Disheartened….

“Instead of being disheartened by the condition of the world, I wanted my followers to be lights shining in the darkness…..focus less on bemoaning evil and more on working to create something that is good.” Sarah Young, Jesus Always….

I don’t know about you, but I am getting tired of politics right now…I love our country, don’t get me wrong… but the back and forth of words and attitudes, the slinging of slurs and scoffing is tiresome….and for those who live in countries who don’t have the freedom we do to vote, I am sorry…I appreciate our freedoms, I just get tired of the words and backbiting…and the darkness it spurs…

Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Isaiah 5: 20 Woe to those who call evil good

    and good evil,

who put darkness for light

    and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet

    and sweet for bitter!.

Jeremiah 17: 9 The heart is deceitful above all things,

    and desperately sick;

    who can understand it?

John 13: 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

I thank God who bestowed his goodness upon this land…please, Lord, help us to be the shining light, to love those around us, to stand for good… help us to follow You…

Thank YOU….

How firm a foundation…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1ZCyW8HJc

 

Beware and consider…. 

There are so many connections in the Word…reading in Exodus the other day…I found these verses…I was immediately drawn to Jesus and his last night…

Woe to be a wicked person…

Woe to be a liar…

Woe to those who take bribes…

Woe to have a crooked heart…

Woe to be a betrayer…

Not much good said about any of those…

Exodus 23: 23 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. 2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice….

6 “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. 7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Proverbs 6:19 a false witness who breathes out lies,

    and one who sows discord among brothers……

12 A worthless person, a wicked man,

    goes about with crooked speech,

13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,

    points with his finger,

14 with perverted heart devises evil,

    continually sowing discord;

15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;

    in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

Matthew 26: 14 Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward 61 and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’” 62 And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” 64 Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.66 What is your judgment?” They answered, “He deserves death.” 67 Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him, 68 saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?”

We are to…

Psalm 37: 1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
    be not envious of wrongdoers!
2 For they will soon fade like the grass
    and wither like the green herb.

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him, and he will act.
6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your justice as the noonday.

7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

Plus….

Psalm 37 song….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvpXmh5hRWw

 Weight of the world… 

These verses struck me the other day as I was Listening through the last chapters of Exodus….

“Bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord ….”

The responsibility, of that task as Aaron went before the Lord is heavy…as a person in the group of people whose judgment he was bearing, I would want to be as good as I could so that his burden was lighter…

Exodus:28:29 So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord. 30 And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.

When I think of the verse about sin, that we all have sinned, not just a few, but all…we did the same to Jesus…he took all of our judgement, everyone’s…the whole world…for all time…the weight is infinite…so heavy that only God could do it…no mortal could do it…it is hard to fathom in my finite mind….

What a God….what a Redeemer….

Thank YOU….

1Peter 2: 24a He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.

Psalm 119: 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge,

    for I believe in your commandments.

Romans 11: 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord,
    or who has been his counselor?”

2 Corinthians 5: 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Teach me your ways…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhasPQ6Lvos

 Comfort verses…#?

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you (Isaiah 26:3 NIV).

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth (Isaiah 53:7a NIV).

Jesus performed many other signs [miracles] in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name (John 20:30-31 NIV).

Heaven’s my throne, earth is my footstool. What sort of house could you build for me? What holiday spot reserve for me? I made all this! I own all this!” God’s Decree. “But there is something I’m looking for: a person simple and plain, reverently responsive to what I say” (Isaiah 66:2 MSG).

Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding (Jeremiah 3:15 NIV).

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7 NIV

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! (Romans 11:33 NIV)

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Luke 11:9 NIV).

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you (John 15:7)

Thank YOU…

Still…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n6dfB2Z-Ko

 

Mountains….

Part of yesterday, I was immersed in a collection of rocks…was thinking about Genesis 1, where the Word tells us of the separation of land from the waters…”dry land” …but it doesn’t say anything about the mountains thy must have appeared on that dry land…those descriptions don’t come until later…

Genesis 1: 9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

There are over 150 references to mountains, both huge ones and small…we support a missionary in Nepal….those are big mountains!!!! As well as missionaries in the deserts…no mountains…

Deuteronomy 33: 15 with the finest produce of the ancient mountains

    and the abundance of the everlasting hills,

Psalm 95: 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;

    the heights of the mountains are his also.

Psalm 104:8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

    to the place that you appointed for them.

9 You set a boundary that they may not pass,

    so that they might not again cover the earth.

Proverbs 8: 25 Before the mountains had been shaped,

    before the hills, I (wisdom) was brought forth,

Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains may depart

    and the hills be removed,

but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,

    and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”

    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

Amos 4:13 For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,

    and declares to man what is his thought,

who makes the morning darkness,

    and treads on the heights of the earth—

    the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!

But mountains exist all over the world….whose heights seem to reach the sky and those which are small, rolling grain covered ones…all have their beauty…

After looking at a few of the rocks collected by one man, and our family’s history with rocks,  the creativity of God is so profound in just one area of creation…the colors, the uses, for formation, the types of rocks are so amazing…so precise…

With that same precision, He made us as well, beauty, Colors, types, uses, formation….so amazing….

Thank YOU….

Shout to the Lord…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He8Is3vcgM8

 I will tell…

Psalm 9:1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;

    I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

2 I will be glad and exult in you;

    I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Reindeer people….



https://www.viewmongolia.com/reindeer-people-dukha-tribe-mongolia.html

Okay, we are going from airplanes going to ends of the earth to northern Mongolia where the reindeer people live…(the website is really interesting)…

Why, because the Gospel is going there with the Jesus Film  being shown with the YWAM teams from the capital of Ulaanbaatar…these teams have been showing it in the towns, now going to the ends of Mongolia…there was push in the 1990’s to show it all over the country..and the movie was even on public TV to show values and morals to the country just coming out of atheistic Communist rule.At that time, it was estimated that there were less than 10 Christians in the whole country…now, thirty years later, there are many Christians but a whole new generation…and better technology…

In the 1990’s, showing the movie involved a big reel to reel movie projector and electricity…Now a 5 lb. Digital Projector,solar powered, a flip up screen that people can watch on both sides.

My connection?

My husband went to Mongolia for the first push with the Jesus Film in the 1990’s…then one of my daughters went as well…my husband met the person who is showing it now (my husband passed away 14 years ago). I ate breakfast with the man who is showing it this week and heard his stories.

I just love to see the connections, generation to generation…God working in each one…I love the stories that are lived…there is good happening in the world…

Including some photos taken of the reindeer people …the YWAM people drove to end of the road and then still had 12 hours to get there…

Thank YOU…

Jesus loves the little children….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGnEcx37u4

 

From dinner to dedication….

When I used to teach, my goal was to help my students discover new truths …to see the light bulbs blink on when students caught the concept that I was teaching…to understand….and use that information to further explore…to observe what was going on around them…

My poor children, as we traveled or going down the road were always, hearing , “ oh look at that_____!”….

So, if you will bear with me…”look at that plane”….

I went to the dinner for MAF this weekend. Yesterday was a plane dedication…”dedication,you say” ….why dedicate a plane?”

When we dedicate our children to the Lord, we ask God to put his hand of blessing on their lives….we ask those around us to pray for them, to be good examples to them and we ask for prayer for us as parents to be the best we can…to help them grow to be the best they can be In whatever God has planned for them…

Dedicating a plane is similar…Ask God to put his hand of blessing on that plane…that it would carry out the mission that it was built for…help it have a long and safe life….that the pilots be safe, that the people it will serve will give God the glory for its help…

Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Thank YOU….

“MAKING DISCIPLES … AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

Each year, MAF provides aviation services to more than 400 mission agencies, churches, and humanitarian organizations around the world. Without MAF, some of these organizations would be unable to reach the people they serve. Through these partnerships, MAF connects isolated people with vital services and goods while sharing the love of Christ in a tangible way.

This is how we carry out our mission of serving together to bring help, hope, and healing through aviation.”https://maf.org/what-we-do/

“MAF is the world’s largest humanitarian air operator

Mission Aviation Fellowship is the world’s largest humanitarian air operator, flying medical supplies, doctors, and nurses to places no one else can reach and ensuring critical care gets to where it’s needed most.  Your donation means that together, we can bring help, hope and healing to isolated people in need.”https://maf-uk.org

https://idahonews.com/news/local/mission-aviation-fellowship-dedicates-new-airplane-bound-for-congo-charity-africa-drc-cessna-caravan

Send me….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLYKMZE5XL0