Posted on 09/24/2020 4:51:42 PM PDT by fatima
Thanks Mike .
Bible in a Year:
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm.
I stood amazed at the hundreds of thousands of padlocks, many engraved with the initials of sweethearts, attached to every imaginable part of the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris. The pedestrian bridge across the Seine River was inundated with these symbols of love, a couples declaration of forever commitment. In 2014, the love locks were estimated to weigh a staggering fifty tons and had even caused a portion of the bridge to collapse, necessitating the locks removal.
The presence of so many love locks points to the deep longing we have as human beings for assurance that love is secure. In Song of Songs, an Old Testament book that depicts a dialogue between two lovers, the woman expresses her desire for secure love by asking her beloved to place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm (Song of Songs 8:6). Her longing was to be as safe and secure in his love as a seal impressed on his heart or a ring on his finger.
The longing for enduring romantic love expressed in Song of Songs points us to the New Testament truth in Ephesians that we are marked with the seal of Gods Spirit (1:13). While human love can be fickle, and locks can be removed from a bridge, Christs Spirit living in us is a permanent seal demonstrating Gods never-ending, committed love for each of His children.
How have you experienced the secure love of your heavenly Father? How might you allow His love to guide and encourage you today?
Heavenly Father, thank You that even though the security of human love often remains elusive, Your love for me is strong, steadfast, and eternal.
You’re welcome. Good to see you!
Great thread tonight,I have to run.Thanks Everyone for your help with the Troop Thread,God bless,Fatima
"Let's Burn Down the Cornfield" - Randy Newman and Ry Cooder
Hi Fatima.
“Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M
Others:
Fight Fire with Fire by Metallica
Light My Fire by the Doors
Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash
We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel
Fire on the mountain - Grateful Dead
Burn one down- Ben Harper
Add:
“Firestarter” by Prodigy
“Fire on the Mountain”
Grateful Dead
Well, their music lives on.
~ Tell Us Your Favorite "Smoke or Fire" Songs ~
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That guy knew how to write a ballad.
Verses 14 and 15 of 19:
He cursed once or twice in a whisper
And he said with a snarl on his lips
Nobody's Mister to me, little man!
And he grabbed for the gun on his hip
But the little man's hand was like lightning
The Bad Forty-Four was the same
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