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Posted on 03/01/2011 1:23:44 AM PST by JustAmy
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(((((((Goodnight, Dear FRiends)))))))
Our Lord Grant us All a Peaceful and Restful Night.
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He/she is so cute!
Being tortured today and tomorrow...colon screen...so please keep me in your prayers. Hungry I can do, drinking that half gal of yucky liquid in 2 hrs which makes sores in your mouth I’m not wild about.
A friend quit two jobs to become a full-time caregiver when his adult son was seriously hurt in a car accident. That same year his wife of over 30 years contracted a terminal illness and died.
Since then, he says he has no answers when his son asks “why” this happened to them. But he told me of a reassuring dream he had along the way. He dreamed that he was in a place that was awash with sunlight. There were crowds of people around him, and a man was answering all of his “why” questions. Each answer made so much sense that he clearly understood why he was not to know the answers now. Then he was with his son in the dream. But when he tried to help him with his questions, he couldn’t remember the answers. But even that seemed okay. And then he woke up.
My friend’s experience reminds me of another friend of God who suffered with unanswered questions (Job 7:20-21). Only when God finally broke His silence and gave Job a vision of Himself in the wonder of creation did Job find something that was better than answers (42:1-6). Only then did Job find peace in knowing that our God has good and even wonderful reasons to trust Him.
Read: Job 42:1-6
I feel for you. I had that done in November...yuck! Prayers for you, Gail.
Focus on Jesus Christ. Who came to do the Father’s will. He never swerved or stood still, he walked, sailed, rode a donkey, telling those around him of the Father’s love and how to be obedient, as he was. We are being conformed to the image of Christ. Let us be filled with joy and bow our head before this wonderful truth.
If we keep this in our heart and mind we will be more like him sooner. We tend to be off in a thousand directions chasing rabbits (as it were).
Are we being pleasing to God? We know.
This is great. I want to remember it. I know a few weeks from now I will wonder how to find it and read it again.
Thank you, for the too true thoughts.
...there sang a choir of daffodils
their song was holy, full of praise
they did not have too many days
to sing their beauty to the Lord ...
simply beautiful
You have seeing eyes and thoughts Fish Hawk
Thank you.
6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again.
7 And the angel of the LORD came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
8 So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God. “
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The number Forty would make an interesting Bible Study
from google ... a partial list
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“Of all the types and shadows of the Old Testament, none is as pervasive and important as the shadows revealed in the relationship between “forty,” and the fulfillment of promises.
The rains (in Noah's day) fell for 40 days and nights (Genesis 7:4).
Israel ate Manna for 40 years (Exodus 16:35).
Moses was with God in the mount, 40 days and nights (Exodus 24:18).
Moses was again with God 40 days and 40 nights (Exodus 34:28).
Moses led Israel from Egypt at age 80 (2 times 40), and after 40 years in the wilderness, died at 120 (3 times 40; Deuteronomy 34:7).
The spies searched the land of Canaan for 40 days (Numbers 13:25).
Therefore, God made Israel wander for 40 years (Numbers 14:33-34).
40 stripes was the maximum whipping penalty (Deuteronomy 25:3).
God allowed the land to rest for 40 years (Judges 3:11).
God again allowed the land to rest for 40 years (Judges 5:31).
God again allowed the land to rest for 40 years (Judges 8:28).
Abdon (a judge in Israel) had 40 sons (Judges 12:14).
Israel did evil; God gave them to an enemy for 40 years (Judges 13:1).
Eli judged Israel for 40 years (1 Samuel 4:18).
Goliath presented himself to Israel for 40 days (1 Samuel 17:16).
Saul reigned for 40 years (Acts 13:21).
Ishbosheth (Saul's son) was 40 when he began reign (2 Samuel 2:10).
David reigned over Israel for 40 years (2 Samuel 5:4, 1 Kings 2:11).
The holy place of the temple was 40 cubits long (1 Kings 6:17).
40 baths (measurement) was size of lavers in Temple (1 Kings 7:38).
The sockets of silver are in groups of 40 (Exodus 26:19 & 21).
Solomon reigned same length as his father; 40 years (1 Kings 11:42).
Elijah had one meal that gave him strength 40 days (1 Kings 19:8).
Ezekiel bore the iniquity of the house of Judah for 40 days (Ezekiel 4:6).
Jehoash (Joash) reigned 40 years in Jerusalem (2 Kings 12:1).
Egypt to be laid desolate for 40 years (Ezekiel 29:11-12).
Ezekiel's (symbolic) temple is 40 cubits long (Ezekiel 41:2).
The courts in Ezekiel's temple were 40 cubits long (Ezra 46:22).
God gave Nineveh 40 days to repent (Jonah 3:4).
Jesus fasted 40 days and nights (Matthew 4:2).
Jesus was tempted 40 days (Luke 4:2, Mark 1:13).
Jesus remained on earth 40 days after resurrection (Acts 1:3).
Women are pregnant for 40 weeks (time of testing).
The number forty is used by God to represent a period of testing or judgment (the length of time necessary to accomplish some major part of Gods plan in his dealings with various portions of mankind). The 40 days of rain in the days of the flood were the judgments of God. The 40 day periods of fasting, testing, and communing with God that were faced by Moses and Jesus were a form of God's judgments. The forty years that the Israelites spent in the wilderness were also the judgments of God. Various leaders in Israel who reigned for 40 year periods were put there BY God according to His Will and Judgments. Egypt was left desolate for 40 years because of God's judgments. I could go on and on, but I think these examples should suffice for now.
The maximum number of “stripes” allowed for punishment was 40. “Stripes” have to do with judgment (including God's). See Luke 12:47-48. When God brings judgment upon His people, it may be rightly termed, “stripes”. When Peter states (about Jesus) “by whose stripes ye were healed” in 1 Peter 2:24, he is quoting from Isaiah 53:5 which is a prophecy concerning spiritual and not physical healing as many teach. Although physical healing from God is a wonderful blessing, spiritual healing is an even greater blessing. Our salvation is dependent on the fact that Jesus bore the stripes that you and I deserve to bear. In other words, Jesus’ bore the main force of the judgments that should come upon you and I as sinners. Isaiah's prophecy shows the judgments of God were poured out upon Jesus for our healing.
Forty sons of a judge in Israel (Abdon), whose name means “servitude” represents the product or offspring of a judge who serves in Israel. Once again we see the number 40 used in connection with the subject of judgment.”
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Your photos are always stunning. Thanks so much for including me!
Thank you, Geo.
I debated on posting spring quotes instead of the usual kitten quotes. Spring won!
We did a little work outdoors this weekend. The weather was cool on Sunday but it was beautiful.
Marissa enjoyed hanging some bird houses and planting some flower seeds. :)
I’m joining you in prayers for the people of Japan.
The photos and videos are heartbreaking. They seem so unreal.
What is the difference between a daffodil and a jonquil? I am never sure which is which. Nevertheless they are beautiful. Praise God! Thank Thee, LORD!
Happy Monday, Rus.
Thank you for sharing today’s Scripture lesson. We appreciate you and your daily posts.
Such a sweet puppy, KM. I want that liitle girl. :)
Wishing you a happy Monday.
RESCUED!
Yes, I think Spring is on it’s way, Amy. I hear the ground begging for more Canna Lily bulbs....that must be planted in March, for full blooms all summer.
I am so happy that your family is back to normal after a few rough months!
* smile *
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