Psalm 7:8-17 ~ Righteous God

Psalm 7:8-17

8 The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

 9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! 

10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day. 

12 If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow; 13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. 14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. 15 He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. 16 His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. 

17 I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

Christians have something in common for all the diversity of normal Christian population. Christians are interested in knowing the life stories of the Bible. And when Christians get together conversation moves around life stories of God's people. We know Christians by their Love. Christians want to know what happens to people. Compassion is a constant.

Is Psalm 7 true? God would say Psalm 7 does not have variations.

For the villainous  I've known - the internal makings of evil defeat themselves. Love is a safety net. And requires looking at compassion and this mercy resets the conversation and life.

And I'd have to say, I do believe in the last resort of mankind - hell. Two of the most utterly self-serving and other people destroying - have died proclaiming fire loudly. Really not a joy to proclaim this - however if we are going to count the cost - hell is a cost.

Do unto others.
If we hope for the upbuilding of our city, state and nation - we are filled with Hope. If we hope our people/neighbors have Love, Peace and Joy - we bring this into our hearts. When we pray - we hope to bring God's Love into our lives and His Love manifest into others. We are actually doing as the Lord said and did and does - bringing His Love and Light into life. We want God's Love today and always. And in this comfort and in the teaching of God - we have the Holy Spirit and His balm.



Abba,

This is Today. We ask Your Blessings.

The balm of Your comfort and Love to do Your Plan. Encourage us in Your Plan. Strengthen us to do Your Plan. Guard us in safety to do Your Plan. Keep in Hope, Faith and Love to know Your Plan is being done and rejoice. We need Your Mercy to keep us in Your Plan. And Thank You. Thank You to be covered in Jesus.

We need more Heaven on earth daily. And have the gladness of knowing God Himself favors the Request.

Let the Balm of Your Love be ours, the ones we love - covering us all unto the Nation. Your balm covering our cares and anointing us to find the Joy of God. Daily. Your Love flowing to the Nations trusting in You. To all of Your Children asking for Your Favor in our lives today.

And asking for Jackson to have Your healing and Your mercy. And for my mother in recovery from knee surgery. Safe travels. And thanksgiving for the lady helping her daily.

Thank You, Father God, for our Blessings.

In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 91 ~ He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

Psalm 91

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

5 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

8 You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. 9 Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place-- the Most High, who is my refuge-- 10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

12 On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14 "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. 15 When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."


In 1996, Edward and I went to a wedding of a good, life-long friend of his getting married in Tyler, Texas. And to this day it's one of my favorite weddings. Edward's good friend timed the sunset to marry at Lake Palestine. He had written his vows to go along with the traditional vows. Edward's good friend had fallen in adoration of Jesus and His Love after graduating from college. And was marrying the Love of his life.

It was outside and all was so beautiful. I was so glad to be there because earlier in the week our oldest son had had 103' fever. The Pediatrician had given our son a shot after discovering strep throat. Cal's fever had not gone down in several hours and I called the answering service - we were told he would be fine, just bathe him in cool washcloths and keep monitoring even when the child would hate the cold washcloths. It had been a very arduous 24 hours. Cal recovered well with oral antibiotics and that shot.

So we were really enjoying that wedding! I woke up in the hotel about 3 a.m. and began to vomit for a day. We returned home and I rested wondering why I was the only one with anything gastric. And on Monday, I began to break out in painful blisters. By the time I got to Edward's good friend, our family physician in Dallas - I had a lot of very painful blisters and a rash on my back. Our Doctor was a heroic and older pilot from World War II and he called my dermatologist and got me an appointment for the next day. By the time I reached the appointment, I had a rash across my back, more very painful blisters and a new type of small bumps.

The Dermatologist said he hadn't seen anything like it. And he called in his older partner. They stepped out and said I had obviously contracted Poison Ivy. I argued that I had not and it was now cool weather and not exploring weather. I was given a shot of cortisone and sent home. I began to vomit again. I called our Dallas physician and he said to come in and he would look again. He offered more cortisone. The rash now covered my back and part of my stomach. More bumps and more blisters. The blisters were so painful that when one formed on my right pointer finger, I couldn't place that finger on the steering wheel and drove with my finger straight up. I was told in a week I'd be better. I could hardly sleep. Later the next week, I called my mother and told her it wasn't poison ivy and I thought I was dying. My mother arrived with a huge, new tube of antibiotics - strong antibiotics - used because we both had had cystic acne. I had been ill by that time about 9 or 10 days. Too weakened to figure out what other physicians to go to.

I applied that very strong antibiotic cream all over my body liberally. I felt better within the hour. And within a day I was so much better - I slept for the first time in a long time. I called to argue with our long term Dermatologist. And I got him on the phone and told him about the relief from vomiting and feeling as if I was dying before the huge tube of antibiotics. Used up in a week's time. We were both told by our same Dermatologist this was a misuse of his prescription. Within a year, we were no longer his patients.

In times of hardship - like beginning to go to the Cardiologist for heart testing at age 42 - this is one of the times in life where His Children begin to wonder where God is.

The Scriptures are like Life. Not really surprising. We search the Scriptures to find the exact phrase - the right verse we are craving. Like a jigsaw puzzle.

This time the memory from 1996 is placed with a facebook message from 2013.
In the obscure world of social media - I am facebook friends with a friend-of-a-friend priest who lives on the East Coast of Canada. I really prefer to know the people I know on facebook very directly. But sometime in 2010, I got a facebook message from a friend telling me to be friends with this Canadian Priest. And usually, you never hear from obscure FB friends - ever.  And sometimes this Priest with 40 something years of 'Priesting' sends me a facebook message and we correspond. And I had my answer from 1996. (Ok - yes - it's a long term jigsaw puzzle, granted.)

So my Canadian FB friend sent me a video Sermon he said he just had sent to him by another priest. And he asked that I please review it - because he felt strongly led by the Holy Spirit this Sermon would be (heartwarming) a life long lesson to be blessed by. And he was right! Because when you strongly remember a Sermon for many years - you have heard from the Holy Spirit of Father God and receive teaching and comfort.

The Point of the Sermon was this:

We crave God to do something Miraculous. Something like the Exodus. Look carefully for God.

Romans 11:5
So too, at the present time, there is a remnant chosen by grace.

We can all live by this today in several ways:

1. God has not brought us so far that He is going to dump us on our head.

2. God does the impossible. And often in subtle ways.

3. Micah 2:12
I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.

The more we follow God - the more the Path becomes CLEAR.
When we look back - we can see the times in life God was helping. God giving us His Love and His Help. Psalm 139 Promises, Promises, Promises = God is thinking of us more than the sands on the beach.

When we feel we are alone. When our mother is dying, when the dog is dying, when our husband has a terminal illness. When adult children find jobs and get married. And you are in your 50s - God is going to put one Light on the path. We (Children of God) are going to find a way. A Way. A Truth. A Life. Follow the thread of Light. Keep following the thread of Light.

When the Path does not have an apparent solution. God will put just one thread of Light for us. Never give up searching and we are found by God. Look for the thread of His Light.

And the Sermon referenced Corrie Ten Baum - find a way to have gratitude. Find the Foundation. Believe in the thread of Light.

Abba, Father God,

You are our Destination. You are our Creator and Father.

You have given us Blessings. We have Jesus - Light of the world. Light of mankind.

The Disciples bear witness - our Hearts are Warmed by Jesus.

And in this Love, we ask to be Blessed and Sealed forever. Today.

We ask Jesus to flood and warm and enfold our Loved ones forever.

Trusting Jesus with our dearest prayers. Knowing we bring God's Love within us and this prayer reaching His Love forth.

We want the Light of Jesus Christ for this entire Nation. This Nation trusting in God.

We'd be blessed to see the Nations trusting in God blessed by You.

And in the Light and Love God has for us - we are blessed to be the communion of saints - hoping as Jesus said
for more Heaven on earth. Blessed in the Prayer of Real Hope.

Asking this prayer to do more than we can ask or imagine in Jesus Christ. King of Kings.

Let the Word of God be His Willing Blessing to us, we ask.

Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 1 ~ Blessed

David's Palace and the View Outside the City Walls

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers  

His delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law, he meditates day and night.

 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.  In all that he does, he prospers. 

4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.


God's Opinion is correct. And the Davidic Line History becomes lessons in personalities for us all - family.

Consider David.

David was an outlaw. And a mercenary. David was placed with the malcontents. And God saw David's heart and David's faith, counting David with the righteous. David was doing the best he could for Father God. And Father God counted David's efforts.

Consider Hezekiah.

King Ahaz, Hezekiah's father, looked at the Assyrian Empire and began to lead his people to worship on the mountain tops. Ahaz decided the Temple could be sold bit by bit and Hezekiah as a puppet king would survive. Hezekiah was raised by a father teaching him to be worldly and practical. Hezekiah sold off the Temple door and stood firm. In his faith. In the time of the Prophet Isaiah - the people flourished even more greatly than the reign of Solomon. The works of the people of Hezekiah and their willingness to fight to be the people of God created the great underground water tunnels to survive siege. And these great works - are visible today.

Hezekiah is the King who destroyed the snake on the pole Moses was told to use for healing. The people had worshipped the object and Hezekiah was forgiven and blessed in the decision.

This was a time the people could not tithe enough to the Temple. A time of Gratitude. And Prosperity. An incredible number of bulla and trade seals from the Reign of Hezekiah are widely available today. Honey sold to Egypt. Exports were plentiful.

Because Hezekiah stood in faith to Father God. With his heart and in his ways. Even in times of mistakes and illness. God was with Hezekiah. They knew Father God's miraculous, tender Mercy and Love.

Consider Herod.

Exact opposite of David.

The Success of Herod is in vast dispute. Herod was appointed by Marc Antony. The DNA of Cleopatra's sister, Arsinoe - Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, shows Herod was their own DNA.

Non-Davidic. Herod the Great was a Roman client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian kingdom. Herod was guilty of many brutal acts including the killing of his wife, brother-in-law, three of his sons, 300 military leaders, and many others, as recorded by firsthand sources (Antiquities 16:393-394; LCL 8:365). Macrobius (AD 400), one of the last pagan writers in Rome, in his book Saturnalia, wrote: “When it was heard that, as part of the slaughter of boys up to two years old, Herod, king of the Jews, had ordered his own son to be killed, he [Emperor Augustus] remarked, ‘It is better to be Herod’s pig than his son’”

In the 18th year of his reign (20 BC), Herod rebuilt the Temple on "a more magnificent scale".Work on out-buildings and courts continued for 80 years; Herod employed 1,000 priests as masons and carpenters in the rebuilding.

1,000 priests and more surrounded Herod and did not improve his life choices or his legacy.

His extraordinary spending spree is cited as one of the causes of the serious impoverishment of the people he ruled. Although Herod considered himself king of the Jews, he let it be known that he also represented the non-Jews living in Judea, building temples for other religions outside of the Jewish areas of his kingdom. Many Jews questioned the authenticity of Herod's Judaism on account of his Idumean background and his infamous murders of members of his family.

Josephus stated  Herod was so concerned no one would mourn his death, he commanded a large group of distinguished men to come to Jericho, and he gave an order they should be killed at the time of his death so his craved displays of grief  would take place; his son Archelaus and his sister Salome did not carry out Herod's wish. In Josephus' account, Herod's death was preceded by a lunar eclipse and followed by Passover.

The Pharisees were discontented with Herod disregarding many of their demands in Temple construction. The Sadducees, who were closely associated with priestly responsibilities in the Temple, opposed Herod because he replaced their high priests with outsiders from Babylonia and Alexandria, in an effort to gain support from the Jewish Diaspora.

Herod educated his children in Rome. After placing the Priests in the Temple, his family would look at the reign of Jesus Christ as possibly the reincarnation of John the Baptist.

History finds the practicality of a puppet king as completely disregarded by Christians and Jews throughout History. Herod is completely the opposite of David. Herod surrounded himself with the people he chose. The way of Herod is synonymous as success built by a failure. The faithlessness of Herod created the legacy of his downfall.

Abba, Our Father,

We asked to be Blessed by You. Blessed we are - in Your counsel. Help us with Your Love to stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. With You, we rest our souls.

We want to delight in Your Every Word. Your thoughts of me are more than the grains of sand on the beaches.

We want to be like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.

For where two or three are gathered in Your name, our "I am" is among them. We will tell of your name to our brothers and sisters in the midst of the congregation - I will praise you.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, we believe the Promises of our God.

We ask to be covered in the Name of Jesus and so Blessed. We ask for our Loved ones to be covered in the Name and Love of Jesus. We ask the Nation to be covered and Loved in the Name of Jesus.

And all the Nations trusting in God. And the Beloved of God so blessed praying for more Heaven on earth. Blessings of Love, Peace, Health, Joy and Prosperity. And giving thanks for Jackson the dog having a better day.

Jesus is God. Alleluia. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Haggai 1:12-15 ~ The Lord stirred up the Spirit

A Very old Archaeology of Darius King of the Persian Achaemenid Empire releases the Slaves of Judah to return home to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.

James Tissot

Haggai 1:12-15

Then Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak, and all the remnant of the people* obeyed the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, since the LORD their God had sent him; thus the people feared the LORD.

13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, proclaimed to the people as the message of the LORD: I am with you!—oracle of the LORD.

14 And so the LORD stirred up the spirit of the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel,

And the spirit of the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak

And the spirit of all the remnant of the people

So that they came to do the work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 
15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.

The Temple would start out small. And include vast Remnants of Solomon's Portico - where Jesus would teach.

Jeremiah 33

10 "Thus says the LORD: In this place of which you say, 'It is a waste without man or beast,' in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11 the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD

 "'Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! 'For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the LORD. 

12 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks. 13 In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.


14 "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 

15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 

16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. 
And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.' 

"For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18 and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever." 19 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah


And Governor Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel - he is really the Davidic Line becomes Governor.  "The Throne of Israel" is a reference to the Throne of the United Monarchy. A conditionalization of the unconditional dynastic promise to David's house expressed in 1 Kings 11:36, 15:4 and 2 Kings 8:19.

Both unconditional and conditional promises to the House of David would create intense discord.

And the Plan of God is always fulfilled.


When we think of Stained Glass - we are reminded God takes mere sand and with fire creates meaningful beauty. A meaningful analogy - of God rebuilding from sorrow or tragedy in our lives. It's impossible Israel would exist again - and does. Even after thousands of years.

With God all things are Possible.

Stained glass still survives in the European Cathedrals seen by Charlemagne. And yet... in the great wars - new methods were created for new stained glass.

God is Highly in Favor of Building up of Jerusalem, homes, Temple, Community, City Walls - even in impossible circumstance. Jesus often said, "Rise."

Heaven would be far more Steadfast Creation. Eternal. What was fragile, is made Eternal. To the Glory of God.

Revelation 21: 17b-21

Measurement - which is also an angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. 

The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl

And the street of the city was pure gold,
like transparent glass.

John lived on Patmos Island.  The Beloved Disciple had not seen Stained Glass. The ideas of the Eternal belong to our Father God.

What Father God can create even from unusual colored Stone.

Abba, Father God,

Jesus has told us always pray with Hope. Jesus has asked us to always ask in the Name of Jesus. We would ask Jesus to pray with us to create more than we can ask or Imagine.

We ask You, Father God, for Your Willing Blessings today to build Life Eternal pleasing to You.

We lift up the cares and desires of our heart You know before we ask. Especially Jackson Siberian Husky - not to be unable to feel his feet. To heal and end suffering and the comfort for Cal who has raised his beloved Calvin and Hobbs for many, many good years. 

For the comfort and warmth of Jackson's family  Really working together and Beaux to sit with Jackson with patience and enthusiasm. Blessings of sincere healing to not have to clean up 3 rooms of blood on the floor and other bodily functions for all of us. Giving Thanks for TC cat finding his bladder after paralysis about 30 years ago. God, You do wonders. All miracles are what You speak.

More Heaven on earth. Love. Peace. Joy. Prosperity and meaningful Life. Blessing seekers. Blessing finders. Gratitude.

Blessing the Children of God around the world praying more Heaven on earth. Proclaiming more Heaven on earth as blessing finders enabling all to know Jesus Loves.

Blessing our lives rising to this Nation trusting in God. Blessing the Nations trusting in God as a Light to the Nations.

Having the Comfort of Jesus in our Prayer.

In Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior of us all. Amen.

  

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Matthew 1:1-17 ~ to the Christ

Matthew 1:1-17

1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon

5 And Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah

10 And Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. 

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Isaiah 14:27
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

Isaiah 46:10
I distinguish the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come, saying: 'My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure.'

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life.

Abba, Our Father,

Jesus God has said to pray and not give up hope. To come against mountains in prayer and they will move.

We call to You in Peace and Expectation, Lifting up the Needs physical, spiritual, emotional and financial for ourselves and the ones we love and pray for. With certainty You alone are God.

For comfort and healing of our Jackson Siberian Husky Dog.

For more Heaven on earth for all of Your Children in Jesus.

We pray in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!