Solo flight …2…

I did make my solo flight…

I went to Tucson for a Mission Aviation Fellowship conference…flying down Thursday, coming home Sunday…meeting one of my daughters there…

I have gone to these several times, a yearly get together to be pampered, encouraged about what this international organization group does to share the gospel to people groups around the world…those who are literally at the ends of the earth…flying their planes into remote areas for medical help, food supplies, teachers, even boxes of Operation Christmas Child boxes for the children, etc…

Their mission is to teach the love of Jesus by the things they do and say…

But, the meetings are more than this to me…hearing their stories gets my mindset out of my three bedroom home and sets it on things above…good things are happening around the world for Jesus, for the good of the world, for the good of mankind…

It makes me think of what the Word says in Philippians 4:

8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Not only that , Paul told the people in various churches to pray for one another, to encourage one another, to bear with one another…and that wasn’t just the neighbor next door but also for those far away as well…and they sent gifts to those far away, too.

I met so many people who are searching out ways to serve others…to be proactive in being a part of God’s kingdom in unique ways….whether here in the states or around the world…a MAF plane takes off every 16 minutes somewhere in the world to help others….

(A side bonus/blessing for me personally was being prayed for these last few years from all over the world…as well as praying for others in their places around the world…who can say no to that?)

Thank YOU, God for the ways you work in this world…you provide ways to reach everyone with your redemptive story…

Reach the world….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JsQZQvsSe0

https://maf.org

 

Star gazing…

One evening of this conference was spent out under the stars…gazing at the universe… a young man brought out his HUGE telescope, a big screen, computers…and various other equipment…he would turn his telescope at various bodies in the sky, enlarge and show us a multitude of details…colors,  forms, shapes, , their neighbors, sizes..etc…what an amazing sight…

He talked in quadra  millions of miles, not just the neighbor next door…and they haven’t even gotten to the end, the sizes and number or whole galaxies..

When you try to think how big God is, he is beyond our comprehension…think about how many names he has to come up with as they re all named..

He is big enough for the uinverse, but yet HE knows us by name as well…our salvation, redemption is important to him…we are important to Him…he create us after His image for fellowship…our creation outweighs the stars….he wanted to commune with us…

It boggles the mind…the stars add melody, beauty to our lives, but He adds life…

Thank YOU..

Genesis 1:16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

Genesis 15:5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Job22:12 “Is not God high in the heavens?

    See the highest stars, how lofty they are!

Try to th8nk Psalm 8:3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

Psalm 147:4 He determines the number of the stars;

    he gives to all of them their names.

He’s everything to me…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMVmJjbjh0w

 Comfort verses…

Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? (Isaiah 43:18-19a MSG)

Hope delayed makes the heart sick; longing fulfilled is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12 CEB).

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting (Psalm 139:23-24 NIV).

But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you (Psalm 88:13 NIV).

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12 NIV). 

I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you (Isaiah 44:22 NKJV).

Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand (Psalm 37:24 NIV). 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (Hebrews 12:1 ESV).

Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things (Colossians 3:2 NIV).

So we do not give up. Our body gets weak, but our heart gets new strength day after day (2 Corinthians 4:16 WE).

You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete (James 2:22 NLT).

Thank YOU…

Psalm 88 song…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGf7GwzPKJo

 Hate….

When I awakened this am, I didn’t really want to watch the news…

There has been so much name calling, disrespect, hatred generated by the elections..it is hard to watch…and it only seems to be getting worse over time…hatred for cultures, countries, governments, our fellow citizens….

The word “hate” is used over 150 times in the Word…hatred toward one another for one reason or another, and what God hates…

What does God hate….

Proverbs 6:16 There are six things that the Lord hates,

    seven that are an abomination to him:

17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,

    and hands that shed innocent blood,

18 a heart that devises wicked plans,

    feet that make haste to run to evil,

19 a false witness who breathes out lies,

    and one who sows discord among brothers.

And this is exactly who we live among…

The Brightest light is God…and realizing that He is the Blessed Controller of all…He is victorious and has been through time and into time eternal…

Those who oppose Him, will not reign anywhere forever…

2 Corinthians 9: 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Galatians 5: 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 

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!

8 Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Thank YOU…

Victory in Jesus…

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

 Cheerful giving…

Exodus 12: 33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.; 

Exodus 25: 25 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair, 5 tanned rams' skins, goatskins, acacia wood, 6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

Exodus 36: 5 and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.” 6 So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing, 7 for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.

2Corinthians 9: 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. …11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

Romans 12:4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Thank YOU….

Thank you…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVzeS5i8WQ

 

Solo flight….

I am making my first solo flight this week to go to a conference in Tucson…when I look back on the last three years, I would never have thought I would do this again…it used to be no big deal to fly somewhere, travel, go on a cruise, visit family…etc…now I am not as strong, needing plenty of rest, watching every step, but, am hoping to do this…

When I look back over those same years, there were thousands of prayers, cards and calls of encouragement, visits from friends and family…an excessive amount of doctor visits, etc…God was there all the time…I was afraid, I admit it, I did have peace as well…

Now trying an old/new adventure and I will have family at the other end of my flight to help me through…and there is anxiety, I admit…but will move forward as I can…

Don’t we all do this…go through the “what ifs”, the questions…then land right back with Jesus as our guide, the Holy Spirit speaking counsel to our hearts…

Thank YOU…

Psalm 56: 3 When I am afraid,

    I put my trust in you.

Psalm 94: 19 When the cares of my heart are many,

    your consolations cheer my soul.

Psalm 27: 8 You have said, “Seek my face.”

My heart says to you,

    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”

Peace…peace…

God of all my days..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkZE8AogDE

 

 

Upholds…

No comments…just letting these words sink in…

Psalm 37:23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord,

    when he delights in his way;

24 though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,

    for the Lord upholds his hand.

Isaiah 49: 16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;

    your walls are continually before me.

Psalm 54: 4 Behold, God is my helper;

    the Lord is the upholder of my life.

Psalm 63: 8 My soul clings to you;

    your right hand upholds me.

Psalm 145: [The Lord is faithful in all his words

    and kind in all his works.]

14 The Lord upholds all who are falling

    and raises up all who are bowed down.

Hebrews 1: 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,

“You are my Son,
    today I have begotten you”?

Or again,

“I will be to him a father,
    and he shall be to me a son”?

6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,

“Let all God's angels worship him.”

7 Of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels winds,
    and his ministers a flame of fire.”

8 But of the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
    the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

10 And,

“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you are the same,
    and your years will have no end.”

Thank YOU…

You uphold me…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTX9WJiYKdU