Giant trees….

 

Giant trees…

Part of my growing up years were near the Redwood trees in Southern California. Then we moved to Northern California and we lived in the huge redwoods there…after I got married, we lived near and in the great red cedars and fir used for building

 homes, until  we set up residence in the sagebrush of Nevada…a far cry from the giant trees….if you have ever visited the Northern California coast, you find the trees very impressive to say the least…with drive-through slots cut out and thick bark, giant trees reaching for the heavens….

I thought of these amazing creations…as I read this Psalm…and the power of God’s voice…his words spoke into creation…it is powerful, more than our finite minds can ever fathom…he doesn’t have to mold or fashion…his words alone create…they are majestic …strength giving…and in the other hand they give us peace….

Thank YOU…

Theme of Psalm 29…God’s great power…he helps us weather the storms of life…

 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. 

The voice of the Lord is over the waters;the God of glory thunders,the Lord, over many waters. 

The voice of the Lord is powerful;the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon. 

He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,and Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire. 

The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 

The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare,and in his temple all cry, “Glory!” 

The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;the Lord sits enthroned as king forever. 

May the Lord give strength to his people!

May the Lord bless his people with peace!

Ps.29.1-11

“The cedars of Lebanon were giant trees that could grow up to 120 feet tall and 30 feet in circumference…a voice that could break the cedars if Lebanon would be truly a powerful voice…the voice of God…when  you feel weak and limited don’t despair…remember that .god can give you strength. The power that controls creation and raises the dead is avail to you…” Bible study notes…

Pslam 29 song…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbsbBq-q2D8&list=RDPbsbBq-q2D8&start_radio=1

Black Friday…

Black Friday….

I am not usually a Black Friday shopper, as in being at a particular store at 5 or 6  am for the bargain of the year…if I am supposed to have it, it will be there at noon…or later…

This is the time of the year, I stock up socks and/or underwear for operation Christmas child boxes, as one store has those items 1/2 off for this day only…so late afternoon is my time for that excursion…no crowds…

But, I had to find out where the term came from and there are several references about it…some good ideas and some not so good…kind of a checkered past…but, it still goes on…we look for bargains when we can…

I think of this verse whenever I get a great bargain…the buyer wants a bargain, so he tries to barter down the price…only to boast when he wins…

 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,but when he goes away, then he boasts.

Prov.20.14

Bottom line, God gives the funds, we are to be wise stewards, bringing glory to His kingdom, laying up eternal treasures, not loving money….there is no room for a trailer of “stuff” we accumulated…God is already at work on our eternal home….and we probably won’t need discounted socks or underwear…but those given in Jesus’ name may have brought someone into the kingdom…

 In my Father's house are many rooms. 

If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

John.14.2-3

Thank YOU….

Silver and gold ….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZO9BPkqyCU&list=RDhZO9BPkqyCU&start_radio=1

https://www.history.com/articles/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

https://www.gotquestions.org/saving-money.html 

Thankful prayers…

 Thankful prayers….

“Thanksgiving” is the word today…

But, life can be so much better if we are daily filled with thanksgiving, gratefulness, gratitude, grace…God’s peace come with giving thanksgiving….what a treasure we miss without thanksgiving….

 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

2Cor.4.15

 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. 

And be thankful. 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Col.3.15,Col.3.16,Col.3.17

 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

1Tim.4.4-5

Thank YOU….

Thank you song…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zRCupFFF5k&list=RD_zRCupFFF5k&start_radio=1

https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/25-short-thanksgiving-prayers-and-blessings-for-expressing-gratitude-around-the-dinner-table.html

Anger…

 Anger…

I was watching the news and the Secretary of Transportation was speaking about bring civility back into air travel…what a concept!

I wish more people would practice that…being kind, showing kindness, kind words would all be welcomed in society…I thought growing up that that was the way to act…swearing was not allowed, name calling a no-no, rudeness had no place…now it all seems so “acceptable “…the “wrongs “ have taken over the rights…and the “rights “ are now seen as wrong…where did civility go?

In the ESV translation  of the Bible the word anger is used 269 times…some very legitimate, while others are warnings….

Thank YOU…

A few….

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

Ps.37.8

 And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

Exod.32.22 

 ‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’

Num.14.18

 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites,

Judg.10.7

 “The godless in heart cherish anger;they do not cry for help when he binds them.

Job.36.13

 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Ps.86.15, 103:8

 A soft answer turns away wrath,but a harsh word stirs up anger. A gentle tongue is a tree of life,but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Prov.15.1,Prov.15.4

 A man of wrath stirs up strife,and one given to anger causes much transgression.

Prov.29.22

 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place,for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

Eccl.10.4

 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.His way is in whirlwind and storm,and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Nah.1.3

 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Eph.4.26,Eph.4.31,Eph.4:32

 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

1Tim.2.8

 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Jas.1.19-20

Fruit of the spirit…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RscbNxlMkvc&list=RDRscbNxlMkvc&start_radio=1&pp=ygUYZnJ1aXQgb2YgdGhlIHNwaXJpdCBzb25noAcB

Psalm 36:5-9…

 Psalm 36:5-9….God’s loved poured out…

I was reading this , this morning…God’s love poured out , his faithfulness, his righteousness, his light…there are just days I need to be reminded…and his Word is the place to go…

Thank YOU….

 5.  Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,your faithfulness to the clouds. 

6. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;

your judgments are like the great deep;

man and beast you save, O Lord. 

 It is higher than heaven—what can you do?Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Job.11.8

 Your way was through the sea,your path through the great waters;yet your footprints were unseen.

Ps.77.19

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

 Rom.11.33

7. How precious is your steadfast love, O God!

The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 

 The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”

Ruth.2.12

 Keep me as the apple of your eye;hide me in the shadow of your wings,

Ps.17.8

8.  They feast on the abundance of your house,and you give them drink from the river of your delights. 

 Blessed is the one you choose and bring near,to dwell in your courts!We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,the holiness of your temple!

Ps.65.4

 He will not look upon the rivers,the streams flowing with honey and curds.

Job.20.17

 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. 

The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 

No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. 

They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

Rev.22.1-5

9. For with you is the fountain of life;

in your light do we see light.

 Ps.36.5-9

 for my people have committed two evils:they have forsaken me,the fountain of living waters,and hewed out cisterns for themselves,broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Jer.2.13

 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1Pet.2.9

 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Prov.10.11

 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,that one may turn away from the snares of death.

Prov.13.14

  The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,that one may turn away from the snares of death.

Prov.14.27

 Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it,but the instruction of fools is folly.

Prov.16.22

Be exalted …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FwvEBULwIQ&list=RD8FwvEBULwIQ&start_radio=1

 

Fret….

 Fret….

: to cause to suffer emotional strain : VEX

: to pass (time) in fretting

: to eat or gnaw into : CORRODE

also : FRAY Merriam Webster….

I liked these definitions of “Fret”….especially the “corrode” one…

When you think about fretting over someone, something, worrying it like a dog with a bone…corrode is a great picture…we are eating or gnawing on something that takes our time, energy and attention with poor outcome….God has already taken care of it….

 Fret not yourself because of evildoers;be not envious of wrongdoers! 

For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!

Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Ps.37.1,Ps.37.2,Ps.37.8

Thank YOU….

Psalm 37 song…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjcKcLiSEKo&list=RDrjcKcLiSEKo&start_radio=1

Psalm 37

 Psalm 37….

This psalm, for me, dredges up a lot of bad memories. But, on the other hand it pulls up a lot of faith lessons and how God, in bad circumstances, worked in my husband’s and my lives during some rough periods of time…

For several years we were in business with another, who was embezzling funds…when we finally awakened to what was happening, we spent countless hours going over books, praying for wisdom, sleepless nights, talking to accountants and lawyers until we came to the the conclusion of what we were going to do about…a place of peace for what we decided was the best plan for us…we saw our lawyers, signed dissolutions papers and walked away… and that decision was based on this psalm…not fretting, relying on God to take care of the problem his way…and He has…looking back, I am so thankful that we didn’t take revenge in our own way…

God took care of it…

Thank YOU….

He will carry you…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4tovcA5i7k&list=RDU4tovcA5i7k&start_radio=1

 Fret not yourself because of evildoers;be not envious of wrongdoers! 

For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. 

Trust in the Lord, and do good;dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. 

Delight yourself in the Lord,and he will give you the desires of your heart. 

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

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! 

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!

Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. 

For the evildoers shall be cut off,but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. 

In just a little while, the wicked will be no more;though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. 

But the meek shall inherit the landand delight themselves in abundant peace. 

The wicked plots against the righteousand gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked,for he sees that his day is coming. 

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bowsto bring down the poor and needy,to slay those whose way is upright; their sword shall enter their own heart,and their bows shall be broken. 

Better is the little that the righteous has-than the abundance of many wicked. 

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,but the Lord upholds the righteous. 

The Lord knows the days of the blameless,and their heritage will remain forever; they are not put to shame in evil times;in the days of famine they have abundance. 

But the wicked will perish;the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures;they vanish—like smoke they vanish away. The wicked borrows but does not pay back,but the righteous is generous and gives; for those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land,but those cursed by him shall be cut off. 

The steps of a man are established by the Lord,when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,for the Lord upholds his hand. 

I have been young, and now am old,yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. 

He is ever lending generously,and his children become a blessing. Turn away from evil and do good;so shall you dwell forever. 

For the Lord loves justice;he will not forsake his saints.

They are preserved forever,but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. 

The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever. 

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,and his tongue speaks justice. 

The law of his God is in his heart;his steps do not slip. The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death. 

The Lord will not abandon him to his power or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial. 

Wait for the Lord and keep his way,and he will exalt you to inherit the land;you will look on when the wicked are cut off. 

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,spreading himself like a green laurel tree. 

But he passed away, and behold, he was no more;though I sought him, he could not be found. 

Mark the blameless and behold the upright,for there is a future for the man of peace. 

But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;the future of the wicked shall be cut off. 

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;he is their stronghold in the time of trouble. 

The Lord helps them and delivers them;he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,because they take refuge in him.

Ps.37.1-40