Estate sales...

Estate sales....

I have perused three estate sales in the last two weekends..(I actually had a list of what I was looking for)...so not just random stuff...I don't need any more of that...

It felt like I was walking into the past, my grandparents', my parents' and some of my own. One had pictures all around of places we had travelled, trinkets from marketplaces we had walked through...memories ... I wondered what they had talked about when walking those streets in far away places, meandering through the stalls of merchandise or viewed the scenes we had.

Were their stories shared with family members and friends? Did they have a good time? Did they meet some of the people? Did they have adventures besides the ordinary? Did they complete their bucket list?

Another sale was held in a huge shop. It was filled with mounds of fabric, huge bins of  yarn and a tables covered with craft supplies...a daughter spoke of her father who in his later years made over 2500 hand knitted hats to go to various charities who supply clothing to all ages of people...while his wife quilted for the same...from the the amount left, they needed to live another 25 years...

Another sale was filled with medical supplies...a walker, crutches, a variety of left over items used for medical help...I could only surmise that their later years were spent using all these helps...

Each place had a history laid out for purchasers to ponder, choose and buy or not...I wondered what mine will look like... Will the books be something someone can use? The crafts...the furniture? Will they look at my pictures and say, "oh, I remember that place!"?.. Or why in the world did I get this?  Why did she have so many clothes? Why did she save this or that? Oh, here is still something of dad's, grandma's, grandpa's...heirlooms? Or junk? Or these dishes look just like my grandparents/parents...

Stuff...we can't take it with us...to our next destination...it finds it way into another's home either by sales or family care...10% of the people have 90% of the world's goods...

God, you have blessed us with abundance...stuff...but, more than that, Yourself...these trinkets that we hold dear here on earth have little value in the grand scheme of life...our greatest Value is knowing You, offering You to others, depositing our treasures in heaven...Thank YOU...

Ecclesiastes 3:6b....a time to keep and a time to throw away, 

The whole book of Ecclesiastes....

Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 

Plans....

Plans....

Four years ago today, I had just arrived in the town where we were going to bury my husband, have his graveside service and his first memorial ...

The devotional for that day was, "listen to Me continually" and the song that God kept running through my mind was an old one, " Jesus , Jesus , Jesus, there is something About that name" by bill and Gloria Gaither, " Master, Savior, like a fragrance after the rain..."  I still hear it in my mind....as He draws me to Himself...That Name above all names....

But, as I lay there that morning, I was thinking of plans. I hadn't slept very well the night before, going through the day ahead, leaving my husband's body in the ground...seeing family on a hard day, even though it was to be a celebration of life...my father was there, our children were there, friends and associates from years past were to be there....just not my husband...he would have loved the celebration  with all the people gathered...

I look back now, and it was a beautiful day, sunny, friendly, hard..."my" plans 

were shattered, but God's light shone through the darkness...His purpose prevailed...and we are still learning What that might be these years later...we don't have a pat answer nor do we know it all...only God holds that answer...

But, we are striving to follow His plans and live in Him...

Thank YOU that your light is always near...Your guidance is there for the asking...help me to fall into that moment by moment...

Job 17:11-12 My days have passed, my plans are shattered.

Yet the desires of my heart turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near. 

Psalm 33:11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. 

Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. 

Old recipes....

Old recipes....

I went to a potluck luncheon recently. The theme was family or nationality recipes. We definitely showed our European backgrounds, Danish, German, Norwegian, Scottish, Irish, with the dishes dishes that were presented ....

Sauerkraut, potatoes, cabbage, kale, ham, onions... Those cooler weather plants found in Europe.   Other dishes were represented old recipes that we had growing up...lots of jello as well as purchased veggie trays for those who don't really like cooking anymore or simple pickups to which we have become accustomed......the conversations around the food was "where are our ancestors from", "favorite dishes we had growing up", "not cooking like we used to", "not enjoying cooking like we used to" and "cooking for one is not fun"...   

I totally enjoy cooking for my family when I get a chance. I miss the family gathered around the table talking, gathering news from the day, enjoying each person's stories, their smiles, their words, the ambiance of family...when I am dining alone standing at the sink or counter...it just isn't the same...how quickly that time flew when I look back...I realize I didn't cherish it enough...as it fades into the past...

I have my mother in law's recipes, as well as my mother's...of course they are high calorie, full of fat...but made with much love and care... Most made from "scratch" not the multitude of boxes we find in our cupboards now...filled with memories of kitchen fun...

One of my first gifts from my husband was a recipe book on one pot dinners...he loved stews, soups ...and I used that book a lot as I added fresh raw foods from my background...

Fellowship around the family table is part of life for many, breaking bread with visitors...it has been going on for eons of time...thank YOU for the gift of old recipes and family You have given me...

Genesis 19:3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 

Genesis 26:30-31 Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully. 

Genesis 43:16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.” 

Psalm 23:5a You prepare a table before me....

Matthew 26:17-19 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 

He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” 

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. 

Acts 16:34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household. 

Illusions.....

Illusions...

Yesterday I had the privilege to tour the local TV station. The group met some of the local news persons, but the tour was conducted by one of the local weatherman....we all felt like we know him personally as we see him on TV everyday...of course we know him and he must know us as he speaks to us each day...

The TV studios which look big on screen are just backdrops  with cameras pointed at them one after another with a "green" screen at the end...the computers can project pictures on the screen so that it looks like you are in the picture...if you are wearing the matching green, like I happened to be, the picture looks like it goes right through you...or if you have  a piece of matching cloth, you can cover up your body and look headless of whatever...illusions...

The newspersons don't have their lines memorized, they are on a projected screen right in front of them so that it looks like they are talking directly to the audience,,,everything is planned out to the second with a script for each person...and hopefully no glitches...and lots of computers fill every room for different purposes.

The weatherman gets his information from sources all over the world and out of the world with satellite images and predictions...he reads all the computer information, putting together the most up-to-date readings and then gives his weather forecast...all the while knowing that weather can change unpredictably as he speaks...even with the most  modern equipment....we really don't control the weather....

It reminded me of when Jesus was speaking about the red sky in the morning....

Matthew 16:1-3 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. 

He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ 

You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. 

We think we know the answers, but really only God knows and controls ....we are under the illusion that we know it all...and don't....we see only a small portion of God's creation, but feel we have the answers...just like the TV station studios, we see something big, but it is small, giving the illusion of bigness... 

The sureness we have is that God is real, He loves us and desires that we know Him..

 John 3:16-17, 21 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 

But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. 

Thank YOU....for Your truth ....You are not an illusion....

Polio....

Polio.....

The other evening, my family was discussing  childhood vaccinations. Babies still receive them  which helps not only themselves but those around them...

I remember as a child, going to a small rural school. We were bussed about 20 miles away to a larger school where we stood in long slow moving lines awaiting our shots.  I hated shots so much and still do not like them even after years of practice...I was only 6 or 7 years old and my parents weren't with me, other children were crying and screaming as we passed through the nurses who were administering those dreaded shots..on our way back to our seats in the busses...that was the method then of getting shots against the dreaded disease of polio...

During that time, as well, I was scheduled for a tonsillectomy...they were continually inflamed and I visited the doctor countless times as well as home visits for tonsillitis...so the plan was to have them removed...

We arrived at the hospital only to be turned away due to the capacity filling of the rooms with polio patients...I remember being overjoyed and scared at the same time...the tonsillectomy was rescheduled in another hospital.

Polio was a worldwide problem and we all knew someone who was affected by this horrible disease...we saw pictures of people in "iron lungs" or saw them in the hospital...machines that would breath for the patients, wheel chairs to help people become mobile after losing their limbs to the ravages of the disease...and now these people have brittle bones which break easily from the after affects...

It was no laughing matter....

Wikipedia, "Polio (also called poliomyelitis) is a contagious, historically devastating disease that was virtually eliminated from the Western hemisphere in the second half of the 20th century. Although polio has been around since ancient times, its most extensive outbreak occurred in the first half of the 1900s until the polio vaccine was introduced in 1955.

At the height of the polio epidemic in 1952, nearly 60,000 cases with more than 3,000 deaths were reported in the United States alone. However, with widespread vaccination, wild-type polio, or polio occurring through natural infection, was eliminated from the United States by 1979 and the Western hemisphere by 1991."

We have had many diseases over the eons of time, the plague, yellow fever, AIDS, Ebola,  leprosy...to name a few...some are lifestyle choices, while others are mysteries...some have said they are God's judgements, but mostly they are part of our dying planet and the natural consequences of death in our bodies...God allows them to get our attention to focus on Him (my opinion)...He can heal as He chooses...He makes those choices...he has provided the science of medicine and research to find cures for some and not others...

We are in His hands...thank YOU that we can find comfort in You through the afflictions that we face...

Job 36:15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;he speaks to them in their affliction.

Lamentations 3:33 For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone. 

Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 

2 Corinthians 4:16-17 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 

Caught ......released....

Caught...and released...

Israel released from Egypt ...

Gomer sold as a slave...

Prisoners, hostages set free...

Woman caught in adultery...

Woman cleaning Jesus' feet with tears, oil and her hair...

Cancer free...

Each of these statements/ stories/ events have a sense of freedom from the release after being "caught" in whatever situation they were a part....

Israel released from the bondage of slavery in Egypt ....

Gomer purchased out of prostitution by her husband, Hosea ...

Prisoners / hostages set free from varying situations...

The woman caught in adultery, set free by Jesus...

The words "cancer free" after a long battle...this could be the disease is gone or the body has been released from this earthly realm....

Each has a story...caught and released...even the fishing streams where "catch and release " is the norm...

Four years ago today,  my husband entered into a comma where he drew his final earthly breaths and was released from this world, from this diseased body to enter into the heavenly realm...he had been caught by cancer and was released into a perfect body, not on earth, but in heaven...

Our family was caught by disease as well only to be released into grief and a new path in our lives...to say that it was a hard journey is an understatement...the bumps have been many, but we have, by God's grace,

survived...

Israel was taken into a new land, flowing with "milk and honey" after their desert journey ...

Gomer was reunited with a loving husband...

The woman caught in adultery was set free and not stoned after facing her judges and the One who could truly set her free...

There is hope in the "release"... Freedom of sorts in each one...different..but release ...Grace...a future...in God's hands...

Thank YOU...only You can release us from our bondages to whatever direction you have for us... 

John 8:3-11 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. 

They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 

When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 

Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 

“No one, sir,” she said.“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” 

Hosea 3:1 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” 

Struggling....with sin...

Struggling....with sin...

I have to admit that I have been struggling these last few days...have been working through Hosea's admonishments to Israel, their sins, what that says to me in my life...what are my sins that God wants to expose ....and then our pastor is dealing with Christian Atheism and that is  hitting hard as well...what is God saying to my heart and life...I feel so unworthy to even be sharing life through blogs...on one hand, but feel compelled to do it on the other hand...who am I to even share...

This verse woke with me this morning...as I seek out what to write...

Isaiah 6:5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” 

Followed by these...

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 

Isaiah 1:17-18 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. “Come now, let us settle the matter,”says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. 

I want my journey with God to be Christlike, holy, forgiven, ....to be on His path, not my own...His words, not mine...refined...

Revelation 3:15-19 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. 

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 

Thank YOU that you use so many avenues to speak to,our hearts...that You love us so much to discipline....thank YOU...

Half baked and ridiculed....

Half baked and ridiculed....

This chapter in Hosea has so many pictures; bakers, adulterers, senseless flocks that could describe me, those around me, our nation or just Israel ...or have no reference at all, empty words...

But, God's word is given for ....

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ....

Could these words be a rebuke of my behavior, our country's,  our world's behavior and rejection? If so, do I need correcting, training in righteousness? Or our country ???  Oh, yes...these words dig deep into my soul, our country's heart...exposed, sinful, wicked, lies, double hearted, half hearted, turning away from the One who provided/trained, deceived, insolent, ridiculed, following after false gods...

These words don't just apply to Israel of long ago, or even currently...they apply aptly to my heart...as well as the country that was founded on Christian principles not so long ago or the world population....and God says He will remember their evil deeds...not just ours but those who have turned their back on Him...anywhere ....

There will come a time of judgement, when all the world will acknowledge that He, indeed, is LORD of all....

Thank YOU for Your Word, both to rebuke my soul and correct my thinking, my heart...I pray that your Word does not go unheard wherever it is given...

Hosea 7:1-16 1 whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed.

They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets; but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. 

Their sins engulf them; they are always before me. 

"They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies. 

They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises. 

On the day of the festival of our king, the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers. 

Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue.

Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. 

All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers.

All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me. 

“Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over. Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it.

His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice. 

Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,but despite all this he does not return to the Lord his God Or search for him.

 “Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless—now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria. 

When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.

When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them. 

Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! 

Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! 

I long to redeem them but they speak about me falsely. 

They do not cry out to me from their heartsbut wail on their beds.

They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine,

but they turn away from me. 

I trained them and strengthened their arms,

but they plot evil against me. 

They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow.

Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words.

For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt. 

Obsession...

..Obsessions....

What are my obsessions?

This is a hard core reality check...

In her study of Hosea, Jennifer Rothschild*, basically asks this  question to her  readers...

What do we "desire, dwell on, defend, dedicate, deny and depend"???

Whoa, I don't want to answer those questions...then truth sets in, God whispers, "let's examine these, bring these to the light of day...where am I in this picture?.."

What activities, thoughts, actions do I do that place themselves higher than God in my life???

Each person will have a different answer and each person will have an answer when digging deep enough...we are not perfect by any means and God will help us dig deep...He want truthfulness in our lives as well,  and we/I need to lay them out...hand them over to the REAL God...

We may laugh at the idols, handmade, covered with gold or whatever of others, enshrined,  but I have some as well... Not something I sit on a shrine for others to see but, something that is just as worshipped in my life ...something I desire; I dwell on; something I defend; something I dedicate time, resources to; something I deny or depend upon....reality check...who or what takes my time away from the things God has planned...my way...

Exodus 34:17 “Do not make any idols. 

Leviticus 19:4 “‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God. 

1 Samuel 12:21, 24 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. 

But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. 

Psalm 106:36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. 

Isaiah 42:8 “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. 

Jonah 2:8 “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. 

1 John 5:21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. 

Thank You, Jennifer,  for your truth seeking, your admonishment ....your sharing with your lessons...

thank YOU, Father, for wanting to be so involved in my life, truth giving, convicting, through Your Word and Spirit ...help me to dig deep, examine and eliminate the idols which I hide away, worship and ignore in the light of day...

*Hosea, by Jennifer Rothschild, Lifeway Press, 2015.

Did I really do or think that???

Did I really do or think that?

There are times, many times, when I surprise myself with the sin that is hidden or not so hidden....times when pride puffs up...errant thoughts surface,  unkindness exhibits...selfishness prevails ....or innumerable bad attitudes take over....they just come bubbling out, spewing their awfulness all over myself and anyone who happens to be near...ugh.....did I really do, say or think that??? Did I really act that way?....but, but....where did it come from?? I am supposed to be this "good" person, a Christian...Oh, Father, forgive me ....again and again...I am not perfect and won't ever be here on earth...

I was thinking that recently ....things that I don't want others to discover ...But God saw my heart and conviction followed quickly, forgiveness was there in a word...sins were covered...God is faithful...Thank YOU...

1 John 1:9-10 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. 

Psalm 51:1-4, 7-10, 12 Have mercy on me, O God,according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassionblot out my transgressions.

 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 

Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.

 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. 

Create in me a pure heart, O God,and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of your salvationand grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”? 

 Hebrews 10:22-23 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 

I am the Lord your God...

I am the LORD your God....

I was reading this am ...and this phrase came up several times..."I am the Lord your God"... Reminding me that He is the Lord my God...there is none other and He desires to stay that and not be put on a shelf or ignored in a multitude of ways each hour of each day... 

Nothing else or no one else could or should take that First place in my or anyone else's life...He is the first and Last, never ending, always there, always loving, all knowing, all powerful God...no one made Him, no one can destroy Him, no one or nothing even comes close to what He is, has been or will be...

He is without time or constraint, He is...and will always be...He is, a true fact...no lies can make Him go away, no armies can fight the way He does...

He speaks and it comes to be, by the very words He says...

I am the LORD your God...what a comforting and awesome phrase...

Thank YOU, even though there are not enough words to express that "thank YOU".

Genesis 26:24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.” 

Leviticus 11:44 I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground. 

Leviticus 18:4 You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God. 

Isaiah 41:13 For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear;I will help you. 

Isaiah 48:17 This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. 

Ezekiel 34:31 You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’” 

Joel 2:27 Then you will know that I am in Israel,that I am the Lord your God,and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed. 

Ignorance is not bliss...neither is rejection...

Ignorance is not bliss.....nor is rejection...

More Hosea...

There are consequences to "ignorance " and rejection...loss so unfathomable that it is hard even to imagine...

Hosea 4:6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

“Because you have rejected knowledge,

I also reject you as my priests;

because you have ignored the law of your God,

I also will ignore your children. 

Hosea 4:14b—a people without understanding will come to ruin! 

Hosea 2:8 She ( could be Israel...me, you) has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold—which they used for Baal. 

Hosea 11:3-4 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them. I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love.To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them. 

When I think my rejection of the Word not only effects generations that I will not know but those whom I know right now...and I realize that each has a free will to choose...but I don't want that burden of guilt...

God is the only sustainer, giver of life, lover of souls, redeemer, Saviour , healer, comforter...He has led and continues to lead...He continues to pursue and desires that none should perish...He gave His Son that all may have eternal life through faith in Him...

thank YOU that are there are the time....waiting patiently...to bless...

Deuteronomy 5:8-10 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 

but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. 

Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation,  your mighty acts to all who are to come.