Interesting week, while hot
earlier the humidity was down, as low as 9 on one day, and we actually had a
wind that helped make us feel cool.
Last night humidity was 40 and
if felt like a sauna out there – I realize it is a small taste of what those of
you suffer when the temperature is 100 and so is the humidity. I don’t know how you manage.
Right now it is 96 degrees and
humidity is 30, not a pleasant feeling when you prefer and are used to the ‘dry’
heat.
Garden is doing okay, Carla just
brought in some more small tomatoes and some cucumbers for our salad later
today. Store bought lettuce, as ours
went to seed in the heat, but we will have some left over chicken and some fresh
farm eggs to help top it off.
Isaiah 46:9-10 Remember the former
things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none
like me,
10 Declaring the end from
the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying,
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my
pleasure:
God performed many miracles that
were recorded in the Old Testament Scriptures.
He is reaffirming His deity and that no one can begin to be like Him.
Men have tried, but fall short
in the intricacies of their creation when compared to God’s.
Only God, is God. Only God can do the things He can do.
Only God created the universe
and all that is in it is able to ‘be’ because He is God.
God has proven Himself. He proved Himself in the Old Testament; in
the New Testament and daily as we depend upon Him.
The world declares if there is a
God, that God is dead. The world
declares that God has no authority over it.
The world declares that God is
meaningless and to believe in Him is a sign of weakness and ability of those
that profess Him.
The world declares that once we
die, that is it. Our bodies will be gone
overtime, there is nothing else. Just
death.
Mathew 22:
31-33 But as touching
the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by
God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but
of the living.
33 And when the multitude
heard this, they were astonished at his
doctrine.
But Jesus reaffirmed God’s
authority in His teachings. He
reaffirmed that those whose physical bodies have been long gone, still
live.
Their souls would soon be with
God once Jesus was sacrificed.
There is a life after what we
call death. Jesus conquered satan’s
control over our life.
Jesus’ sacrifice and
resurrection enabled those who had been in Abraham’s bosom, waiting for the
Messiah to open the gates of heaven, to pass through those gates.
We will see them.
Whether or not we have accepted
Christ as our Savior, we will see them.
Luke
13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in
the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust
out.
The world has tried to
substitute man’s wisdom, man’s abilities for God’s and the world loses.
The Old Testament proclaimed
God, Jesus reaffirmed His existence and His authority.
We need to accept that, really
accept that – not just say it.
We need to understand in our
hearts as well as in our minds that God is God and He is in charge of
everything.
We need to understand that the
confession of our sins and the acceptance of Jesus’ sacrifice was just the
beginning of our life in eternity.
Instead of waiting until our
body dies to worship Him with all our being we should be doing that right
now.
Psalm 30:11-12
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou
hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with
gladness;
12 To the end that my glory
may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give
thanks unto thee for ever.
Forever. Forever, began the day we accepted Christ as
our Savior and it goes on – forever.
There is no stopping, only continuation.
Later, Art :-)
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