“Sittin in the Sun”

Psalm 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its going down the Lord’s name is to be praised.

I was sitting on our patio this morning enjoying the beautiful sunshine and warmer day and this melody came into my mind from back in the Fifties, “Sittin in the Sun”;

Sittin in the sun countin my money fanned by a summer breeze
Sweeter than honey’s countin my money, those greenbacks on the trees
Comes a summer shower drops of rain fallin sweeter than Christmas chimes
Hearin those jingles upon the roof shingles like pennies, nickels and dimes
Though it’s known that all I own is not a large amount
Those fields of gold that I behold are in my bank account
And when the shadows fall I look to heaven and I see
A silver dollar in the sky shinin down on me.

Even in this serious worldwide epidemic, I feel so absolutely blessed to be living to see all this as I know that the Lord, Yeshua is soon to be returning to this earth. What an awesome day that is going to be. It will be the most wonderful and yet the most terrible day this world will see. I think of the day Moses stood at the foot of the mountain and God spoke to all the people through the fire and smoke on that mountain and the land shook and the people begged that He would only speak through Moses from that time on.

Exodus 19:16-20a Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. Then the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain.                                 What an awesome terrible sight to behold…….

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“Creator Technology”

Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

I took this photo back at the end of May 2012 but it still astounds me with its beauty and simplicity even now. It has such dazzling beauty for something that last only a few weeks. And to think, this beauty could have come into being in some place where no one would have ever seen it yet it would have been designed just as beautifully. I remember very distinctly taking this photo. It, the bush, was located at the end of the street we were living on at the time in Jerusalem. It was loaded with flowers and about four feet by four feet in diameter and as tall.

Then, I think of all the varieties of flowers and my mind does a back flip as I consider yet again this awesome Creator God. I think of all the beautiful things that have been created that no one ever sees in places like the Amazon or other uninhabited places in the world. I almost have to apologize for my enthusiasm from what I think about when I see things like this and I have been given the opportunity to witness and record such things.

Today is Independence day in Israel and we have just finished a wonderful Bar B Q on our patio. What a special time to be alive and see the things we see.

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“Understanding?”

Psalm 19:1-4a The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

I look at this picture that was taken by the Hubble telescope and this scripture immediately comes to mind. But I also think of the entity that created all of this and so much more. Can we, I, begin to understand the magnitude of who we are dealing with when we say so casually, “God”. And in the face of what we see just in this one picture of one small segment of space, just how very insignificant our huge planet earth is, that we inhabit, is in relation to this. And to go even further, how incredibly small each one of us is in relation to the entire picture of what this God is in control of. And to go even further, He wants to have a personal relationship with each and every one of us.

Genesis 1:1a In the beginning, God… Through His voice, He spoke into existence everything we can see and hear from nothing that we can see. I am beginning to understand that everything is in a state of vibration which is so significant when we ‘speak’. I cannot see an atom or inside the atom, the protons and neutrons. Nor can I see beyond that to the quarks or even the strings which science is now letting us know that that is what we are dealing with when we talk about material things. All of these things are vibrating.

God does not write books but He has dictated to a lot of people who were able to hear His voice, a very significant volume of text called ‘The Bible’. This book shows a history of His dealings with the human race and also tells us how, in the New Covenant, to have a relationship with this awesome being. He has said, in His Word, that He loves us and to prove His love, He actually became the ultimate sacrifice upon a cross which was an extremely cruel form of administering the death penalty at the time.

BUT, His death was not the end of the story, He came back to life after three days and nights in a sealed tomb. Then to top it off, after forty days of proving His new life, He ascended up to heaven in the presence of a multitude of witnesses. His is a life eternal and He is offering us lowly humans the same eternal life with Him in His Kingdom. All one has to do is look at all He has created in the heavens and in the natural world if we might think eternity will be boring.

Enough said for this day and believe me, there is so very much more to say on His behalf.

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