This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. We can all appreciate some of the lesser known facts from around the world.
The Batmobile was built on the chassis of a Chevy Impala.
Charles Dow, the financial report who founded The Wall Street Journal and created the Dow Jones Industrial Average, never graduated from high school.
These facts have been discovered in I NEVER KNEW THAT by David Hoffman (2009).
Peace is not something you wish for; it’s something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away.
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
God
Always present
Hearing heartfelt prayers
Every mountain and valley
Unwavering
Father’s
Forgiving grace
Opens up hearts
Reshaping darkness into light
Love
Fellowship
With believers
Sharing mutual burdens
Strengthened through the Gospel
Faith
We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.
There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) remains one of America’s most influential voices in the public arena of civil rights. These quotes came from a speech given at the Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967 (almost exactly a year before his tragic assassination).
Another morning
Alarm clock droning
Sleepy head’s warning
Waking and groaning
Almost hitting snooze
Crawling out of bed
Mind singin’ the blues
Brain needs to be fed
Morning brew ready
Caffeine right on time
Never unsteady
Brilliance set to rhyme
Arriving at work
Second cup in hand
Tackling paperwork
French roast takes command
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
From Psalm 89:8-9: “O Lord God of hosts, who is as mighty as you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you. You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.”
Approaching storms
Burdened with fear
Now darkness forms
Hope’s light unclear
Tempest brewing
Drowning with fright
Life’s undoing
Faith must invite
Our Prince of Peace
Seeing our plight
Renews life’s lease
Turns night to light
Lord’s mighty voice
Storm’s rage resigns
Angels rejoice
Peace rules divine
Heart’s calmness grows
Lord takes control
Dark chaos slows
Christ on patrol
From Psalm 107:28-29: “Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out from their distress; He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.”
Here is a familiar hymn, “Eternal Father, Strong to Save.” While I have used this hymn in the past, this shortened version features the true intensity of the “tempest brewing.” We can always look to our Father’s strength to help us persevere.
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
Beware of idols
Turning away, seeking truth—
Placing faith in God
Love abides in God
Seeking lost and wayward sheep—
Welcoming each home
Father, be gracious
Faithful promises leading—
Hearing each prayer
We can either walk in the world’s darkness or God’s light.
From Ephesians 5:10-11: “Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.”
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