Born in the Big Sky Country of Montana and now living in the Buckeye State of Ohio, Richard is the creative mind behind Big Sky Buckeye. Retired after 40 years of teaching, I enjoy writing, photography, traveling, and following a healthy lifestyle.
From Lamentations 3:21-22: “But this I call to mind,and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning;great is Your faithfulness.”
Jerry Bridges (1929-2016) was an American Christian author and speaker. In his autobiography, God Took Me by the Hand, Jerry said, “When I was seventeen years old, it seemed as if God took me by the hand and said, ‘Come with Me.’ And for more than sixty-five years, God has, as it were, continued to hold my hand and lead me in the path He has marked out for me.”
From Deuteronomy 5:12-14: “Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work.”
From 2 Corinthians 4:5-6: “For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake. For it is the God who said, ‘Light will shine out of darkness,’ who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”
Together in the Lord’s strength, we all grow stronger in faith.
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.
To make this thing called life work, we gotta lean and support. Especially in God’s family . . . where working together is Plan A for survival.
From 1 John 5:1-2: “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey His commandments.”
This informative post will be published on Saturday in place of my regular one. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
Brain Teaser Question
A mother and father have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?
(answer found at the end of this post)
Featured Facts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts became the sixth state to join the American Union on February 6, 1788. Its roots have been traced back to the earliest of the English colonies in North America.
Here are a few quick facts about Massachusetts:
Capital City: Boston (which is also the largest city)
Nickname: Bay State (also known as the Old Colony State, the Codfish State, the Baked Bean State)
State Flower: Mayflower
State Bird: Chickadee, Wild Turkey
Motto: Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem (By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty)
Being one of the original 13 English colonies, Massachusetts played a prominent role in the founding of the United States. On December 21, 1620, the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock after crossing the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Mayflower. On March 4, 1628, English King Charles I granted a royal charter for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
On September 7, 1630, the city of Boston was founded. The Boston harbor would later be the site of the infamous Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. A couple of years later just up the road in April, 1775, the first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought at Lexington and Concord as Massachusetts minutemen militia fired the “Shot Heard Round the World.”
Athletics made an impression in the late 1800s in Massachusetts. In 1891, James Naismith invented the game of basketball, and the first game was played at the YMCA in Springfield. In 1895, William G. Morgan invented the game of volleyball. The game was designed to be less strenuous than basketball, and the first matches were played in Holyoke.
Numerous firsts have been recorded during the course of history in the Commonwealth. Here is a brief sample:
The Boston Common became America’s first public park in 1634.
Harvard University founded as the first college in North American in 1636 at Cambridge.
The Little Brewster Island Lighthouse became America’s first lighthouse when it began operations on September 14, 1716 in the Boston harbor.
The first American subway was opened in Boston on September 1, 1897. It was known as the Tremont Street Line.
America’s first chocolate chip cookies were invented by Ruth Wakefield in 1939. She began to experiment with adding semi-sweet chocolate pieces to her cookie recipe. They became a huge hit at her Toll House restaurant in Whitman.
clockwise from top left: James Naismith holding a basketball with a peach basket (used as a basketball hoop in the early years of the game), modern look of the Little brewster island lighthouse at boston harbor, ruth wakefield (inventor of the chocolate chip cookie), aerial view of the boston common, harvard university campus. (Images courtesy of Pinterest)
Sometimes, the presence of night invites one’s imagination and memories to join together.
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.
In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
(Richard) Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was an American architect. His distinguished career allowed him to pursue other vocations such as philosopher, futurist, writer, and inventor. Fuller as born in Milton, Massachusetts.
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
The Resurrection fills our faith’s daily breath with that of a Risen Savior.
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.
As Christians, we are to emulate Jesus’ submission to the Father and spirit of servanthood. We may never be applauded for our work here on earth, but our reward is in heaven.
From Matthew 20:26-28: “It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave, just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many.”
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