*A Happy Thankful Thursday To All*

Thanking God For The Cooler Mornings That Will Arrive
Here Soon. I Love Fall.
I Wish You A Blessed Thankful First Day Of Fall

Thank you, Amy> Happy Fall!

Happy Thankful Thursday
To Amy's Place!

"Autumn Leaves"
Nat King Cole
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Rus, Thank you for sharing ODB with that cup of coffee every morning.

Have a wonderful day.

Beautiful!!

Ahh ... the wonderful Nat King Cole. I love that voice. Thank you for posting it this first day of fall.

Thank you, Meg.
I love fall.
Thankful that cooler weather is headed your way.
Have a lovely Fall Day.

Happy Thankful Thursday!

I am Thankful for this beautiful late summer/early autumn day!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

Happy Fall, Y'All.

I'm thankful for my Amy's Place Friends.

I am Thankful for this beautiful Fall Day.
It won't last long but it gives us a peek into the not to far distant future.

Happy Fall, LTOS.

Thank you for the beautiful graphic and quote. They are perfect for this Fall Thursday.

Have a great day.

Thank you, Dear Amy!

(((((Hugs and Blessings)))))

Thank you for the Beautiful Pings, Dear FRiends.
(((((Hugs to Everyone, and God Bless)))))

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Words for the Weary

Sept 23, 2016

The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. Isaiah 50:4

A few days after his father died, 30-year-old C. S. Lewis received a letter from a woman who had cared for his mother during her illness and death more than two decades earlier. The woman offered her sympathy for his loss and wondered if he remembered her. “My dear Nurse Davison,” Lewis replied. “Remember you? I should think I do.”

Lewis recalled how much her presence in their home had meant to him as well as to his brother and father during a difficult time. He thanked her for her words of sympathy and said, “It is really comforting to be taken back to those old days. The time during which you were with my mother seemed very long to a child and you became part of home.”

When we struggle in the circumstances of life, an encouraging word from others can lift our spirits and our eyes to the Lord. The Old Testament prophet Isaiah wrote, “The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary” (50:4). And when we look to the Lord, He offers words of hope and light in the darkness.

Heavenly Father, help me to hear Your word of hope today. And help me to speak words of hope and encouragement to others, pointing them to You.

Kind words can lift a heavy heart.

INSIGHT:

The Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary gives this description of Jesus Christ as the Suffering Servant: “[In Isaiah 50:1–11] it is revealed how the Servant learned through his own rejection to comfort the weary and discouraged. The phrase ‘Sovereign Lord’ occurs four times and may be better translated ‘My Master God.’ It emphasized that the Servant had a Master (God) to whom he submitted and in whom he found help. The ‘words of wisdom’ (50:4) was a reference to his speaking or prophetic ministry. The followers of the Servant were called upon to trust in God, who would bring judgment upon the disobedient (50:10–11).”

HAPPY FRIDAY TO
AMY'S PLACE!

Pres. & Mrs. Ronald W. Reagan

Happy Friday From The
Entire MacNessa Clan!

Wearing Red to support our Troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world!

I'm Wearing Red To Support Our Troops

Happy Friday To Amy's Place

Hi Meg! Happy Friday!

Wearing red for the troops!

Happy Friday!

Don't Forget to wear something RED in honor of our Troops.

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

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Pass It On

Sept 24, 2016

We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord. Psalm 78:4

I enjoy watching relay races. The physical strength, speed, skill, and endurance required of the athletes amaze me. But one crucial point of the race always gets my special attention and makes me anxious. It is the moment the baton is passed to the next athlete. One moment of delay, one slip, and the race could be lost.

In a sense, Christians are in a relay race, carrying the baton of faith and the knowledge of the Lord and of His Word. And the Bible tells us about our need to pass this baton from one generation to another. In Psalm 78, Asaph declares: “I will utter . . . things from of old—things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us . . . . We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done” (vv. 2–4).

Moses said something similar to the Israelites: “Do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them” (Deut. 4:9).

For generations to come, we are called to lovingly and courageously do whatever we can to pass along “the praises of him who called [us] out of darkness into his wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:9).

Father, help me to be faithful in passing my faith along to someone else.

Share with us at odb.org/story the ways you are passing along your faith to the next generation.

We influence future generations by living for Christ today.

INSIGHT:

It is interesting that Psalm 78:2 makes reference to speaking in parables. Jesus quotes this verse in Matthew 13:35. Jesus is the Master Teacher, and His primary teaching tool was the parable. A parable has been called “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.” Each story conveys an insight into God and the human condition. Yet in a very mysterious way, Jesus used parables to confound the wise. In Mark, Christ quoted Isaiah regarding the lack of spiritual understanding of those who have hardened hearts. He said he spoke in parables so that “they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!” (4:12).

Bless you, Rus. You are appreciated.

Sorry that I missed being here to show my support for our troops on Friday. I had a graphic ready but got home too late to post it. :~(

Happy Thankful Thursday!

Happy Friday!

Don't Forget to wear something RED in honor of our Troops. ((((HUGS)))) ML/LTOS

Don't Forget to wear something RED in honor of our Troops.

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS