Posted on 07/13/2019 5:00:33 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Bible in a Year : Psalms 1012; Acts 19:120
The one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. Revelation 4:3
When Xavier McCoury put on the glasses Aunt Celena sent for his tenth birthday, he burst into tears. Born colorblind, Xavier had only ever seen the world in shades of gray, white, and black. With his new EnChroma glasses, however, Xavier saw color for the first time. His euphoria at witnessing the beauty around him made his family feel like theyd beheld a miracle.
Witnessing Gods colorfully radiant brilliance also evoked a powerful reaction in the apostle John (Revelation 1:17). After encountering the full glory of the resurrected Christ, John glimpsed a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. . . . From the throne came flashes of lightning (Revelation 4:25).
In a different time, Ezekiel had a similar vision, seeing what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, with a figure above the throne who looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire (Ezekiel 1:2627). This magnificent figure was surrounded with rainbow-like radiance (v. 28).
One day we will meet Christ face-to-face. These visions give us just a hint of the magnificence that awaits us. As we celebrate the beauty of Gods creation here and now, may we live in anticipation of the glory yet to be revealed.
What response does the color and beauty of creation evoke in you? How can you express your gratitude to God for His wonderful gift?
Father, words fail us when we try to imagine what we will experience when we meet You face-to-face. Thank You for the small hints of Your beauty You have placed in our world.
Have blessed Lord’s Day, everyone.
Kneel for God and stand for the National Anthem!
Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS))))
Have a Blessed Sunday.
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Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Kids make it home and take back their dog? They have lots of cool stories?
Good luck in Denver. Heard strange first hand stories about DIA so stay above ground as much as possible.
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Thanks Kathy! Yes home and dog gone.
They really enjoyed DC and the memorials.
They said fireworks were hard to see due to so much smoke from them.
But all in all a good trip for them
Ah, the treacherous flatteries.
They are terrible, because they blind us; they blunt our sense of when things are starting to get worse (though not yet irretrievable, by the grace of God).
That might be one of the bigger untold stories of how the Democrats got undermined. Nobody dares speak evil of Social Justice War as we know it today with all its misguided secular jousting at windmills and counterproductive secular answers. Nobody dares speak evil of it. Instead, the lying compliments fly. The result is a whole gaggle of blind men and women.
If this phoniness could be displaced with the kind of social justice that God kept talking about, based in the houses of faith and not in the houses of parliaments, then maybe, just maybe, scales would fall from Democrat eyes.
Thanks, lightman
And a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
All well in the weather department?
A “million dollar day” with crystal clear skies, low humidity, heavy dew from a low in the 60’s with a high briefly hitting the low 80’s.
Can I have some more, please?
Gotta add...first home grown squash casserole (sliced squash, melted butter, Italian cheese blend topped with bread crumbs in melted butter) of the season, with “55 day” squash from seeds planted just 50 days ago.
Yes, that kind of mega growing season!
GOD BE PRAISED!
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.
Did you get enough rain to send me some?
At least the temps have come down and a little of the smoke is clearing...I can actually see a cloud instead of just smoke.
Good evening, Janey, and Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Have safe flights. Stay away from Barry.
Well doing local stuff like DIA to Bozeman then back then to Missoula, then back, then to LAS, then back, then to SLC then back, overnight in DIA then doing it again.
Hai Kathy (((HUGS))) Will be mostly local stuff like from Denver to Bozeman, then back to Denver then up to Missoula, then back to Denver, then up to Bismark then back, then off to LV and back. Short stuff but builds hours.
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