Amen to that! LOL!

Beautiful photo. The purple flowers look like a globe thistle, not sure on that but the form of the flower is very interesting. Very pretty with the yellow flowers.

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The Ultimate Satisfaction

September 14, 2018

Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1

As we distributed snacks for children at a Bible School program, we noticed a little boy who devoured his snack. Then he also ate the leftovers of the children at his table. Even after I gave him a bag of popcorn, he still wasn’t satisfied. As leaders, we were concerned as to why this little boy was so hungry.

It occurred to me that we can be like that boy when it comes to our emotions. We look for ways to satisfy our deepest longings, but we never find what fully satisfies us.

The prophet Isaiah invites those who are hungry and thirsty to “come, buy and eat” (Isaiah 55:1). But then he asks, “Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?” (v. 2). Isaiah is talking about more than just physical hunger here. God can satisfy our spiritual and emotional hunger through the promise of His presence. The “everlasting covenant” in verse 3 is a reminder of a promise God made to David in 2 Samuel 7:8–16. Through David’s family line, a Savior would come to reconnect people to God. Later, in John 6:35 and 7:37, Jesus extended the same invitation Isaiah gave, thus identifying Himself as the Savior foretold by Isaiah and other prophets.

Hungry? God invites you to come and be filled in His presence.

Father, I long to know You more. Only You can satisfy my deepest desires.

Only God will satisfy our spiritual hunger.

INSIGHT

Jesus’s invitation in John 7:37 echoes the call of Isaiah 55:1–7. The setting is the Feast of Tabernacles, and one of the daily rituals of the feast was designed to point to the exodus of Israel from Egypt. On each of the seven days of the feast, the priest would perform a ritual by bringing a pitcher of water to the altar and pouring it out—a reminder of God’s provision of water in the wilderness. In John 7, it’s the last day of the feast, and it appears that at the moment when the priest is pouring out the water, Jesus declares, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink” (v. 37). Water satisfies. It quenches thirst. It meets our deepest needs—and Jesus declares Himself to be the source of that ultimate satisfaction.

In what things might you be pursuing satisfaction other than in Christ?

Thank you, TheConservativeParty!

~Good Morning To Amy's Place~

We Wear Red On Friday To Support
Our Troops
I Wish You A Great Weekend

My apologies to handsome boy Peaches...LOL What was I thinking!
I enjoy seeing your lovely lilies...so many different kinds!

Blessings This Friday

Special prayers up for those in my state displaced or injured in the gas explosion.

And, of course, wearing RED for Our Troops.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

He didn’t get too upset. LOL! After all he HAS been fixed. :)

We have more lilies than I thought we did. My hubby just plants them and then I’m surprised when they come up and bloom. :) I’m glad they don’t all bloom in early spring!

Indeed, that was just a horrible, HORRIBLE thing to happen. I was worried that you might be in that area. Hope none in your family were!

Have they determined what happened. They were saying excess pressure setting, but what kind of stupid does it take to do that?!

Chris DeBurgh~Lady In Red

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!

What fun to have surprises!

I must tell my daughter about your lilies...She is an avid gardener.

She and my SIL are in Florida...They just watched my grandson become a Chief Petty Officer...They called and promised pictures will be sent today!

There is a outer beltway (Rt 495) that surrounds Boston from Cape Cod to the extreme North of MA, where these towns are located. They are very old towns that had their heyday during the Industrial Revolution, with many Mills and factories powered by the Merrimac River. The infrastructure is very old, so even a mild increase in pressure could cause a rupture. It is theorized that the pipes carrying the gas ruptured and the trench carrying the pipes filled with gas. That means that even turning the gas off at the house was a useless effort, because the gas was in the earth, not just pipes.

The three towns affected got their gas from one company, different from surrounding towns, so luckily, the system is contained. However, 18,000 people have no electricity and have been evacuated to surrounding towns. This all happened at the north end of Rt 495, and by coincidence, I was at the south end of the same beltway, a distance of 58 miles.

My sister’s in-laws, however, live in Haverhill which is the next town over from the affected area. They are served by a different gas company and are safe.

Thank goodness none of you were in the affected zones! Had to be a nightmare! Did you hear any of the explosions?

Red Friday, at Amy's Place
to support our troops!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

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Friday again. The week goes by fast.
Nice weather here. Had a dry week after the previous 3 weeks of rain. We have crazy amounts of mosquitoes. Even away from grass and trees they come and bite.

The poor folks in the hurricane have my sympathy. The TV coverage looks bad.

I’m off to town to run errands.

Have a great Friday!

No sounds except my grand-nephew’s awesome bass playing.

Awesome! I take it he was a hit with the crowd!

He was! :-)

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Good for You?

September 15, 2018

You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees. Psalm 119:68

Because I like dark chocolate, I once Googled “Is dark chocolate good for you?” I got a variety of results—some good, some bad. You can do the same for almost any food product. Is milk good for you? Is coffee good for you? Is rice good for you? There is a dizzying array of answers to these questions, so you have to be aware that the search itself may not be good for you. It may give you a headache!

But if you’re looking for something that’s one-hundred percent good for you all the time, can I recommend the Word of God? Listen to what it can do for the follower of Jesus who is seeking to build a relationship with God.

It can keep you pure (Psalm 119:9, 11).

It blesses you (Luke 11:28).

It makes you wise (Matthew 7:24).

It gives light and understanding (Psalm 119:130).

It helps you grow spiritually (1 Peter 2:2).

Our God is good: “The Lord is good to all,” says Psalm 145:9. And in His goodness, He’s provided those who love Him with a guide that helps us see how to enhance our relationship with Him. As we try to decide how to live in a world full of choices, praise God that He’s told us in Scripture what’s good for us. Let’s say with the psalm-writer: “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth” (Psalm 119:103).

God, thank You for leaving us Your inspired Word. Help us to read it carefully, interpret it correctly, and apply it enthusiastically in our lives.

God’s Word is the only sure foundation for life.

INSIGHT

It’s easy to read through the twenty-two sections that comprise Psalm 119 and see them as repetitions of the same theme: love for God’s law (God’s Word). But each eight-verse stanza has its own distinctive flavor. Verses 65–72 carry the subtheme of affliction as the writer shows us a glimpse into his personal life: “Before I was afflicted I went astray” (v. 67). We don’t know precisely what sin the author means by “astray”; neither do we know with certainty the source or nature of the affliction. But we can identify with the situation. We all stray from time to time, and it’s part of the human condition to suffer—often unfairly. The psalmist says, “The arrogant have smeared me with lies” (v. 69). Yet each section always bends back to the larger theme of the whole psalm. Here it occurs in verse 70: “I delight in your law.” The stanza then highlights the value of suffering: “It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees” (v. 71).

How can I apply God’s Word to every situation I face, even difficult ones?

Sleep

Sleep sleep sleep
deep magnificent sleep
cradles me like
a mother holding
her newborn
for the first time.
I close my eyes and feel
the warm sensation
of precious pure sleep
immortal sleep outside
of a mixed up world.
Sweet vanilla scent
from dreams of beauty
holding me forever,
brings me everything
I need to stay a
sleep sleep sleep.
Charles Lara

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