Posted on 10/15/2020 5:58:48 PM PDT by beachn4fun
PING~A~LING Y’ALL
Hi!
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Hiya Beachie!
Bible in a Year:
Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree.
I ran into an old friend who told me what hed been up to, but I confess it seemed too good to be true. Within a few months of that conversation, however, his band was everywherefrom charting top singles on the radio to having a hit song pulsing under TV ads. His rise to fame was meteoric.
We can be obsessed with significance and successthe big and the dramatic, the quick and the meteoric. But the parables of the mustard seed and yeast compare the way of the kingdom (Gods reign on earth) to small, hidden, and seemingly insignificant things whose work is slow and gradual.
The kingdom is like its King. Christs mission culminated in His life, like a seed, being buried in the ground; like yeast, being hidden in the dough. Yet He rose. Like a tree breaking through the dirt, like bread when the heat is turned up. Jesus rose.
Were invited to live according to His way, the way thats persisting and permeating. To resist the temptation to take matters into our own hands, to grasp for power and to justify our dealings in the world by the outcomes they may produce. The outcomea tree . . . that the birds come and perch in its branches (v. 32) and the bread that provides a feastwill be Christs doing, not ours.
What small and seemingly insignificant things could you do to encourage or bless the people in your life? Where do you need to turn away from comparison with others or from a false picture of significance and success?
Dear Jesus, thank You for often working in small, hidden, and seemingly insignificant ways. Help me to trust Youre at work even when I cant see You. Grant me the grace to remain faithful.
(cough...cough...the gals beat you to the punch...hehe)
Good evening Mayor ((HUGS))
Thanks for keeping us in the GOOD WORD.
Hope all is well with you.
Doing very well and looking forward to Friday!
Doing very well and looking forward to Friday!
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Hi Kathy!
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No big news to report otherwise, however one of the weather services and the Farmer's Almanac predict our first snow will be on Nov. 5th....NOooooooooooo...
How about you?
Now that the two town hall mettings are done, looking forward to the weekend!
Good evening Ma ((HUGS))
How's things up your way?
(I'll be going to bed shortly, so will check back in the morning)
Think about that for a moment. The electrical energy typically 220 vac at perhaps 200 amp (mine, your's is likely less). If something goes wrong the amount of energy if the main fuse/breaker doesn't blow (extremely rare), it's only less than 500 kw, it would likely kill you if you were in line, cause a fire perhaps but not blow the house into the next neighborhood.
Same is true with the natural gas flowing into your house at something like 5-10 psi. At that rate it takes 5-10 hours of a gas leak to accumulate enough energy to cause a catastrophic explosion that destroys the house.
Compare that with Biden's idea of building up and storing 5 days energy use and storing it in your basement. Bombs all over the place. Stupid.
Hey! Youre still here, Early Bird so I dan say hi before you run off. LOL! Hope youve had a good week. Did you watch the townhall. I wanted to slap that Samantha babe! LOL!
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