Amen to this wonderful message, Rus. Thank you
for starting our day off right every day.
You Are A Blessing

Love it, MEG! Love the shells, too!

Your welcome Meg. Thank you

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Our Father’s Face

August 10, 2017

Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:3

I remember my father’s face. It was hard to read. He was a kind man, but stoic and self-contained. As a child, I often searched his face, looking for a smile or other show of affection. Faces are us. A frown, a sullen look, a smile, and crinkly eyes reveal what we feel about others. Our faces are our “tell.”

Asaph, the author of Psalm 80, was distraught and wanted to see the Lord’s face. He looked north from his vantage point in Jerusalem and saw Judah's sister-state, Israel, collapse under the weight of the Assyrian Empire. With her buffer state gone, Judah was vulnerable to invasion from all sides—Assyria from the north, Egypt from the south, and the Arab nations from the east. She was outnumbered and outmatched.

Asaph gathered up his fears in a prayer, three times repeated (80:3, 7, 19), “Make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.” (Or, in other words, let me see Your smile.)

It’s good to look away from our fears and search our heavenly Father’s face. The best way to see God’s face is to look at the cross. The cross is His “tell” (John 3:16).

So know this: When your Father looks at you, He has a great big smile on His face. You’re very safe!

Ask God to shine His face on you. For further help in prayer, try praying this Psalm or others.

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God’s love for us is as expansive as the open arms of Christ on the cross.

INSIGHT:

Today’s psalm asks God to restore Israel—to make His face shine on them so they may be saved. Where have you seen God’s hand saving and restoring you and your loved ones?

Thankful for Orange Kittehs!
[This is Ginger who loves boxes]
Happy Thankful Thursday!

happy Thankful Thursday!

And...It's Summertime, and the Livin' is Easy for these Orange Kittehs!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

“Take full account of the excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember
how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.."
-Marcus Aurelius
Have a wonderful thankful Thursday, everyone!

My niece and her first child.

Soooo adorable! How on earth did the photographer get them to sit still long enough to take the picture! LOL!

What a wonderful picture of Mother and Child! :-)

Thank you, Bobalu. :)

Thankful Thursday,,,thankful for my rescue pup Moose. He’s 11 months old now. Who says you can’t buy friends? I got him for $250! LOL.

It’s one of those “mysteries”. :-)

That is the Sweetest Pic, Dear Trisham!

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If Only . . .

August 11, 2017

Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. John 11:32

As we exited the parking lot, my husband slowed the car to wait for a young woman riding her bike. When Tom nodded to indicate she could go first, she smiled, waved, and rode on. Moments later, the driver from a parked SUV threw his door open, knocking the young bicyclist to the pavement. Her legs bleeding, she cried as she examined her bent-up bike.

Later, we reflected on the accident: If only we had made her wait . . . If only the driver had looked before opening his door. If only . . . Difficulties catch us up in a cycle of second-guessing ourselves. If only I had known my child was with teens who were drinking . . . If only we had found the cancer earlier . . .

When unexpected trouble comes, we sometimes question the goodness of God. We may even feel the despair that Martha and Mary experienced when their brother died. Oh, if Jesus had only come when He first found out that Lazarus was sick! (John 11:21, 32).

Like Martha and Mary, we don’t always understand why hard things happen to us. But we can rest in the knowledge that God is working out His purposes for a greater good. In every circumstance, we can trust the wisdom of our faithful and loving God.

Father, You have carried me through hard circumstances before. Thank You for teaching me to trust Your heart of love even when I don’t understand what You are doing in my life.

For encouragement read, Why? Seeing God in Our Pain at discoveryseries.org/cb151.

To trust God in the light is nothing, but to trust Him in the dark—that is faith. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

INSIGHT:

Jesus’s absence is what greatly troubled Mary and Martha. They cried, “Lord, . . . if you had been here” (John 11:21, 32). But God has promised, “Never will I leave you” (Heb. 13:5). We may not understand why hard things happen, but in confident trust we can say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid” (v. 6). Sim Kay Tee

Chris DeBurgh~The Lady In Red

Such a wonderful age! :)

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Red Friday, at Amy's Place
to support our troops!
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

* Good Afternoon To Amy's Place*
I must still stay off the computer to quiet the back
tantrum.

Wearing Red On Friday To Support Our Troops
Have A Wonderful Weekend

Hope you’re feeling better soon!

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