my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies.
I love you, Lord, my strength.
The LORD lives! And blessed be my rock!
Extolled be God my savior.
You who gave great victories to your king
and showed kindness to your anointed.
I love you, Lord, my strength.
We approach Thanksgiving. Psalm 18 is both the Passover Psalm and the Evening Prayer Psalm. Both celebrate Safety. Passover from survival, from what is scary out there. Knowing even what is frightening, is not frightening to the Lord God. And the Evening Prayer Psalm, being able to go outside the Town walls, in the evening, to attend Evening Prayer. Celebration of endurance to hope for the future.
The Lord, presenting these as part of the history, woven into recovery, is filled with assurance and love. The Psalm is presented as a Responsive Prayer. God is responding to the prayers of His Beloved.
Malachi 3
13 “Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15 And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’” 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another.
The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a Book of Remembrance was written before Him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed His Name. “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
Abba, Father God,
Bless us, we ask in the Highest Name of Jesus, as we speak with You in our hearts.
And answer us as we set forth to do this Life. To please You. To be understanding of Your Guidance each day and in each conversation.
Your Lord's Prayer says, Give us this Day. Enable us to build this day and as we ask Jesus to pray with us, we will do the prayer of Your Righteousness
and have Your ear and availeth much.
Proverbs 2
1 My child, listen to what I say,
and treasure my commands.
2 Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.
3 Cry out for insight,
and ask for understanding.
4 Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
5 Then you will understand what it means to reverence the Lord,
and you will gain knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord grants wisdom!
From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.
He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
8 He guards the paths of the just
and protects those who are faithful to him.
9 Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,
and you will find the right way to go.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will fill you with joy.
11 Wise choices will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you safe.
Dwell in me, Father God. Dwell in those I Love, Lord Jesus Christ.
Dwell in this Nation and the Nations seeking You.
Help us to seek You first.
And to find and to become more Heaven on earth.
We pray to finish well.
Pray for the very ill, my mother.
In the Highest Name of Your Love and Jesus.
We ask only in Jesus.
We Pray for the Republic.
We the People all have Family and Loved Ones
we have fought and lived and died
for our Freedoms.
We the People pray:
We pray for the Legislature Laws of this Nation to be Upheld
One Nation Under God
with
Liberty and Justice for All.
We pray for Truth.
† And the United States prays harder
and more often than many, many other countries.
Love covers a multitude of sins. For all nations and all people.
You have told us to always pray with Hope.
In The Blessed and Wonderful Name of Jesus
we shake off our fears
and we put our Hope and are enabled to have Joy.
Let this Blessing Sweep and Fill this Nation and on to the
14 King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” 15 But others said, “He is Elijah.” And others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” 16 But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”
17 For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her. 18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.”
19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
21 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. 22 For when Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.” 23 And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.” 24 And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” 25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
26 And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. 27 And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison 28 and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. 29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
~ And he vowed to her, "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
Guido Reni's "Salome with the Head of John the Baptist", 1630-1635, Corsini Gallery, Rome. Please notice Salome's expression, not the victory of blood conquest, but that of a used child. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.
Salome only wishes she was part of the New Covenant, not giving into despair because we are the Easter People and Alleluia is our Song. A day not to have a prayer answered!
Why doesn't God always answer our prayers?
John Chapters 14 to 17 says He will.
Salome could just blame it all on my roots
I showed up in dancing boots
And ruined our black tie affair
The last one to know
The last one to show
I was the last one
You thought you'd see there
And I saw the surprise
And the fear in his eyes
When I took his glass of champagne
And I toasted you
Said, honey, we may be through
But you'll never 'hear' me complain!
'Cause I've got friends in low Herod places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the Oasis
Oh, I've got friends in low Herod places
Well, I guess I was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, I've been there before
Everything's all right
I'll just say goodnight
And I'll show myself to the door
with the platter
Hey, I didn't mean
To cause a big scene
Just give me an hour and then
Well, I'll be as high
As that ivory tower
That you're livin' in, Herodias,
'Cause I've got friends in low Herod places
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God,
for those who are called according to His purpose,
all things are working together for good.
Salome probably had an idea that killing off John the Baptist wasn't really working His Purpose.
And yet, she did what was put in her path instead of fighting for right.
Romans 8:26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.
We do not know what we ought to pray for,
but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Salome doesn't even groan as she puts a holy man to death.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel,
so we speak,
not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear,
but you received the Spirit of sonship,
by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
Saint Augustine
The Diatessaron (c. AD 160)
All Four Gospels
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The Diatessaron, interpreted as “Harmony of Four” Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John yet placed in his own order by Tatian, Christian writer from 160 A.D. Diatessaron combines 4 canonical Gospels into a single harmonious narrative. Tatian preserved the wording of the Gospels, he put the verses in a different sequence.
Tatian was from Assyria and was known to live in Rome and then Tatian established a Mesopotamian school known to be recreated in Antioch, Cilicia and Pisidia.
How do we know the information in the Gospel is correctly done?
We arrive at this heartfelt belief by faith.
Peter died in 64 AD in Rome. During his last stay in Rome, Mark had written the Gospel of Mark chapters the Romans wanted to learn and discuss the most. John, the Beloved Disciple, on Patmos in 90 AD discussed the 4 Gospels already written and known. This Gospel would have been written by c. 50 A.D.
Herodias and Antipas Herod would be only deceased by only a decade.
Both Gospels of Matthew and Mark state the Herodias whom Herod Antipas married was the wife of Antipas' brother "Philip", a fact supported by Roman and Judean Historian General Josephus. Josephus indicated Herodias was the wife of Herod II (aka Philip I). Philip the Tetrarch rebuilt the city of Caesarea Philippi, calling it by his own name to distinguish it from the Caesarea on the sea-coast, which was the seat of the Roman government.
'Salome' Herod II (aka Philip I) was married to was historically possible a half-sister by that same name, a daughter of Herod the Great and his 8th wife Elpis. This sibling Salome was born in ~14 BC, and so only five years younger than Herod Philip (a more realistic age gap). Marriage to 1st cousins and uncles, however, was relatively common in the so-called Herodian dynasty.
Herodias isn't the main story of this Mark's Gospel, 6th Chapter. Yet, Herodias is a large moving component. Her departure from the confines of modern, upwardly mobile behavior in her 2 marriages becomes child abuse and manipulation, jealousy and then murder. This behavior puts Herodias into history. Evidently, Herodias has no other achievement.
God of All, uses this behavior to show the right and wrong seen in The Book of Judges, each man determines his own righteousness, can betray good intentions. Herod Antipas liked to listen to the Sermons of John the Baptist. Herod Antipas understood John the Baptist was of the Holy Spirit. Herodias offers Herod Antipas no real harbor and incites Herod Antipas to have his legacy become Murder of John the Baptist. It is the forefront of Herod Antipas's life. Of all their days, this day is what all 3 are remembered as their deliberate part of life.
This Chapter also is a lesson on when to say, "No!" Jesus told us when to hate the actions of family.
Luke 14:25-33
25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,
26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has
cannot be my disciple.
Abba, Father,
Abba, we see examples every day, mankind and man and me have fallen. It is the beauty and wonder of seeing where You are there. We have fallen. We need Jesus.
We have marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him!”
Only Jesus.
We ask Your Willing and Pouring Blessings for ourselves, the ones we Love. This Nation. The Nations trusting You. For the Children of God calling upon Jesus for more Heaven on earth. Help us to love Thee more clearly, see Thee more dearly. Help us whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
Dwell in us.
Help us to be Joyful to You!
We will finish well in Jesus.
We ask Your mercy on my mom, struggling with Covid.
We have spent 7 days having 3 trips to Dallas. (Mother's immediate family has been gone from Dallas since 2003. And about 2016, Mother lost the ability to make conversation due to Alzheimer's.) And then two days in pajamas. One day, due to resting and the next due to upset stomach and my ankle just quit, then I fell down brick stairs, one, and twisted my ankle the wrong way to the knee.
We did art balloons and a DJ who sang to the Building. My mom was awake to hear and waved the 2nd day from the balcony. The DJ was good to us in philanthropy. Then we were asked if we wanted to fill out sets of forms renouncing liability to enter the building with 5 active cases of Covid. No. We were roughly kidded this was a sheer sign of insanity. No, we want to avoid carrying the virus forward. We have more family in another Assisted Living facility, who wants us to visit them in Dallas, too. Not weeks from now. And Edward had one of the 3 trips we returned home because he was covered in Poison Ivy or Sumac. This got worse when I hung up, I thought, a clean shirt, not knowing it was worn into the rash mess. Then I had a rash, too. Edward said, can you see taking off the PPE clothing, accidentally touching the wrong part and coming home with Covid? He could see that as a fierce possibility. Then the dogs both had whooping cough and then an ear infection. Why. Maybe stress. Maybe empathy. Definitely God. No, we decided, as my brother said from Mexico, that if Mother was well, she would never want to endanger people she loves.
My ankle got amazingly better the second day. I'm very amazed, pleased and thank God.
God told us He would always leave a remnant. His Mercies Renew.
Today, we got a call from Hospice. Along with the nurses, their Hospice Chaplain is volunteering to visit my mother each day. She saw my mom the Friday before she was ill. And she has been reading Scripture to my mother and singing to her. Mother has been in and out of being responsive since last Thursday. And my mother nodded for this wonderful Chaplain.
This has been the Light, I wondered where this would come from. I know my father's dream, he had 80 times, but I wondered where the moment was where I said to myself, "I see Jesus." Today, I felt like John's Gospel Chapter 21, Jesus on the Beach, had arrived. I am so relieved and touched, I have seen Jesus today. The phone Rang, announcing Jesus is visiting.
38% of all Americans have at least one experience knowing they have lived a miracle. And more feel like they have felt God's Hand or Heart move. I felt this today. Jesus had arrived.
I could see for a year, probably two years, my mother struggled within her body with her lifelong faith. Never in her life did my mother leave Jesus. He might have a few things to say to her, but Jesus knows, and my mother knows, Jesus is someone my mother has always loved.
My father's dream was described to me about 80 times over about ten years.
My father dreamed consistantly he died fairly young. I'd just seen Rip Van Winkle and he did agree to this more than insisting he died, died. Yes, Daddy died in 1993, at the age of 62. The dream from God was correct.
My father dreamed our house, the one he built with my mother as newlyweds would become huge like Biltmore, but really more like John's Gospel, Chapter 14. In My House are many Mansions. Daddy described walking through many styles and for a long, long time and finally recognizing our house was part of the Huge House. And our house became part of a Jewish Synagogue's Youth Ministry on Grammercy Road in Dallas, Texas 75230. Huge. The dream from God was correct.
Daddy dreamed my mother would date the neighbor who visited them in France. My parents divorced in 1981. My mother hadn't seen our neighbor Jack in decades. In 1997, my mother ran into Jack at a party and he was surprised to find my mother was divorced. Jack had been a widower since 1986. The Dream was correct.
The Dream had shown Daddy my mother remarried to Jack. Then the dream changed and they had not married. Life occurred and Jack asked my mother to marry him in 2003, they had an argument over football. Jack never repeated the offer. Saying he never intended to remarry. The Dream had been correct.
My father said the Dream showed him my brother and I would move away from Dallas. My mother's entire large family would be gone and she would love Dallas and stay by herself. John would move to the desert in Texas. He said we would not be a close family. My mother said and did act as if she never wanted grandchildren. The Dream was correct.
My father said one day, I would be out of Dallas and I'd get a call my mother was in Heaven. The Dream was correct. We can't be in her Nursing Facility.
My mother is in a Care Facility named after a Huge House. The Dream was correct.
Daddy said she would be waiting for him near the front door of the Huge House and Jack would be holding her hand until my father came to do the job Jesus had given my father to Guide my mother in Heaven. We will take this part of the Dream, in faith.
My Father said he would be sent to guide my mother into Heaven and this was a delight to him and something he would treasure all his days.
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