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Posted on 07/10/2021 5:00:17 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Bible in a Year:
We do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
As the cabbie drove us to London’s Heathrow Airport, he told us his story. He had come alone to the United Kingdom at age fifteen, seeking to escape war and deprivation. Now, eleven years later, he has a family of his own and is able to provide for them in ways unavailable in his native land. But he laments that he’s still separated from his parents and siblings. He told us that he’s had a hard journey that won’t be complete until he’s reunited with his family.
Being separated from our loved ones in this life is hard, but losing a loved one in death is much harder and creates a sense of loss that won’t be made right until we’re reunited with them. When the new believers at Thessalonica wondered about such losses, Paul wrote, “Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). He explained that as believers in Jesus, we can live in expectation of a wonderful reunion—together forever in the presence of Christ (v. 17).
Few experiences mark us as deeply as the separations we endure, but in Jesus we have hope of being reunited. And in the midst of grief and loss we can find the comfort we need in that enduring promise (v. 18).
Reflect & Pray
How has loss marked your life? How does Jesus provide the help and hope you need?
Father, there’s nothing on earth that can fill the places in my heart made empty through loss. Draw me to You and comfort me with Your love and grace.
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Hope you are getting some good rest this weekend.
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Hai Kathy! (((HUGS))) Back in Orlando; at least I’m staying with a crew family this time and having fun.
Keep the Lord’s Day in the Lord’s way.
A blessed Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Western)/Third Sunday after Pentecost & Commemoration of the Euphemia the Great Martyr (Orthdox) to all!
Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))... and Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Glad you have a crew family to stay with and enjoy your time. Safe flights!
On July 11 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate the holy Great Martyr, the all-famed Euphemia, who through a supernatural wonder upheld the Orthodox Tome of Faith at the Holy Fourth Ecumenical Council.
Verses
Though dead, judge the definitions of the Faith, O Martyr, And confirm that Faith for which thou with love hast contended.
On the eleventh, Euphemia setteth the wondrous definition of the Faith.
Euphemia, a virgin martyr beautiful in soul and body, is commemorated on September 16, the day on which she suffered in 304. On this day we celebrate the miracle wrought by her precious relics, revealed at the time of the Fourth Ecumenical Council in Chalcedon in 451. This Council was summoned because of the heresy of Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, and Eutyches, an archimandrite in Constantinople, who falsely taught that there were in Christ not two natures, divine and human, but only one, a divine nature. To resolve the fight, Patriarch Anatolius of Constantinople suggested that the Orthodox and the heretics each write down their confession of faith, and place them into the coffin that contained the relics of St. Euphemia. Two confessions of faith, then, were written and placed in the hands of the great martyr. The coffin was closed and sealed with the imperial seal, a watch then being set over it. They then all spent three days in fasting and prayer. On the fourth day, when the tomb was opened, they saw the Orthodox confession of faith in the saint’s right hand and the heretical one beneath her feet. Thus the conflict was resolved by God’s power, on the side of Orthodoxy.
Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.
Thanks Kathy for tonight’s FR Chapel.
Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.
May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.
May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.
G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.
Thanks, unique.
Howdy, Kathy.
Recuperating fairly well after the crazy week? Not cool that holidays seem to always fall on pay weeks, is it? How rude of them. LOL
Good evening, lightman, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, and a blessed Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Western)/Third Sunday after Pentecost & Commemoration of the Euphemia the Great Martyr (Orthdox).
Weather keeping all your trees upright?
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