Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master’s use.
From Romans 12:2: “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
German-born George Muller (1805-1898) was a Christian evangelist. Later in his life, he and his wife spent 17 years involved with missionary travel throughout the world.
This informative post will be published on Saturday in place of my regular one. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
Waiting in a young girl’s bedroom, I have hands but cannot hold, a mouth but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see. What am I?
(answer found at the end of this post)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is elected President of the United States and assumes the nation’s highest office in 1961. He becomes the 35th President and youngest ever elected.
Here are a few interesting facts about President Kennedy:
Born in the family home, Kennedy becomes the first President born in the 20th century. His middle name of Fitzgerald is his mother’s maiden name. His parents are Joseph and Rose.
Kennedy’s senior thesis at Harvard University is published in 1940 as a book, Why England Slept. It recounts the international landscape before World War II, and the rise of fascist Germany and Italy. He contrasts their rise to power with the strategy of appeasement from the rest of Europe.
As war clouds appear over America, Kennedy is drafted while in college. After receiving a deferment while finishing his degree, he enters the U.S. Navy and is commissioned as a Lieutenant. He is assigned to command PT-109 as part of a torpedo boat squadron in the Pacific Theater.
Following the war, Kennedy turns to politics. He runs for and earns a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives during the election of 1946. After serving three terms in Congress, he is elected to two terms in the U.S. Senate (1953-1961).
Facing recovery time following back surgery, Kennedy authors a book which is published in 1956. Well-received, his Profiles in Courage earns a Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957.
Encouraged by his parents, family and others, Kennedy pursues the Presidency in the election of 1960. Facing Richard M. Nixon, the Republican nominee, Kennedy carries a razor-thin margin of 112,803 in the popular vote of slightly over 68 million ballots. He narrowly wins the Electoral College 303 to 219.
Using less than 1,900 words, Kennedy’s inaugural address lasts just over 16 minutes. His ending words continue to be immortalized even today:
My fellow American: ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.
Despite his abbreviated term of office, Kennedy oversees many significant developments and world events:
On a sunny day in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. His tragic death marks the fourth such event of an American President (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley).
Photo by Kerry on Pexels.com
Real freedom brings forward a need to witness responsibility for others.
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 January 24)
If freedom is to survive and prosper, it will require the sacrifice, the effort and the thoughtful attention of every citizen.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was the 35th President of the United States.
Praying
Without ceasing
Anchored to Father
Faith’s fabric of grace
Trusting
Walking
With Jesus
Destiny’s promised light
Faith strengthened through grace
Loving
Rescuing
From darkness
Witness Calvary’s forgiveness
Faith embraces redemption’s grace
Transforming
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.
Photo by Kerry on Pexels.com
At the heart of one’s actions of faith must be surrender and submission to Jesus Christ.
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 January 23)
When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns. When Jesus reigns, there is rest.
From Jeremiah 29:13-14: “When you search for Me, you will find Me; if you seek Me with all your heart, I will let you find Me, says the Lord.”
Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was a British-born Christian missionary. He spent 54 years in China.
Darkness transformed by sunrise
Energy welcomes new day
Nurturing all living things
Creation’s welcome ballet
Light sprinkles from each raindrop
Nourishment covers this land
Offering prized refreshment
Creation’s spirit as planned
Landscape transformed once again
Yesterday’s page turns over
Embracing scene’s blessed touch
Creation’s own makeover
Peace rises with ocean tides
Gentleness coming ashore
Earmarking time’s tomorrow
Creation’s open front door
Patience streams through nature’s heart
River’s living waters flow
Quenching eternity’s thirst
Creation’s whispers aglow
Photo by Kerry on Pexels.com
For many writers, nature offers an endless canvas to draw inspiration from.
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 January 22)
The life which nothing happens goes the fastest, because it has no landmarks.
Often our bad moments are self-propelled. And the drama is almost exclusively within our heads and hearts.
Katharine Tynan (1859-1931) was an Irish writer, who became well-known for her novels and poetry.
Big Sky Buckeye 