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16 Thus says the LORD:
“Stand by the roads, and look,
and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
hand find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Je 6:16.
Ever-Present Love
Deuteronomy 31:6; Psalm 71:5
Mountains, when in darkness hidden, are as real as in day, and God’s love is as true to you now as it was in your brightest moments.
CHARLES SPURGEON
Elliot Ritzema and Elizabeth Vince, eds., 300 Quotations for Preachers from the Modern Church (Pastorum Series; Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2013).
I’m not stuck. I chose to be here.
Suspended between motion and control,
I turn stillness into presence.
1 Timothy 1:15
15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Ti 1:15.
I Am the Good Shepherd
10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, che will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is ha hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because khe is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and tthey will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 10:1–18.
Luke 11:9–13 (ESV)
9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
help find Ansy's marbles! Pretty please!!
image 3 of 3.
thanks Mel for being my tripod today when I didn't bring my tripod out to play. She just held it and I pressed the self-timer button and quickly ran off.... hehe....
funnily enough today's church sermon was on the parable of the Lost Coin.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOJXier3vm4
My Ransom
What fear can overtake my vision
What doubt can overcome my faith
What strife can silence all my singing
Lord, your wounds have paid my ransom
What thief can steal my hearts possession
What power can overwhelm my soul
What shame can silence my confession
Lord, Your wounds have paid my ransom
And what unspeakable mercy
Has emptied heaven’s reserve
And what Redeemer so worthy
Has covered sin with such love
And what unsearchable riches
Far beyond You, my words
Lord, Your wounds
What lie can sever what is certain
What storm can wash away my hope
What threat of death can take my freedom
Lord, Your wounds have paid my ransom
And what unspeakable mercy
Has emptied heaven’s reserve
And what Redeemer so worthy
Has covered sin with such love
And what unsearchable riches
Far beyond You, my words
Lord, Your wounds
Written by Phil Madiera, Cindy Morgan / Cliff Duren. Sheet music available from JW Pepper.
About the Performers
Doxology is the a cappella vocal ensemble of the Department of Biblical Worship at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. Doxology performs for various churches and colleges across the United States and sings a variety of styles, including traditional, a cappella, jazz, and gospel, all of which are represented in O Great Redeemer. The album was engineered by Steve Cook of Sovereign Grace Ministries.
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
9 Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from jspeaking deceit.
14 Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and lpursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ps 34:8–15.
Song of Solomon 4:8
8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride;
come with me from Lebanon.
Depart from the peak of Amana,
from the peak of Senir and Hermon,
from the dens of lions,
from the mountains of leopards.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), So 4:8.
And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you. Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying, ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you—for your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’
(2 Chronicles 20:5-9 ESV)
architect's own house, hellebæk, 1950-1952.
architect: jørn utzon.
here she is, a small house, yet expansive; monumental in conception, humble in materials; built in the middle of a forest, but raised on a low platform as if standing back slightly from nature, viewing it rather than being part of it.
from the lecture notes of kay fisker, utzon's teacher at the royal academy, we know that he would quote voysey's 1906 book, "reason as the basis of art":
"the sense of order conveyed by breath of surfaces and reposeful arrangement does suggest qualities akin to faithfulness, simplicity and selfcontrol. we do not naturally value simplicity in ourselves. to have travelled much, to be versatile and cosmopolitan in our tastes and complex in our behavior, is to most people more attractive than simplicity of character and conduct which, to aquire in these days, needs strong will and independent thought."
I am reminded of utzon's house by these words - it could never have happened without the English freestyle in the first place. yet contrary to voysey's rant, utzon appears to have learnt simplicity from his travels. today, such a claim is as absurd as voysey made it sound in 1906 but following the horrors of the second world war and the european selfdestruction, the idea of travelling the world to find a natural way to live and a natural way to build must have made a lot of sense.
utzon himself wrote, "the simple, primitive life in the country, trips into the mountains with skis or guns, sailing trips, a few weeks together with Arabs in the mountains and the desert, a visit to north america and mexico, the lifestyle of the Indians - all this has formed the basis for the way of life my wife and I have wanted to lead, and thus for the design of the house".
the house was listed in 2005. www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.htm?sag=26904023
Enduring Faith (2 Cor 4:7-12, 16-18)
I am afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in my body. For I who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in my mortal flesh. So death is at work in me, but life in Christ…. SO I DO NOT LOSE HEART. Though my outer self is wasting away, my inner self his being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for me an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as I look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Thanksgiving Rainy Sunday Lunchtime, Clearly My Dogs Get More Steak Meat Than I Do! - IMRAN™
I love eating but I don’t cook and have zero interest in cooking. Throwing a filet mignon or some burgers on the grill, or air frying a salmon filet, or throwing a large piece of meat with spices & veggies in a 24-hours slow cooker, or making southwestern chicken fiesta zesty scrambled eggs are about all that I can do.
Even one of these options I won’t do more than once in a month maybe. However, Thanksgiving weekend Sunday, with rain outside, seemed like a good day to dine in. I decided to have a steak meal with my awesome German Shepherd Dogs.
I love their self-control and discipline even when they know what’s on the kitchen counter. Good boys. Clearly they get much more steak meat than I do. 😃 Well-deserved, don’t you think?
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