
[6] 3:28 Aramaic and changed


Psalm 67 (Revised Standard Version)

May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us, [Selah]

that thy way may be known upon earth,
thy saving power among all nations.

Let the peoples praise thee, O God;
let all the peoples praise thee!

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for thou dost judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth. [Selah]

Let the peoples praise thee, O God;
let all the peoples praise thee!

The earth has yielded its increase;
God, our God, has blessed us.

God has blessed us;
let all the ends of the earth fear him!

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Psalm 91 ~ He will deliver

The unfathomable plan of Father God.

Giving us eternity, today, as we know what we know we know. Getting to Heaven, in faith, as we pray.

This is the Autumn view from our home in Nice, France. Same sunset, same Mediterranean Jesus saw from Caesarea. Father God does great work - yesterday, today and tomorrow. It is Good.

And we have Joy.

In faith, we have to see what irks us - turns out for the best. If faith, we think around our difficulties and find God's solutions. Sometimes only in faith, we have Joy. In faith, we find endurance makes us people of God.



Thank You, Abba,

You have blessed us with many fine, fine Blessings.

And in Your Good Plans, there will be Blessings in our future.

Bless us, we ask, in whatever season You have placed us. Give us the peace You have.

The assurance You have Peace. Father God, You Know all Your Good Plan. And in Your Peace, we find our peace.

Father, Cover us with the Name of Jesus, cover those we Love. And the peace of Your Love covering this world. To the next - where we are Home with You. More Heaven to this earth as Your Good Plan is fulfilled.

Blessings of Jesus. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Ephesians 1 ~ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ +

Ephesians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God!

To the saints who are in Ephesus,
               and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!!!


3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
       who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
                 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy
           and blameless before him.



In love
he predestined us for adoption
to himself
as sons through Jesus Christ,
             according to the purpose of his will



To: The praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.


7 In him, we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace,
8 which he lavished upon us,
in all wisdom and insight
making known to us the mystery of his will,

                    According to his purpose,
which he set forth in Christ,
as a plan for the fullness of time,
               to unite all things in him,
things in heaven and things on earth.



11 In him, we have obtained
              an inheritance,
                                having been predestined according to the purpose of him
who works all things
according to the counsel of his will,
12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation,
and believed in him,
were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,
to the praise of his glory.


15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,

I do not cease to give thanks for you,
remembering you in my prayers,
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened,
that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you.

What are the riches of his glorious inheritance - - - in the saints

And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power
toward us who believe,
according to the working of his great might
He worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
far above all rule and authority and power and dominion,
and above every name that is named,
not only in this age but also in the one to come.

And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,
23 which is his body,
the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Heaven is debated on several levels --- Paul tells us there are   levels and he knows a man who went to the 3rd level. So, literally, levels are debated. Enoch says 10 levels and other sources say 7 levels.

Then we have the Gospels - Jesus explains His Grace is Profound and the thief will be with Him 'today' in Paradise. Joel tells us multitudes and multitudes will arrive in the Valley of Decision. And we hear about the rapture, trumpets with amazing change and 1,000 year sleep. Bishops all over the world, today, are even known to raise their voice and demand they know 'Thee' Answer.

Perhaps there are several answers to immediate Heavenly arrival, sleeping till the years are up, rapture and trumpets. Asking us to draw more closely to Jesus with Love.






I could tell you a small corner I have dreamed of.

With an illustration of a real event: My brother called me one day and texted me a photo asking if he could plant this magnificent flower in Texas. I replied he certainly could, the plant is called a "Rose." At that point he called and said, no, not even florist "roses" are like this. I told him yes, "roses" flown in from South America are just like the photo. He very plaintively asked,  "WHY?"

Well, the answer is this - A Rose never seeing heat stress is about two to three times larger than a Rose with stress. The leaves are perfect and do not see heat stress fungal, disease and malnourishment. Variety is not the determining factor. The perfect conditions - moisture in the cool air - make the Rose - perfectly fulfilled.





When my grandmother died, I was just completely at a loss. I really could not imagine life without Grandmother. And one of my family, told me she always dreamed of Tate - our Episcopal Priest Grandfather - often. And I decided this would happen with Grandmother. I was rewarded for my faith. Sometimes I dreamed knowing Grandmother was just, only, in my dream. Just a dream. And other times still live clearly in my memories, like it was yesterday - where Grandmother and I have conversations. In Heaven. And sometimes on earth. And sometimes with my father. The dreams have fruit. The Love and Joy and Peace of the Holy Spirit. Intact and instant clarity. And I realized - how - Fulfilled my Grandmother Is. I never realized how unfulfilled she was

Grandmother Bit is now well and perfectly fulfilled even far and away above the photos of the Roses. Father God has met and Loved her every need. Augusta Elliott Wilson Anderson Young - Grandmother Bit - is now perfectly fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

And the truth is - Grandmother is more fully filled than some of the other people I have seen in Heaven. I very firmly believe in the 7 levels of Heaven. I have no idea which level Grandmother is - but, I'd say it's Lovely.

And therefore, with firm permanence - I believe seeking the Lord God, Jesus and their Love - plus explaining about this almost beyond Imagining Love - establishes us in the Levels of Heaven.

You may not believe as I do. This fact is once in the Bible and this is my opinion. I believe in our gifts and talents being given with great Love to Jesus. I'm comfortable if this is not your belief. I believe this to be a Glory and not a burden or unpleasantness. I believe this is Beautiful.




Feel Daunted? Don't.

This is really about Heart and not checks, deposits, withdrawals and tabulations. This is about Love.

St. Augustine said, "It's not us pulling off the BOOK OF ACTS for God again." We all fall short. Paul was a murderer.

What God wants - truly - have Heart to Love Jesus and care and pray for those we love and are given.

It's Beautiful. This is John saying, "Jesus, I'm here for you." With John's example are His Mother and His Aunt on Good Friday in the hour of Jesus needing them most.

This is Mary saying, (The Message Version)"Well, Gabriel, that's pretty scary about Zechariah. And man, I could get stoned to death and it could be really bad. Ok, sure, yes. I will accept the Glory of God. And if He gets in trouble being considered nuts - I'll go get HIM. I PROMISE. And I will take His Brothers and Sisters with me."

With two good parents seeking a Lost Messiah Teenager. And being confused in the middle of their life, to go look for the Teenager. "Okkkkk om. Yeah, that happened. Okkk. Where is He." God was with these beautiful people even in confusion.

And Joseph. His great love for His Son. (Still the Message Version.) "It's seeing all these people change. He's mute. And Angels and I saw the Dream too. I WILL EVEN MOVE TO HORRID EGYPT and deal with Irate In-Laws and Pointing fingers. YES, I BELIEVE GOD. And that boy will be seen as MINE."

And that's what St Augustine is saying! We take excellent care of the ones God has given to our lives. Even when you have cereal to give and life requires Prime Rib. You give what you have and you pray earnestly. Taking care of all that God has asked you to care for.




God is Good, actually Wonderful.
Abiding Grace. Profoundly.
Life. Forgiven.

God was dwelling in their hearts. Salvation known.

Peace.


And then we have to recall the anger of man does not produce the Righteousness of God. Which is like the Beatles singing, "Money Can't Buy Me Love." This is still all about Love. Not the stage. Not the seeking. About Love.

Love.

God does not care if we Die to Gain Place. And recognition. God is not about every handmade, elaborate work or fancy dress vestment. God is not even about the Martyrs. God is really about Mercy. Grace upon Grace. And - Love.

Jesus said to the thief, who was truly sorry. "Today! You will be with Me. In Paradise."

One more thing about Wonderful, Wonderful Jesus - He knows where we should really want to be according to Love, Grace, God and Mercy.

God is not about all the ins and outs of our interpretations of the rules,

God is not about all the ins and outs of our interpretations of the Law,

God is not about all the ins and outs of our interpretations of the niceties,

God is not about all the ins and outs of our interpretations of the Traditions of man, at this point, He even says He is not a respecter of persons. Right after He has given us His Son, Jesus Christ, to clear our sins, trespasses and self-absorption.

God was not enchanted with Saul and his perfection.

God was not enchanted with man and his achievements in the first skyscraper.

God was not enchanted with David's taller, stronger, smarter and more handsome brothers.

God seeks heart. God seeks Love. God is building His Kingdom. God is giving an incredible invitation.

Revelations 6 -

Under the altar
the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.

10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true,
how long before you will judge
and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.


Completely explains this:

I Corinthians 13
If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.


Remember what Jesus said. "I Forgive Them. They don't know what they do."

Holy Jesus gives Love. He does not demand equality with God.

God Is About This Love: 

Father God tells us in the Old Testament, what He sees of this Love - running down out of the Temple. Is Love going in the Way of God - we treat our spouse and children. Love treating our parents well. Love treating our co-workers well. Love treating our neighbors well. Love treating conflict with prayer and minimum repeat conversation allowing God to get in there and Do His Love. Love for our prayers to let this Love God has continue to flow.  Love making sure we are Spiritually fed. Not Spiritually starved. Reading God's Word and Praying. Love helping our Church financially and with prayer. Love attending Church weekly. Love being fed of God's Love.







Abba, Abba, Abba,

Bless us this Day to see Your Love.

Bless those we Love.

Bless the people You have given us.

Bless us to see Your Love on earth, given heart to heart, prayer to prayer, Love for Love.

To You be the Glory. In Jesus Christ. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †