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ISAIAH 5:16,17,26,27

9/29/2017

  ISAIAH 5:16,17,26,27

The Lord of hosts
   shall be exalted in judgment
And God that is holy shall be
sanctified in righteousness

Then shall the lambs feed
after their manner
   And the waste places
   of the fat ones
shall strangers eat

And he will lift up an ensign
to the nations from far
and will hiss unto them
from the end of the earth
And, behold, they shall come
with speed swiftly

   None shall be weary nor stumble
   among them

     None shall slumber nor sleep

     Neither shall the girdle
      of their loins be loosed
   Nor the latches of their shoes
be broken

SHADOW

9/28/2017

SHADOW

I really do not know how to
adequately write this article.
It is about the passing of our
golden yellow feline, Shadow.
She was our loyal friend and
companion for more than 21
years.

Shadow was one of the five
cats and two dogs that moved
with us from South Jordan to
Riverton. Like all of the rest of our pets, we will greatly miss
her, not only for herself, but also,
because she, being the last to go,
marks the end of an era of warmth
and friendship given our family over
the last two decades. Her passing
also gave us a clear indication that
we too have gotten older during this
passage of time.

Will we meet and enjoy our pets again,
some day? Let us hope so. Let us hope so!

(Written on September 28, 2017)

A HOUSE OF GOD 500

9/21/2017

  A HOUSE OF GOD

We once read an
anonymous inscription...

"The crown of the house is Godliness
   The beauty of the house is Order
   The glory of the house is hospitality
The blessing of the house is contentment"

   The above lines encourage us to ponder and
to pray...

Our Father in Heaven

   Let holiness become the watchword of our home
   A word not to be ashamed of
   A word we will seek out and obey

   Help us put our home in thine order
   that thy beauty might abound

Teach us how to be as hospitable
to the members of our family as we
are to business acquaintances and
   barely known strangers

Give us that contentment of heart
   and mind that only thou canst give,
   that our family may be loved and truly
   blest

   Help us to daily turn our house of man
   into a home of God, we pray
   in Jesus' name
Amen

   (Written on July 16, 2017)

ISAIAH 4:2,3,6

9/19/2017

       ISAIAH 4:2,3,6

       In that day,shall the branch
of the Lord be beautiful and
glorious, and the fruit of the
   earth shall be excellent and
comely for them that are
escaped of Israel

And it shall come to pass that he
that is left in Zion
   and he that remaineth in Jerusalem
   shall be called holy
   even everyone that is written
   among the living in Jerusalem

   And there shall be a tabernacle
   for a shadow in the daytime
   from the heat
and for a place of refuge
and for a [covering] from storm
and from rain

TOUGH QUESTIONS 499

9/19/2017

    TOUGH GOING 499

        When the going gets tough...
    Walk slower
Speak softer
Think higher
Listen patiently
Offer kindness
Feel gently
Rest quietly
Meditate serenely
Seek harmony
Love humanity
Live better and last longer

   (Written on August 25, 1978)

FOUR QUESTIONS

9/19/2017

  FOUR QUESTIONS

In his letter to the Philippians,
   Paul asks four pertinent questions
of his brothers and sister in the church:

   "Is there such a thing as Christians
   cheering [for] each other?"

"Do you love men enough to want to
   help [them]?"

"Does it mean anything to you that
   we are brothers [and sisters]in the Lord?"

   "Are your hearts tender and sympathetic
at all [toward others]?"
   (LB Philippians 2:1)

These questions were asked by Paul
   while he was imprisoned. He responded
   to these questions by saying "Then make
me truly happy by loving each other and
   agreeing wholeheartedly with each other,
   working together with with one heart and
   mind and purpose." (LB 2:2)

   What will our answers be to these questions
this day?"

   (First written on July 13,1978)

ISAIAH 3:10

9/14/2017

        ISAIAH 3:10

   Say ye to the righteous
   That it shall be well with them
For they shall eat the fruit
Of their doings (NIV)

I ARISE TODAY

9/14/2017

   I ARISE TODAY

                                            I arise today
With paper and pen
To write of daffodils
Seen in the glen
To write of the birds
High in the sky
Mornings at seven
And a baby's soft cry

I arise today
With paper and pen
To write of heroes I've known
Both women and men
Who go about their tasks
From day to day
With a song in their hearts
Changing work into play

  I arise today
With paper and pen
With encouraging words
And an unabashed grin
  With an optimist's heart
And a spirit grown tall
Ready for the challenges
That beckon us all

I arise today With paper and pen
Wishing the best For foe or for friend
    Wishing you sunbeams
And stardust too
May God in his heaven
Smile upon you

   (First posted 01 10.19.2011)

OUR FORGETTING GOD 498

9/14/2017

   OUR FORGETTING GOD

"And their sins and iniquities
will I remember no more."
(Hebrews 10:17)

   One of the many problems that most
of us have who decide to follow Jesus,
   is the lingering guilt regarding our past
sins.

   The scriptures tell us that God does for us
that which we may find difficult to do for
   ourselves. He literally, actually, forgives
   and forgets our sins.

   If God is lovingly willing to remember our
   sins no more, perhaps we also should be
      willing to forgive our trespasses and
      remember them no more.

   Then, by the grace of God, we are free.
   Free, indeed. Praise God

(Written on July 11, 1978)

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ISAIAH 2:2,3,4,5

9/8/2017

   ISAIAH 2:2,3,4,5

And it shall come to past in the last days
   That the mountain of the Lord's house
Shall be established
In the top of the mountains
   And shall be exalted above the hills
And all nations shall flow unto it

And many people shall go and say
Come ye. and let us go up
   To the mountain of the Lord
To the house of the God of Jacob

   And he will teach us of his ways
And we will walk in his paths
For out of Zion shall go forth the law
   And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem

And he shall judge among the nations
And shall rebuke many people

   And they shall
   Beat their swords
Into plowshares
   And their spears
   Into pruning hooks

Nation shall not lift up sword
Against nation
   Neither shall they learn war
   Any more

O house of Jacob, come let us walk
In the of light of the Lord