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A marriage offers so much more when both husband and wife embrace ways to work together.
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(Updated November 19)
The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together.
From Matthew 19:4-6: “He answered, ‘Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
John Chrysostom served the early Christian church during the late 4th century and early 5th century in Constantinople where he preached and was a prolific writer.
This poem is written as a traditional Sonnet, but it can certainly be read as a prayer. God’s peace!
Lives pretending to follow a Holy God
Being of the flesh, greater than the spirit
Living as infants in our Lord Jesus Christ
Thirsty for our Father’s love, we shall fear it
Life filled with jealousy and quarrelsome times
Behaving outside of our Father’s design
Belonging to the Left, beholding the Right
Only walking with Jesus, should lives align
Sowing life’s seeds for a bountiful harvest
Thirsty for true living water and care
This world’s Master Builder brings His hope-filled Grace
Humbling kneeling at the Cross, hear our prayers
Only through our Lord Jesus, rests our foundation
Unifying voices throughout this nation
From 1 Corinthians 3:21-23: “So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.”
Originally published August, 2020.
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Any message of unity must be wrapped in the Gospel’s Word about love.
Do you write a daily journal? This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts. Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.
(Updated November 18)
To love God and love our neighbor is the standard of God, which on our own we cannot achieve. But in Christ, a new command is issued.
From Matthew 22:36-40: “‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.'”
Randy Frazee is an American pastor and Christian author. As a teacher and innovator, he is dedicated to leading others in Bible engagement, spiritual formation, and biblical community.
From Psalm 32:8: “I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.”
Facing today’s darkness
Tomorrow’s light, shrouded
Uncertainty gathers
God’s answers, unclouded
Teaching His righteous ways
Mercy shared from above
Molded by potter’s hands
God’s faithful, steadfast love
Filling future with hope
Spirit, faith’s anchorman
Welfare’s future promised
God’s always fruitful plan
Strengthening character
Darkness fades into light
Heavens eternal voice
God raises faith’s White Knight
Offering redemption
Calvary opens heart
Grace from living waters
Christ blesses new life’s start
From Jeremiah 29:11: “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
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As we walk with the Lord, His light illuminates His righteous path for us to follow.
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(Updated November 17)
The darkest defeat turns to triumph if you trust in God’s wisdom and will.
From John 1:5: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.”
Helen Steiner Rice (1900-1981) was an American writer who specialized in Christian and inspirational poetry.
This informative post will be published on Saturday in place of my regular one. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
Which of the following must will result in a positive answer.
(A) The product of 2 positive numbers
(B) The product of a positive and a negative number
(C) The sum of 2 negative numbers
(D) The product of 2 negative numbers
(answer found at the end of this post)
In many parts of North America as well as the rest of the world, the mating sounds of the cicadas fill the air during late spring and early summer.
Here are a few quick facts about the cicadas in the United States:
Two major groups of cicadas are found in the United States. The annual species is found in much of the world while the periodical species live in the eastern region of the country and parts of the Midwest.
Cicadas resemble beetle-like creatures with very short antennae. Being herbivores, the nymphs suck on tree-root sap while the adults do not eat.
Adult cicadas are large, flying insects with bulging eyes and veined wings. Nymphs appear as stocky and grublike with legs. After reaching adulthood, the average lifespan of a cicada is 3-4 weeks.
The life cycle of a cicada begins when a female makes a slit in a tree branch. She wedges her eggs inside the branch. Hatched nymphs drop from the branch to the ground where they burrow into soil to reach the juicy, nutritious tree roots.
In late spring and early summer, adult cicadas emerge from the warming soil, which has sustained them as nymphs. They scale a nearby tree to finish their final transformation. During the molting stage, they will acquire wings. Depending upon the species, they may emerge every three years (“dogday” cicadas) or after 13-17 years (periodical cicadas).
As the mature adults begin their short lifespan, males begin their mating ritual with their loud clacking or buzzing songs. The life cycle begins all over once again.
A and D
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Using personal experiences, a short story writer uses fiction with a dose of reality thrown in. Creating a character to carry the story forward adds to the vision of any writer.
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(Updated November 16)
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