Posted on 11/11/2005 8:19:23 AM PST by Salvation
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Friday, November 11, 2005 Meditation Wisdom 13:1-9 From the most perceptive to the most simple, each and every one of us can know God. How? Through our eyes, ears, and hands. As the Book of Wisdom tells us, from the greatness and the beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator (Wisdom 13:5). Repeatedly, Scripture teaches that what can be known about God is plain. The earth and skies reveal his glory and his deeds (Psalm 19:1). His power and godhead can be perceived in things that have been made (Romans 1:19-20). He has left us countless clues! While it may sound too theoretical to be of much use, this truth is deeply encouraging. God is not too high or too distant for us to know. He is not just for the privileged few. No, we can all hear him, feel him, and, by analogy, see him. But we do have to quiet ourselves to listen to him. We do have to make ourselves available and ponder what we know and see of him. Ask questions, look for answers that might come during our day. Be ready to step out in faith in any direction we perceive the Lord leading. Noah and Lot saw Gods glory, and responded, though they didnt know where it would take them (Luke 17:26-30). All it required of them was one step in faith, not full understanding with a detailed map of their course. Just one step. So it is with us, too. And to help us respond faithfully, God continues to give us glimpses of himself. The beauty of creation tells of his glory; the complexity of a song reveals his creativity; the force of human love gives us a taste of his power and faithfulness. God is always talking; are we listening? We can take these truths to heart, so that in times of wavering, we can look to the visible evidence of the one who loves us. When we worry about doing the right thing, when scruples begin to paralyze us, we can recall that God is big enough to correct our missteps. Even if we arent sure where well end up, we can still trust that he is leading us. Father, I want to follow you. Help me to hear your voice, and give me courage to obey. Most of all, help me to put my trust in you, whom I can see and know. Luke 17:26-37; Psalm 19:2-5 |
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Good idea. But for my home Net access, the Canteen thread has so much power that it won't open on my home Net access...I usually check threads like that at the library, but the libraries are all closed for Vet's Day!
One Bread, One Body bump.
Lk 17:26-37 | ||
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26 | And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. | et sicut factum est in diebus Noe ita erit et in diebus Filii hominis |
27 | They did eat and drink, they married wives and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. | edebant et bibebant uxores ducebant et dabantur ad nuptias usque in diem qua intravit Noe in arcam et venit diluvium et perdidit omnes |
28 | Likewise as it came to pass in the days of Lot. They did eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built. | similiter sicut factum est in diebus Loth edebant et bibebant emebant et vendebant plantabant aedificabant |
29 | And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. | qua die autem exiit Loth a Sodomis pluit ignem et sulphur de caelo et omnes perdidit |
30 | Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed. | secundum haec erit qua die Filius hominis revelabitur |
31 | In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner, let him not return back. | in illa hora qui fuerit in tecto et vasa eius in domo ne descendat tollere illa et qui in agro similiter non redeat retro |
32 | Remember Lot's wife. | memores estote uxoris Loth |
33 | Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it. | quicumque quaesierit animam suam salvare perdet illam et qui perdiderit illam vivificabit eam |
34 | I say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one bed. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left. | dico vobis illa nocte erunt duo in lecto uno unus adsumetur et alter relinquetur |
35 | Two women shall be grinding together. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left. Two men shall be in the field. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left. | duae erunt molentes in unum una adsumetur et altera relinquetur duo in agro unus adsumetur et alter relinquetur |
36 | They answering, say to him: Where, Lord? | respondentes dicunt illi ubi Domine |
37 | Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together. | qui dixit eis ubicumque fuerit corpus illuc congregabuntur aquilae |
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