Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Freedom is doing what you know is right without fear.
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Hungry I come to You for I know you satisfy
I am empty, but I know Your love does not run dry
And so I wait for You
So I wait for You
I'm falling on my knees,
Offering all of me
Jesus You're all this heart is living for
Broken, I run to You for Your arms are open wide
I am weary but I know Your touch restores my life
"hungry" Words and music by Kathryn Scott. 1999 Vineyard Songs
I am empty, but I know Your love does not run dry
And so I wait for You
So I wait for You
I'm falling on my knees,
Offering all of me
Jesus You're all this heart is living for
Broken, I run to You for Your arms are open wide
I am weary but I know Your touch restores my life
"hungry" Words and music by Kathryn Scott. 1999 Vineyard Songs
Give according to your income lest God will make your income like your giving.
Faith: sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!
Faith: sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!
Monday, July 29, 2002
Patricia Levy is a little four old girl who has blonde hair.
Patricia Levy is very special. She was born in Poland and basically didn't have a face. One eye was on the side of her head
and she basically didn't have a nose.
Patricia was adopted by the Levy's, who went to Poland and brought her back to Florida.
She has had numerous surgeries to correct the abnormalities.
A little more than a year ago one of those surgeries left her blind. The doctors said there is nothing they could do.
A few days later she regained some sight in her right eye only.
Last thursday Patricia had another operation. The doctors took a portion of a rib and grafted it into her face to help build for her a better nose. Her brother Jeremiah , also four, prayed for her. (Jeremiah was adopted from Haiti.) The operation caused her "good" eye to swell shut. She was blind again!
Friday the doctors let Patricia and her family go home because her mom was a nurse and her father still is, and are well trained to care for her.
Yesterday was Sunday and I was amazed to walk in to church and see Patricia. I spoke to her and she gave me a hug. I didn 't notice that her "good" eye was sealed shut.
Later her Dad explained to all of us that Patricia had miraculously gained sight in her "bad" eye.
Ain't God good?
Shalom
Patricia Levy is very special. She was born in Poland and basically didn't have a face. One eye was on the side of her head
and she basically didn't have a nose.
Patricia was adopted by the Levy's, who went to Poland and brought her back to Florida.
She has had numerous surgeries to correct the abnormalities.
A little more than a year ago one of those surgeries left her blind. The doctors said there is nothing they could do.
A few days later she regained some sight in her right eye only.
Last thursday Patricia had another operation. The doctors took a portion of a rib and grafted it into her face to help build for her a better nose. Her brother Jeremiah , also four, prayed for her. (Jeremiah was adopted from Haiti.) The operation caused her "good" eye to swell shut. She was blind again!
Friday the doctors let Patricia and her family go home because her mom was a nurse and her father still is, and are well trained to care for her.
Yesterday was Sunday and I was amazed to walk in to church and see Patricia. I spoke to her and she gave me a hug. I didn 't notice that her "good" eye was sealed shut.
Later her Dad explained to all of us that Patricia had miraculously gained sight in her "bad" eye.
Ain't God good?
Shalom
Sunday, July 28, 2002
What is love?
No word can define it.
It is something so great only
God could design it.
Yes, love is beyond what man can define,
For love is immortal, And God's gift is devine.
Anonymous
No word can define it.
It is something so great only
God could design it.
Yes, love is beyond what man can define,
For love is immortal, And God's gift is devine.
Anonymous
Thursday, July 25, 2002
The number two oxymoron of all time: (By whose standards I know not) Exact estimate!!!!
The Lord is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous. Proverbs 15:29 (KJV)
The Lord is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous. Proverbs 15:29 (KJV)
Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Funny how a dollar can look so biggg when you take it to church and so small when you take it to the store.
Oxymoron for today twelve ounce pound cake.
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs15-1 (KJV)
Oxymoron for today twelve ounce pound cake.
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs15-1 (KJV)
Monday, July 22, 2002
Oxymoron for today: Definate maybe
Newspaper headline: Hospitals are sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Give to God what's right, not what's left.
Newspaper headline: Hospitals are sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Give to God what's right, not what's left.
Thursday, July 18, 2002
Islam claims that Jerusalem is their holy city and have built a mosque there on the temple mount.
"So David paid Arunah six hundred shekels of gold for the site, (not just the threshing floor.) 1chron 22-25. (NIV)
Then David said, the house of the Lord is to be here............ 1 Chron. 22-1.
Mohamed, who NEVER was in Jerusalem, was hundreds of years away from being born!
"The fool says in his heart there is no God.
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;......... Psalms 14-1 (NIV)
Shalom
"So David paid Arunah six hundred shekels of gold for the site, (not just the threshing floor.) 1chron 22-25. (NIV)
Then David said, the house of the Lord is to be here............ 1 Chron. 22-1.
Mohamed, who NEVER was in Jerusalem, was hundreds of years away from being born!
"The fool says in his heart there is no God.
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;......... Psalms 14-1 (NIV)
Shalom
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Oxymoron for today: Sanitary landfill
Change is inevitable: except from a vending machine
Some trust in chariots and some trust in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord. Psalms 20:7 (NIV) (page 804)
Change is inevitable: except from a vending machine
Some trust in chariots and some trust in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord. Psalms 20:7 (NIV) (page 804)
Thursday, July 11, 2002
Remember "Parting is such sweet sorrow."? That's today's oxymoron. (The sweet sorrow part)
Profound question for today: What does one call a boomerang which does not come back?
A stick.
"The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor." Proverbs:15 33 (NIV)
Shalom
Profound question for today: What does one call a boomerang which does not come back?
A stick.
"The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor." Proverbs:15 33 (NIV)
Shalom
Oxymoron for today: Soft rock
A newspaper headline: "Sex education delayed, teachers request training."
"Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice." Proverbs 16:8 (NIV)
A newspaper headline: "Sex education delayed, teachers request training."
"Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice." Proverbs 16:8 (NIV)
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do somehting I can do.
Edward Everett Hale; American author, Clergyman
If your'e not making mistakes you aren't doing anything. Whoever
"Just do it, and do it, and do it....until the job is done." Arthur Lynch Williams.(Before Nike made his "do it" phrase famous.)
Edward Everett Hale; American author, Clergyman
If your'e not making mistakes you aren't doing anything. Whoever
"Just do it, and do it, and do it....until the job is done." Arthur Lynch Williams.(Before Nike made his "do it" phrase famous.)
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
"Sometimes you give the world best you got, and you get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you got anyway." Ted Nugent
Oxymoron for today: Good grief!
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word. Psalms 119:9 (NIV)
Shalom
Give the world the best you got anyway." Ted Nugent
Oxymoron for today: Good grief!
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word. Psalms 119:9 (NIV)
Shalom
Monday, July 08, 2002
An oxymoron for today: Act naturally.
Question: What route do crazy people use in the woods?
Answer: Psycho path.
There is no greater responsibility than parenting, period! Ted Nugent
Question: What route do crazy people use in the woods?
Answer: Psycho path.
There is no greater responsibility than parenting, period! Ted Nugent
Sunday, July 07, 2002
Why do the nations say, "Where is their god?"
Our God is in Heaven;
He does whatever pleases Him.
But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but they cannot see;
they have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell;
they have hands but cannot feel,
feet but they cannot walk;
nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
And so will all who trust in them.
Psalms 115:2-8
Raisin
Our God is in Heaven;
He does whatever pleases Him.
But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but they cannot see;
they have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell;
they have hands but cannot feel,
feet but they cannot walk;
nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
And so will all who trust in them.
Psalms 115:2-8
Raisin
Greetings.
We have returned from a sojourn to the mountains.
Nothing Happens Here:
The sun has begun it's afternoon descent
Soon it will sink behind the top of the ridge,
Taking with it the memories that were today.
But for now, sitting in a chair under the shade if an ancient maple,
I pause and listen.
Behind me, across the valley and across the creek,
a rooster is expressing his percieved dominance of the barnyard.
A pickup truck rattles down the road next to the creek,
it's tires crunching against the gravel surface.
Up the hill towards the workshop, two guinea fowel are foraging in the grass for the scourge of the Ozarks,
scratching and pecking until the reward, another tick is removed.
To the south, in the trees, a woodpecker is hammering and nearby, from the safety of an oak, a squirrel is scolding Cormack the cat.
Towards the north pasture two crows fuss about who knows what?
Cormack, who was just rubbing at my ankles has now caught a lizzard and is devouring it.
The lizzard's tail, laying in the dirt, squiggles unattached.
Flies are buzzing, dragon flies are ..............flying.
Up at the drive a cloud of dust rises, stirred up by Momma guinea.
And you said: Nothing ever happens around here!
He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge. Proverbs 14:26
Shalom, Y'all
We have returned from a sojourn to the mountains.
Nothing Happens Here:
The sun has begun it's afternoon descent
Soon it will sink behind the top of the ridge,
Taking with it the memories that were today.
But for now, sitting in a chair under the shade if an ancient maple,
I pause and listen.
Behind me, across the valley and across the creek,
a rooster is expressing his percieved dominance of the barnyard.
A pickup truck rattles down the road next to the creek,
it's tires crunching against the gravel surface.
Up the hill towards the workshop, two guinea fowel are foraging in the grass for the scourge of the Ozarks,
scratching and pecking until the reward, another tick is removed.
To the south, in the trees, a woodpecker is hammering and nearby, from the safety of an oak, a squirrel is scolding Cormack the cat.
Towards the north pasture two crows fuss about who knows what?
Cormack, who was just rubbing at my ankles has now caught a lizzard and is devouring it.
The lizzard's tail, laying in the dirt, squiggles unattached.
Flies are buzzing, dragon flies are ..............flying.
Up at the drive a cloud of dust rises, stirred up by Momma guinea.
And you said: Nothing ever happens around here!
He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge. Proverbs 14:26
Shalom, Y'all